Misprint Double Sided Back-To-Back Footzball Y'all

I forget when I got this card probably sometime last year, but I'm pretty sure it was from a Fairfield Football Repacked box I think one of the ones that had 4 packs and 50 non-packed cards or 100 non-packed cards or a 10 pack box with 50 or 100 non-packed cards or just a 50 card box with no packs. I'm not sure which it came from it was that long ago. If I was sure I'd show a scan of the box it came from, I don't even think I have that particular box anymore. It would have been from Target.

This particular card is from 1990 Pro Set Football and is a misprint. It is a double backed card technically it is a wrong front card even though the "front" is a back. I am saving it because the true back (that is the back back) is of a Rams player. The front of the card or the misprinted "back" is a Jet. There is also some green (or blue/cyan) ink smearing/bleeding on the "front". Yes the "back" also has a bit of a printing problem with a vertical white line (or rather lack of ink line) on the left hand side.

1990 Pro Set Football: 166 Jerry Gray Los Angeles Rams

Misprint: Wrong Front 237 Pat Leahy New York Jets back image

When I first came across the card I saw the Jets player and thought it was going to go to my trade stack, but I turned it over saw it was a double backed card and that one of the "backs" was of my PC Rams.

Speaking of trade stacks there are times I have considered doing a trade stack like Chris over at Nachos Grande or a trade pile like Alex at Chavez Ravining. My biggest problem with it though is the low frequency of my blogging doesn't work with the required high frequency of a task such as that and my want list might not be practical for most collectors.

Blogged But Not Blogged: Roman Gabriel WLAF

This is the type of post that I have probably done many times before, I call this type of post "Blogged, But Not Blogged" at least I will call it that from now on. Long story short since Aug 2007 I have been blogging about my card mail days over at TCC on my blog over there, and since July 2012 duplicating those posts in a mail day thread at the TCZ forums. I started the TCC one partly as an attempt to post trade bait but it morphed into more of a mail day posting board. There are many cards I have mentioned in detail at those sites that I have never blogged about here on what I consider to be my official trading card blog. A few times, mostly in the early days, I mentioned a card in my mail day and even scanned it (at least the front) but never blogged about it over here.*

This is the story of one such card:

On Monday (24 Sept 2007) I received an order from Sportlots.com I was waiting on. A Roman Gabriel 1991 Pro Set World League "Collectible" card #24 (Inserted in 1991 Pro Set NFL packs).

I didn't realize it would be coming from Canada. Anyway I thought it was a card I didn't have but it turns out I had it. I have the full World League Set, but not all of the Inserts to the NFL set which are slightly different thus part of my confusion. My older card had a surprise. Little did I know that what I had always assumed was some odd Gatorade spray caught on film, seems to be some sort of damage to the card. I never thought anything of it because it was the only copy of the card I had and it didn't look like damage. This was before the Internet so I had never seen the image "online" before. Oh well. It appears the "spray" is possibly some kind of low ink or dirty printing plate printing error.

Roman is my fave all-time Rams Quarterback (Down Kurt Warner Down). I was told some years ago that when I was 3 or 4 my family was worried there was something wrong with me because I didn't talk much, so I was sent for testing at an Easter Seals Medical Clinic for hearing tests and other such nonsense. I remember some of those visits, but not this particular story. At the time I didn't know the reasoning of the trips to this particular medical clinic. I just looked at them as any other childhood "trip to the vet doctor", except I recall I didn't like going to these extra ear tests. Apparently my folks thought I might be deaf or have some other physical or maybe mental problem. One of the physicians or maybe an assistant or technician there noticed me doodling pictures of little football men (mostly of a quarterback with the number #18 on his chest), and in talking to me discovered that I was a big Los Angeles Rams fan and that Roman Gabriel (#18) was my favorite QB. Well then they found out I didn't have any physical problem, I was just extremely shy.

The subject card of this post is from the 1991 Pro Set World League of American Football insert set from the 1991 Pro Set NFL card set. On the back by the card number these cards were labeled World League Collectible there are 32 cards total. I mentioned a confusion of these cards because Pro Set produced a 150 card WLAF set. I had bought the set whole in one of those small card boxes that has the outer sleeve of the box over the container box.

ON to the card:

1991 Pro Set Football: WLAF Collectible Insert: 24 Roman Gabriel Head Coach Skyhawks

Original "spray" card

1991 Pro Set Football: WLAF Collectible Insert: 24 Roman Gabriel Head Coach Skyhawks

Regular card

Side by Side

1991 Pro Set WLAF Football: 131 Roman Gabriel Head Coach Skyhawks

* This post is the first one that I drafted for this "Blogged But Not Blogged" series so the introduction is a little longer than other posts in the series. I wasn't sure of the order I would publish them in. As of the 01 April 2018 (now 28 Apr 2018) editing draft of this post two other posts from this series have been published before this one. I have created a "BBNB" label for this series. (OK kids you should be able to figure that one out) I usually cut & paste the original blog or forum posts and then edit and add onto them so things could get a little confusing with these posts. 

For this post the original posting in my "CaptKirk42's Collection" TCC thread (post #21) didn't go into too much detail. So this post is more of a rewrite than a direct copy. The previously posted stories were typical direct copy with some rewriting. It should also be noted that most of the images from the old TCC posts are no longer showing due to Photobucket's change to their third party sharing polices. Free accounts can't do it anymore. So many of these images will be newly uploaded scans, or copies of the original scan/photo. The first 3 images in this post are my original scans. The rest are newly scanned images that I have cropped better and straightened their angles via the free photo editing software "PhotoScape"

CK42 Trade Post: A Lot Of Oilers

 CK42 TRADE POST:
Previously Trading Thursday
30 Jul 2017 (Updated 23 Jun 2022)

Trade Info | Master Want List| Trade List| What I Collect

A Lot Of Oilers

New Offerings:

Yeah that says what it means.

This post offers cards from a defunct NFL team that relocated and then a year later changed their name completely. I'm sure somewhere there are some people who collect Houston Oilers cards.

NOTE: Many of these cards have already been traded away or ear-marked for a Titans collector that also collects the old Oilers. Check on availability.

1989 Topps Football: 96 Alonzo Highsmith
1990 Score Football: 151 Bubba McDowell (2)
1991 Pro Set Platinum Football: 42 Mike Munchak
1992 Pacific Football:
114 Bo Orlando
115 Don Maggs
1992 Pinnacle Football: 257 Lamar Lathon
1992 Pro Set Football: 509 Cody Carlson
1992 Skybox Football: 
100 Warren Moon - Traded
169 Ernest Givins - Traded

1992 Topps Stadium Club Football:
8 Don Maggs (2)
34 David Williams (2)
55 Chris Dishman
75 Lamar Lathon
89 Greg Montgomery
120 Warren Moon (4)
152 Lorenzo White
183 Johnny Meads
218 Bruce Matthews

267 Bo Orlando (3)
1992 Wild Card Football: 88 Tony Jones 50 Stripe
1993 Hi-Pro Marketing Action Packed Football: All Madden Team 19 Bruce Matthews
1993 Fleer Football: 242 League Leader Warren Moon
1993 Skybox Football: 146 Warren Moon
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Football: Crash The Game C14 Gary Brown
1994 Fleer Football: 193 Warren Moon
1994 Topps Stadium Club Football: 472 Al Del Greco
1994 Fleer Ultra Football: 117 Cody Carlson Traded

1995 Pinnacle Action Packed Football: Monday Night Football: 83 Steve McNair - Traded
1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Football: 226 Ernest Givins
1995 Collector's Edge Football: 79 Haywood Jeffires - Traded
1995 Skybox Impact Football:
57 Ray Childress
58 Haywood Jeffires
1995 Classic Pro Line Football: 391 Gary Brown
1997 Upper Deck Football:
199 Eddie George
200 Ronnie Harmon
202 Willie Davis

1997 Upper Deck Football:
204 Darryll Lewis
225 Michael Barrow
2017 Panini Donruss Elite Collegiate Football: 32 Earl Campbell Univ Texas Longhorns Uniform

1997 Upper Deck Football:

205 Blaine Bishop
201 Chris Sanders
1994 Fleer Game Day Football: Tall Boy: 164 Steve Jackson - Traded
1995 Fleer Flair Football: Prieview 12 Bruce Matthews - Traded

Previous Offerings: 

Previous posts/offers are listed here.

CK42 Trading Posts:
Previously Trading Thursday: A couple of pack lots. One 6 packs one 9 packs.

Trading Thursday Posts:
A Set And Singles: 1993-94 Classic Draft Basketball

The Return?: 2015-16 Donruss Basketball from pack pulls

This One Is On Eleven: Basketball, Football and Non-Sport tall boy sized
A Fifth Of February: Mixed bag of Baseball, Basketball and Football
Experiment Number One: 3 cards total 2 hockey relics, 1 baseball auto

CFL Trading: 2015 CFL Football cards from a single box break

Trade Info | Master Want List| Trade List| What I Collect

Washington Wednesday: Spirit of The Game

 Spirit of The Game

Some weeks back I mentioned the card I'm going to show today, in of all places the semi-return of my Mascot Monday feature. Dang it haven't made any since. I got the card from a Sportlots Store along with a few other cards.

1992 Pro Set Football 374 Spirit of the Game Washington Redskins

Notice the lyrics to the Redskins Fight Song "Hail To The Redskins" are on the back of the card. If the image is not clear enough or your computer/smartphone doesn't show the image(s) from this post the lyrics are as follows:

Hail to the Redskins!

Hail Victory!

Braves on the Warpath!

Fight for old D.C.!

Run or pass and score—We want a lot more!

Beat 'em, Swamp 'em, Touchdown! -- Let the points soar!

Fight on, fight on 'Til you have won Sons of Wash-ing-ton.

Rah!, Rah!, Rah!

Hail to the Redskins!

Hail Victory!

Braves on the Warpath!

Fight for old D.C.! 

The card stops at the line "Sons of Wash-ing-ton.". Then final line the "old D.C." is held for several bars sort of like old vaudeville acts. The Line "Fight for old D.C." often sounds like "All D.C." and might be sung that way. It was at one time "Fight for ol' D.C." Technically I think it still is. I also understand that at one time the original lyrics for the middle verse was "Scalp 'em, swamp 'em -- We will take 'em big score.  Read 'em, weep 'em, touchdown - we want heap more" Looks like them 'Skins were a bit more racist in them olden days than they are now. People still accuse them of being racist.

I also got the Los Angeles Rams "Spirit of The Game" card as well.

 1992 Pro Set Football 366 Spirit of the Game Los Angeles Rams

Yes these cards from 1992 were THAT OLD that the Rams hadn't moved to St. Louis yet (They moved there in 1995) I don't know what is with the melon helmets one guy even has the Rams horns hat on-top of his melon helmet. He is in front of another guy with a melon helmet and they look like they are the same person. Weird.

Related links at:
haruth.com
wikipedia.org

Mascot Monday: The Return With A Rivalry

Mascot Monday: A Division Rivalry

Yes it has been ages upon ages since I've done one of these. Well over a year. This one is a bit different from the other installments because the Mascot(s) I am covering is(are) not the Official Mascot of the team they are cheering for. This episode is actually about two Unofficial Mascots, and both of them are real people just plain fans dressed up in simple costumes not character heads and costumes. I am talking about a big Rivalry in Football. The NFL NFC East Rivalry between the Cowboys and Indians, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins to be exact.

Wilford "Crazy Ray" Jones

Crazy Ray with Official Cowboys Mascot "Rowdy"

and Zema "Chief Zee" Williams.

Chief Zee with Redskin player Santana Moss

Both men were ultimate SuperFans of their respective teams. They were similar in that they were recognized by their team's fandom and their team as being a sort of Official Unofficial Mascot for the team. Both men were enthusiastic for their team. They butted heads often (as can be seen in the card I'm going to show), but I'm fairly sure it was a friendly rivalry. I'd like to think that both men respected each other the way their teams respected them. After all they despise the other's team not the other man. Right?

Now the card from 1992 Pro Set Football from the Team "Spirit of the Game" sub-set this is card #363 The Dallas Cowboys card. I think it is the only card either man is officially on. I don't have the Redskins card #374 yet. It doesn't have Chief Zee it has a bunch of fans holding letter and symbol signs that read "Hail To The Redskins" as the card has the lyrics to the Team Fight Song on the back. I will need to get that card and make a Washington Wednesday post about it. I have one of those ready in the queue for this Wednesday about a trade from long ago from my childhood.

1992 Pro Set Football: Spirit of the Game: 363 Dallas Cowboys

While searching for images of the rival mascots, I found this image of an autographed copy of this card on the site Redskins Hog Heaven. Actually I found it first via Google, then the site that had post it.

I don't have this autographed card, but would love to find one that is. I would also love to find an autograph of Chief Zee. I had never met him. I haven't been to a Redskins game. Sadly both men are no longer with us on this side of life. Ray passed in 2007 and Zee passed away earlier this year (2016) nine years later.

To see previous Mascot Monday posts click here.

Washington Wednesday: All Gibbs All Day All The Way

ALL GIBBS ALL DAY ALL THE WAY!

OK, OK, its been a very very long time between these things. I really should do them more often, and yeah don't get me started on my Mascot Monday feature. Its been over four months for that one, but as the kids used to say "What Ever!" (with the eye rolling).

So in my "daily" (not really but sometimes seems like it) overspending on Ebay I picked up an auction lot of four cards, I was going to say "set" but lot is more accurate. It was an actual auction that I bid on near the ending time, not my usual BIN "Buy It Now" spending spree. I had no problem or competition for it. Plus the seller was a fairly new seller only 1 feedback at the time, now they have 3 or 4. The pricing was $4.99 + $1.81 shipping, and surprisingly came in the proper bubble mailer packaging. Each card was in its own toplaoder and penny sleeve.

The cards were all of one person one team: Joe Gibbs Coach Washington Redskins. There was a duplicate so even though there are physically four cards there are only three designs. I already had three of the four cards, or rather two of the three, which makes the duplicate a triplicate at least. Well Homie Team and multiple copies of individual cards, and all that. "What Ever!"

The Cards:

1989 Pro Set Football 440 Joe Gibbs Redskins Coach (2) Had it

 

1990 Pro Set Football 333 Joe Gibbs Redskins Coach Had it

1992 Pro Line Profiles Football 127 Joe Gibbs Redskins Coach needed it 

The Pro-Line card is card number 127 but is also marked "1 of 9" meaning it is card number 1 of a 9 card subset, not a serial numbered "card number one of only nine total cards made" (1/9) like they do now days, so there could be 10,000 of these 1 of 9 1992 Pro Line Joe Gibbs cards. It seems that set is composed of nine card sub-sets for each player/coach featured.