Here are a couple of guys I have a personal relationship with, a very very tenuous relationship but whatcha gonna do?
Ben Hawkins was a star player for my hometown high school in the early 60's. My buddies and I used to sneak into Nutley's Park Oval field to watch him play on Saturdays. We could never beat Montclair. And the year we did the refs screwed us out of it.
Ralph Baker is the first pro athlete I ever met in person. He was a friend of my ex-uncle from Baltimore.
A different uncle on mine owned a pharmacy (and the family still does) in New Jersey. It was one of those places that everyone in town used and my uncle knew everyone. Somehow he got Bob Tucker to make an appearance at his store. I went with my Dad. It was cool to feel like a 'privileged character' with behind the counter access.
Love the vintage football sets from the early 70's. Just completed the 73 set which included the Ralph Baker. Good stuff
ReplyDeleteI bought a brick of the '73s from the shop for $2. I love that set.
DeleteUuughh...it's football season. Everything is football, even baseball card blogs. But ya know...vintage makes everything better and I gotta admit these are pretty cool. Good score!
ReplyDeleteMike, I'm as more a football guy than I am baseball, at least when it comes to being a fan.
DeleteAs for the blog, I believe in variety! ;-)
Ben Hawkins was famous for not buckling his chin strap while in the game. The NoFunLeague put an end to that at some point.
ReplyDeleteI had a Ben Hawkins jersey in the early 1970s. (Well, not really an Eagles' jersey - it was a kelly green Russell mesh jersey with the #18 on it, and I was living in the Philly area, so that was close enough.)
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DeleteAnyway.... having a jersey back then was pretty cool and unoque, not like today.
Hawk did the chin strap thing in high school.