Monday, March 21, 2016

Buck Belue - 1980 Georgia Bulldogs National Champion Quarterback

Tommy Casanova LSU Tiger Legend and College Football Hall of Famer

Regarded as one of, if not the best, player to ever pull on the white LSU jersey, Casanova was a three-time member of the College Football All-America team from 1969-71, and is a member of the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-Century team. He is the only three-time All-American in LSU history. Read more from original site: http://www.secsportsfan.com/tommy-casanova-biography.html#ixzz43bMUSoX6

Terry Baker 1962 Heisman Trophy Winner and College Football Hall of Famer

Monday, March 14, 2016

Will Clark - Mississippi State Baseball Legend

The first college baseball game that I attended (that I remember) was Super Bulldog weekend in 1985. State set an attendance record that Saturday and I can remember seeing "thunder and lightning" Clark and Rafael Palmeiro. My uncle was on State's football team that year and we were on campus for the Spring game. The card here is a Bob Lemke custom and one of my favorites.

Sport Photo Series Update

Finished up a new group of the Sport Magazine series and I think I will stop here with these. The photography is so striking, these would have fit well with Bowman's 1953 issue.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Ralph Guglielmi - College Football Hall of Fame Quarterback for Notre Dame

The 6-0, 180-pound Guglielimi was a three-year starter for the Irish at quarterback from 1952 through '54. He earned unanimous All-America honors as a senior in '54 after completing 68 of 127 passes for 1,160 yards and six touchdowns -- ranking fourth nationally in passing yards. He finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy as a senior in '54. In his three seasons as a starter, the Irish finished 7-2-1 in '52 (third in final Associated Press poll), 9-0-1 in '53 (second) and 9-1 in '54 (fourth). He remains 10th on the Notre Dame career passing chart based on 209 career completions on 436 attempts (both Notre Dame records at the time) for 3,117 yards (breaking Bertelli's Notre Dame career mark for passing yards) and 18 TDs. He also rushed 187 times for 200 yards and 12 TDs, kicked five PATs, intercepted 10 passes returned for 98 yards and one TD (he led the team in interceptions with five each in '53 and '54), recovered two fumbles and returned two kickoffs for 15 yards. The Columbus, Ohio, product (Grandview High School) remains tied with Rick Mirer for the Notre Dame record for most consecutive games completing a pass with 34, including his last four games in 1951 and all 10 each year in 1952-54. He was honored with the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy by the Washington (D.C.) Touchdown Club as the nation's top back in 1954.

College Basketball Hall of Famer and Major League MVP Dick Groat

From goduke.com : After earning All-America honors in basketball and baseball at Duke, Dick Groat went on to become one of he best shortstops in major league baseball. He played for 14 years, spending most of that time with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1960 he led the Pirates to a World Series title while leading the league in batting with a .325 average. Groat was named the Most Valuable Player of the National League in 1960, made five all-star teams and won two World Series rings with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1960) and St. Louis Cardinals (1964). His lifetime major league batting average was .286. Groat posted a career batting average of .375 at Duke and led Duke to its first College World Series appearance in 1952. On the hardwood, Groat is one of 13 Duke men’s basketball players to have his jersey number (#10) retired. He ranks second in Duke history with an average of 23.0 points per game and 17th with 1,886 total points. The 1952 National Player of the Year, Groat was also a two-time All-America and a two-time All-Southern Conference member. Groat was enshrined into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame on July 4, 2011. Groat was also a part of the inaugural class inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame in 2009.