This is a 1961 AFL football “error” card of defensive back Austin “Goose” Gonsoulin. The player in the picture is actually Darryl Rogers, who didn’t have much of a playing career but went on to become a legendary college football coach. The card company can be excused for identification errors on the players in the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This logo wasn’t a team logo, but rather a patch worn in the 1945 season by several major league players who had served in World War II to signify and honor their service.
Classic Sports Card of The Day
Eddie Grant, shown in this 1911 baseball card, was the first major league player killed in action in World War I. He was Captain of the 77th Infantry Division, and was killed by an exploding shell on October15, 1918.
NHL – remembering the Golden Seals
When flamboyant Oakland A’s baseball owner Charles O. Finley decided to expand his sports empire by purchasing the NHL’s Oakland Seals franchise, he immediately transformed the team into the California Golden Seals and outfitted them in uniforms that matched the colors of his highly successful baseball team, right down to white skates to match the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The Oakland Seals were one of the 6 expansion franchises added to the NHL in 1967. They weren’t very successful, and the flamboyant owner of the Oakland A’s baseball team decided to buy them, and transform them into the California Golden Seals. This is their logo (complete with gold and green colors to match the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
The 1956 Topps baseball cards included both a profile picture of the player and an action shot on the front of the card. Unfortunately on this Henry Aaron card the player sliding into home plate in the action photo is actually Willie Mays.
NFL – AFC South
The biggest question in the AFC South every season is who is going to challenge the Indianapolis Colts for supremacy in the division? The Colts, although they’ve become the “Atlanta Braves of the NFL” by dominating their division but only winning one Super Bowl, are still the favorite in this division. The Houston Texans are … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is an old logo of the Minnesota Twins from the 1960s, shortly after they began existence in 1961. They were the old Washington Senators until after the 1960 season but were then moved to the Twin Cities. Politicians in Washington were upset over the move, so baseball put an expansion team in Washington the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
The 1961 Fleer card of The Big “O”….Oscar Robertson, one of the NBA’s all-time greats. He starred for the old Cincinnati Royals for 10 years before moving on to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he teamed with a rookie center named Lew Alcindor (we know him now as Kareem Abdul Jabbar) to bring an NBA title … Read More
NHL – Playoff update
The NHL playoffs have been a crazy ride so far this season, especially in the Eastern Conference where the 2 bottom seeds wound up playing for the conference title. The Philadelphia Flyers are amazingly back from the dead and in control of their series with Montreal so far. Since trailing 3-0 in game seven in … Read More