1926 Spalding Champion Tod Morgan, ridiculous rare. These cards came with three different variation backs, a biography back, a Spalding advertisement back, and blank back. All three variations are extremely difficult to find.
1931 Cigarrera Bigott Venezuelan Boxers - Diana Cigarillos - Tod Morgan. These are ridiculous rare as well. It's interesting, this set is basically a carbon copy of the famously rare 1927 York Caramel prizefighters set, these were produced in Venezuela by the Cigarrera Bigott company, a cigar/ cigarette company.
A lot of legendary fighters in this photo, Jack Dempsey, Mickey Walker, Tommy Loughran, Young Stribling, Bombardier Billy Wells, Memphis Pal Moore, Eddie Cochrane, Pete "Kid" Herman, Pete Latzo. Tod Morgan is the one with the number 7 over him.
An image from Tod Morgan-Paddy Boxall fight in July 1939, Morgan won this fight by knockout. Boxall was a good fighter, he would later defeat Morgan for the Australian lightweight title.
A cartoon illustration of Tod Morgan and Steve "Kid" Sullivan before their bout in June of 1926 and a New York Times written account of the fight. There is no fight film of Tod Morgan, so 📰 articles like this allow you to visualize how he looked in action, his style, etc. I love this stuff.
STORY OF THE BATTLE TOLD ROUND BY ROUND; Detailed Description Shows How Morgan Outclassed Sullivan All the Way. MORGAN KNOCKS OUT SULLIVAN IN SIXTH
June 4, 1926
Credit...The New York Times Archives
Tod Morgan and Steve Sullivan entered the ring almost simultaneously for their title bout at Ebbets field last night. Sullivan had a patch of plaster over his nose. Whitey Eckworth handled the champion, while Manager Paddy Roche, was chief second for Sullivan. Jim Crowley was the referee and the judges were George Kelly and George Partrick. It was announced Morgan weighed 127½ and Sullivan weighed 128½ pounds.
The detailed description of the bout follows:
First Round.
Morgan jabbed a left to body. Sullivan jabbed a left to face. Morgan put two light lefts to face and they clinched. Morgan jabbed a left to chest and Sullivan drove his right to body and head. They exchanged left hooks and clinched. Sullivan put a left to the body. Morgan jabbed a left to face and then hooked a left and right to the head. Morgan blocked a left and right to the body and floored Sullivan for a count of nine with a left hook to the jaw. A stiff left jab brought the blood from Sullivan's injured nose. Sullivan drove a left and right to the head and with a left to the mouth brought blood from the champion's lips. Morgan hooked a left to the jaw at the bell.
Second Round.
They sparred cautiously and then Sullivan missed a right for the jaw. Morgan jabbed left to the body and blocked Sullivan's left hook to the jaw. Morgan drove a hard right to the body and with two left hooks to the Jaw floored Sullivan for a count of nine. Morgan landed high on the head with a left hook. Morgan drove a right to the jaw and a left to head and crossed a right to the Jaw. Morgan snapped Sullivan's head back with a stiff left jab to the jaw. Sullivan twice landed with left hooks. Morgan staggered Sullivan with a left and right to the jaw at the bell.
Third Round.
They sparred cautiously, Morgan blocking Sullivan's lead and then jabbing a left to the body. Sullivan drove a right to the jaw and landed a left and right to the body. Morgan hooked a left to the head, but was wild when he tried a right for the jaw. Morgan hooked a left to the head and Sullivan almost fell through the ropes when he missed a left hook. Morgan slipped as he danced around and fell to his glove tips.
Fourth Round.
Morgan jabbed a left to the face, missed a right for the jaw, jabbed a left to the body and crossed a right to the head. Sullivan shot a right and left to the body. Morgan jabbed a left to the body and they clinched. The champion blocked Sullivan's leads for the body. Morgan jabbed repeatedly with his left to the face and after missing a right for the jaw hooked a left to the head. Morgan backed Sullivan into a neutral corner and drove several rights and lefts to the head.
Fifth Round.
They exchanged lefts to the body and then Morgan sent Sullivan's head back with a straight left. Morgan peppered left jabs to the face. Sullivan tried a left for the body, but was wild, Sullivan twice hooked his left to the face, but Sullivan leaped after his rival, hooking a left to the jaw and driving his right to the body and face several times. Morgan drove a right to the head and was jabbing Sullivan at the bell.
Sixth Round.
Morgan jabbed his left to the face and body and after blocking Sullivan's left for the body hooked a right and left to the jaw. Morgan drove a hard right to the heart and whipped a right to the head. Morgan jabbed a left to the body and face and then grazed the chin with a right. Sullivan was short with a left and right to the jaw, Morgan hooked a left to the head and drove a hard right to the body. In a rally near the ropes Morgan was pounding Sullivan when Paddy Roche threw in a towel, giving Morgan credit for a knockout victory. The time of the round was 2 minutes 3 seconds.
The great Tod Morgan, "The Seattle Flash." Of all the photos I've seen of Tod Morgan, this my favorite, it's a savage image and I would love to own the type 1 original.
You know I'm a big horror movie fan, and the Halloween franchise is one of my favorites. The original Halloween film (1978), Halloween 2 (1981) and Halloween (2018) are my favorite films in the franchise. The original Halloween just might be the greatest slasher film ever made. The whole concept of Michael Myers was a stroke of genius, the white mask with it's hollow, blank, emotionless look is really what made the Michael Myers character so terrifying and effective.
This is the holy grail of Halloween video tape collecting right here, the original 1978 first edition Halloween VHS, this is the first VHS of Halloween ever released on the market, with the famous purple and orange cover. This is a copy in nice condition that a collector was showing off on Reddit, if this were to be graded it would probably fetch over $10k easily.
Donald Pleasance was brilliant as Dr. Samuel Loomis. Pleasance appeared in parts 1,2,4,5, and 6 in the franchise. He said in an interview one time that he loved portraying the character of Dr. Samuel Loomis and as long as the franchise needed him be would always play Dr. Loomis. I have to say, the Dr. Samuel Loomis character was a stroke of genius. Dr. Samuel Loomis from the Halloween franchise was a psychiatrist that Worked at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, he was tasked with treating Michael Myers for 15 years following the murder of his sister. He became convinced that Myers was pure evil rather than just mentally ill. After Michael escaped from Smith's Grove, Dr. Loomis was constantly hunting Michael and trying to stop him.
The best part of the original Halloween movie was near the end of the film when Laurie Strode pulled Michael's mask off and you get a brief glimpse of his face. His face looks human but grotesque at the same time. He looks exactly like you would think he might look, it was the perfect look for Michael, a stroke of genius moment in horror movie history.
Halloween 2 was an awesome film as well, the whole film was set at the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital late Halloween night, Laurie Strode is a patient there after surviving Michael's reign of terror and Michael finds out she's there. The hospital is dark, isolated, and basically empty and Michael spends the whole night picking off the staff to get to Laurie. You spend the whole film at the hospital and it's just a phenomenal atmosphere for a horror movie, it was a stroke of genius making the whole film at that hospital.
The best scene in Halloween 2 was the needle scene, in that dark room when the nurse is backing up and Michael comes out of the shadows and you can see the white of his mask slowly emerge from the darkness, one of the greatest scenes in horror movie history.
Halloween (2018) was another phenom of a film, it picks up 40 years after the events of the original 1978 film and it's just a masterpiece of a movie. Michael is hell on wheels in this movie and of course Jamie Lee Curtis is brilliant as always.
Rob Zombie, the famous front man for the heavy metal band White Zombie, also made two Halloween movies, Halloween (2007) and Halloween 2 (2009), I really enjoyed his spin on the Halloween story, and Michael Myers was absolutely terrifying in both films.
I liked the look of Rob Zombie's version of Michael Myers, actor Tyler Mane played the adult Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and its sequel, Halloween II (2009). Standing at 6' 9", Mane is the tallest actor to portray the character. Michael being so tall really gave him an aura of intimidation and sheer terror.
Fascinating fact, the iconic Michael Myers mask from Halloween was created by the production designer for the original 1978 Halloween film, Tommy Lee Wallace, who modified a $1.98 Captain Kirk mask purchased at a Hollywood Boulevard costume shop. The Captain Kirk mask was produced in 1975 and manufactured by Don Post Studios and modeled after actor William Shatner. Wallace transformed the mask by spray-painting it white, enlarging the eyeholes, and removing the sideburns and eyebrows.
Michael Myers was created by filmmaker John Carpenter and producer Debra Hill for the 1978 horror film Halloween. Carpenter, who directed and co-wrote the film, based the character—originally credited as "The Shape"—on a real-life, unsettling encounter he had with a young patient in a psychiatric institution. While visiting a mental institution in Kentucky, Carpenter met a 12- or 13-year-old boy with a "completely insane" and "unsettling" stare, which inspired the Michael Myers character's demeanor. These are iconic photos of John Carpenter and Debra Hill sitting on the steps of the Michael Myers house, from the 1978 film, with a Jack-o'-lantern on the handrail.
And of course Jamie Lee Curtis was brilliant as Laurie Strode. She appeared in seven Halloween films across six decades, starting with the original in 1978 and concluding with Halloween Ends (2022). She waged all-out war with Michael in every film she appeared in, and was the perfect antagonist.
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Another Tod Morgan exhibit card with a Red tinted variation.
1926 Spalding Champion Tod Morgan, ridiculous rare. These cards came with three different variation backs, a biography back, a Spalding advertisement back, and blank back. All three variations are extremely difficult to find.
1931 Cigarrera Bigott Venezuelan Boxers - Diana Cigarillos - Tod Morgan. These are ridiculous rare as well. It's interesting, this set is basically a carbon copy of the famously rare 1927 York Caramel prizefighters set, these were produced in Venezuela by the Cigarrera Bigott company, a cigar/ cigarette company.
1935 United Tobacco Co. - World Famous Boxers - Tod Morgan.
Tod Morgan as junior lightweight champion on the cover of The Knockout magazine.
This is a photo of Tod Morgan and his father/manager Fred Morgan.
An advertisement for the Tod Morgan-Graham Evans fight in February of 1939.
A lot of legendary fighters in this photo, Jack Dempsey, Mickey Walker, Tommy Loughran, Young Stribling, Bombardier Billy Wells, Memphis Pal Moore, Eddie Cochrane, Pete "Kid" Herman, Pete Latzo. Tod Morgan is the one with the number 7 over him.
This is a photo of Tod Morgan with legendary Australian welterweight Jack Carroll.
Tod Morgan featured on a photo card with Australian featherweight champion Joe Hall.
An image from Tod Morgan-Paddy Boxall fight in July 1939, Morgan won this fight by knockout. Boxall was a good fighter, he would later defeat Morgan for the Australian lightweight title.
This is a sick image of Tod Morgan and Mike Ballerino facing off on a rooftop in 1925.
Nice Tod Morgan autograph.
An up-close shot of Tod Morgan.
A newspaper article about Tod Morgan's win over Sal Sorio in May of 1929.
A cartoon illustration of Tod Morgan and Steve "Kid" Sullivan before their bout in June of 1926 and a New York Times written account of the fight. There is no fight film of Tod Morgan, so 📰 articles like this allow you to visualize how he looked in action, his style, etc. I love this stuff.
STORY OF THE BATTLE TOLD ROUND BY ROUND; Detailed Description Shows How Morgan Outclassed Sullivan All the Way. MORGAN KNOCKS OUT SULLIVAN IN SIXTH
June 4, 1926
Credit...The New York Times Archives
Tod Morgan and Steve Sullivan entered the ring almost simultaneously for their title bout at Ebbets field last night. Sullivan had a patch of plaster over his nose. Whitey Eckworth handled the champion, while Manager Paddy Roche, was chief second for Sullivan. Jim Crowley was the referee and the judges were George Kelly and George Partrick. It was announced Morgan weighed 127½ and Sullivan weighed 128½ pounds.
The detailed description of the bout follows:
First Round.
Morgan jabbed a left to body. Sullivan jabbed a left to face. Morgan put two light lefts to face and they clinched. Morgan jabbed a left to chest and Sullivan drove his right to body and head. They exchanged left hooks and clinched. Sullivan put a left to the body. Morgan jabbed a left to face and then hooked a left and right to the head. Morgan blocked a left and right to the body and floored Sullivan for a count of nine with a left hook to the jaw. A stiff left jab brought the blood from Sullivan's injured nose. Sullivan drove a left and right to the head and with a left to the mouth brought blood from the champion's lips. Morgan hooked a left to the jaw at the bell.
Second Round.
They sparred cautiously and then Sullivan missed a right for the jaw. Morgan jabbed left to the body and blocked Sullivan's left hook to the jaw. Morgan drove a hard right to the body and with two left hooks to the Jaw floored Sullivan for a count of nine. Morgan landed high on the head with a left hook. Morgan drove a right to the jaw and a left to head and crossed a right to the Jaw. Morgan snapped Sullivan's head back with a stiff left jab to the jaw. Sullivan twice landed with left hooks. Morgan staggered Sullivan with a left and right to the jaw at the bell.
Third Round.
They sparred cautiously, Morgan blocking Sullivan's lead and then jabbing a left to the body. Sullivan drove a right to the jaw and landed a left and right to the body. Morgan hooked a left to the head, but was wild when he tried a right for the jaw. Morgan hooked a left to the head and Sullivan almost fell through the ropes when he missed a left hook. Morgan slipped as he danced around and fell to his glove tips.
Fourth Round.
Morgan jabbed a left to the face, missed a right for the jaw, jabbed a left to the body and crossed a right to the head. Sullivan shot a right and left to the body. Morgan jabbed a left to the body and they clinched. The champion blocked Sullivan's leads for the body. Morgan jabbed repeatedly with his left to the face and after missing a right for the jaw hooked a left to the head. Morgan backed Sullivan into a neutral corner and drove several rights and lefts to the head.
Fifth Round.
They exchanged lefts to the body and then Morgan sent Sullivan's head back with a straight left. Morgan peppered left jabs to the face. Sullivan tried a left for the body, but was wild, Sullivan twice hooked his left to the face, but Sullivan leaped after his rival, hooking a left to the jaw and driving his right to the body and face several times. Morgan drove a right to the head and was jabbing Sullivan at the bell.
Sixth Round.
Morgan jabbed his left to the face and body and after blocking Sullivan's left for the body hooked a right and left to the jaw. Morgan drove a hard right to the heart and whipped a right to the head. Morgan jabbed a left to the body and face and then grazed the chin with a right. Sullivan was short with a left and right to the jaw, Morgan hooked a left to the head and drove a hard right to the body. In a rally near the ropes Morgan was pounding Sullivan when Paddy Roche threw in a towel, giving Morgan credit for a knockout victory. The time of the round was 2 minutes 3 seconds.
MORGAN KNOCKS OUT
SULLIVAN IN SIXTH
A couple of fight pose photos of Tod Morgan.
"Sailor" Tom Sharkey lifting up Tod Morgan and Speedy Dado.
Tod Morgan holding the speed bag in one hand, gloves in the other, with the jump rope around his neck, epic image.
The great Tod Morgan, "The Seattle Flash." Of all the photos I've seen of Tod Morgan, this my favorite, it's a savage image and I would love to own the type 1 original.
Tod Morgan holding his junior lightweight championship belt.
You know I'm a big horror movie fan, and the Halloween franchise is one of my favorites. The original Halloween film (1978), Halloween 2 (1981) and Halloween (2018) are my favorite films in the franchise. The original Halloween just might be the greatest slasher film ever made. The whole concept of Michael Myers was a stroke of genius, the white mask with it's hollow, blank, emotionless look is really what made the Michael Myers character so terrifying and effective.
This is a gem mint graded copy of the original Halloween film on VHS, $6,600 for this puppy.
This is the holy grail of Halloween video tape collecting right here, the original 1978 first edition Halloween VHS, this is the first VHS of Halloween ever released on the market, with the famous purple and orange cover. This is a copy in nice condition that a collector was showing off on Reddit, if this were to be graded it would probably fetch over $10k easily.
Epic shot of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode from the original Halloween film.
The closet scene from the original Halloween film.
Donald Pleasance was brilliant as Dr. Samuel Loomis. Pleasance appeared in parts 1,2,4,5, and 6 in the franchise. He said in an interview one time that he loved portraying the character of Dr. Samuel Loomis and as long as the franchise needed him be would always play Dr. Loomis. I have to say, the Dr. Samuel Loomis character was a stroke of genius. Dr. Samuel Loomis from the Halloween franchise was a psychiatrist that Worked at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, he was tasked with treating Michael Myers for 15 years following the murder of his sister. He became convinced that Myers was pure evil rather than just mentally ill. After Michael escaped from Smith's Grove, Dr. Loomis was constantly hunting Michael and trying to stop him.
The best part of the original Halloween movie was near the end of the film when Laurie Strode pulled Michael's mask off and you get a brief glimpse of his face. His face looks human but grotesque at the same time. He looks exactly like you would think he might look, it was the perfect look for Michael, a stroke of genius moment in horror movie history.
Halloween 2 was an awesome film as well, the whole film was set at the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital late Halloween night, Laurie Strode is a patient there after surviving Michael's reign of terror and Michael finds out she's there. The hospital is dark, isolated, and basically empty and Michael spends the whole night picking off the staff to get to Laurie. You spend the whole film at the hospital and it's just a phenomenal atmosphere for a horror movie, it was a stroke of genius making the whole film at that hospital.
And Michael Myers looked frightening in Halloween 2, great film.
Thr Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, great atmosphere.
The scene when Michael crashes through the front entrance of the hospital at the end of the film.
The best scene in Halloween 2 was the needle scene, in that dark room when the nurse is backing up and Michael comes out of the shadows and you can see the white of his mask slowly emerge from the darkness, one of the greatest scenes in horror movie history.
Halloween (2018) was another phenom of a film, it picks up 40 years after the events of the original 1978 film and it's just a masterpiece of a movie. Michael is hell on wheels in this movie and of course Jamie Lee Curtis is brilliant as always.
Halloween Kills (2021) was the sequel to Halloween (2018) and it was a phenomenal film as well, Michael was hell on wheels on steroids in this film.
The fireman scene from Halloween Kills is one of the best scenes in the franchise.
The mask Michael wore in Halloween Kills was wicked, with the burn damage on the left side from the fire, it really gave him a frightening appearance.
Halloween (2018), opening scene. If this scene isn't enough to get you hooked, then I don't know what is.
Rob Zombie, the famous front man for the heavy metal band White Zombie, also made two Halloween movies, Halloween (2007) and Halloween 2 (2009), I really enjoyed his spin on the Halloween story, and Michael Myers was absolutely terrifying in both films.
I liked the look of Rob Zombie's version of Michael Myers, actor Tyler Mane played the adult Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and its sequel, Halloween II (2009). Standing at 6' 9", Mane is the tallest actor to portray the character. Michael being so tall really gave him an aura of intimidation and sheer terror.
And the appearance of Michael Myers in Rob Zombies films, the mask and everything was really well done.
Michael's appearance in Rob Zombie's Halloween II was really frightening.
Fascinating fact, the iconic Michael Myers mask from Halloween was created by the production designer for the original 1978 Halloween film, Tommy Lee Wallace, who modified a $1.98 Captain Kirk mask purchased at a Hollywood Boulevard costume shop. The Captain Kirk mask was produced in 1975 and manufactured by Don Post Studios and modeled after actor William Shatner. Wallace transformed the mask by spray-painting it white, enlarging the eyeholes, and removing the sideburns and eyebrows.
Absolutely wicked image of Michael Myers on the cover of Fangoria magazine, check out his eye peering through the mask
Epic scene from Halloween H20 (1998).
Michael Myers was created by filmmaker John Carpenter and producer Debra Hill for the 1978 horror film Halloween. Carpenter, who directed and co-wrote the film, based the character—originally credited as "The Shape"—on a real-life, unsettling encounter he had with a young patient in a psychiatric institution. While visiting a mental institution in Kentucky, Carpenter met a 12- or 13-year-old boy with a "completely insane" and "unsettling" stare, which inspired the Michael Myers character's demeanor. These are iconic photos of John Carpenter and Debra Hill sitting on the steps of the Michael Myers house, from the 1978 film, with a Jack-o'-lantern on the handrail.
And of course Jamie Lee Curtis was brilliant as Laurie Strode. She appeared in seven Halloween films across six decades, starting with the original in 1978 and concluding with Halloween Ends (2022). She waged all-out war with Michael in every film she appeared in, and was the perfect antagonist.