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nearmint

I still have lots of scanning and data entry to do, but I think it's complete enough to call it ready for prime time. Here's the link to my new website, the Vintage Football Card Gallery. Eventually I plan to include scans of all football cards from 1973 and before.

A bit of information I would like to have for each card is the player's hometown. If you know a player's hometown but it doesn't appear on a card page for the player, please PM or email me, and I'll add it.

Let me know what you think!
Mike

AlanAllen

Very cool! I'm sure there are lots of people on the boards who would be willing to help fill in the gaps.

Joe

nearmint

I hope so. Once I start adding cards from the 50's, I'll need some help. If I can't afford to collect the cards, at least I can collect the pictures!

Mike

magellan

Mike, great site ! I love looking at old cards....thanks for the hard work it must have entailed to scan all of those pics in.

CW

Awesome site, Mike!
I think it would be cool if you did a football card "hall of fame",
where maybe the collectors can vote on their favorite cards and a
page could be set up honoring the ones picked. Just a suggestion.
I'll definitely be checking your site for updates & more sets.

Stone193

Mike
This is obviously a labor of love and I can't say enough how much I like what you've done - having the same thing with postwar baseball would be an invaluable resource - keep up the outstanding work - I will be watching as I'm attaching it to my favorite list - this is one of the most impressive things I've seen next to JoeStalin's footlong board-banters!
Mike

estang

Great site!

I noticed a correction needed for Bill Brown Minnesota Vikings. His actual college is Illinois, not Syracuse. I believe he went to school with Butkus and it lists that in my Vikes media guide.

Some more school additions for you (I only listed one card, could be other for same players) Source is Vikings media guide:

1966 Gordon Smith, Missouri
1965 Bobby Walden, Georgia
1968 Dave Osborn, North Dakota (just like Jim Kleinsasser!)
1968 Ron Vaderkelen, Wisconsin
1968 Joe Kapp, California (later coached there)
1968 Gary Cuozzo, Virginia
1968 Jim Lindsey, Arkansas
1969 Billy Martin, Georgia Tech
1970 Gene Washington, Michigan State
1970 Alan Page, Notre Dame

Once again, great site! I'll be checking out your Vikings cards for sale.

duner

that site is really nice. one day i'll figure out how to play with html, so i can create a masterpiece for the world to see. but it's more likely i'll win the lottery and pay someone. congrats, and goodluck on the quest. i sent you an email of stuff you may be able to use. duner

nearmint

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback and offers to help. As you can tell if you browsed the site, I started with the 1960's, and I'm up to 1966. When I finish the 60's, I'll start working back in the 50's. My collection gets sparse before '57, so that's when I'll need the most help.

Erik, thanks for the colleges and the Bill Brown info. It looks as if there were two Bill Browns, so I'll have to think of a way to distinguish between them.

I've thought about doing baseball after this, but considering how long it's taking to do football, baseball will be too much for me to do alone. Perhaps a collaborative effort would work. I'll need a bit of a break, though, to do some things that are much less fun--like fixing the plaster in the bathroom.

Mike

magellan

Also Mike, I noticed there were no scans for some. I have a '65 Lamonica & while my scanner is not working now, I plan on getting a new one after vacation 3/20-3/27. If you need a scan , holler at me then.

Dave

nearmint

Thanks, Dave. That card is in my safe deposit box--along with some of the other star cards that aren't pictured--so I haven't gotten a scan of it yet. If you send a scan, I can fill the gap quicker.

Mike

Mantlefan

Terrific site Mike! I especially love the 1960 Topps and 1964 Philly sets.

BTW 1964 Philly #169 does not picture Garland Boyette [Garland was African-American]
1960 Topps #52 does not picture Jim Taylor

WinPitcher

Nice job !!

nearmint

Thanks, Frank! I should hope you like the 1960 Topps and 1964 Philadelphia cards--quite a few of the cards I have pictured from those sets are in your hands now.

Do you know who the Garland Boyette imposter is? I believe the guy on Jim Taylor's card is actually Jim Taylor from the Cardinals--is that correct? (The same person appears on Jim's 1959 "rookie card," which I haven't gotten to yet.) If I know who is actually pictured on the cards, I'll add their names to the notes. Someone also pointed out to me that the person shown on Goose Gonsoulin's 1961 Fleer rookie card isn't Goose Gonsoulin. Anyone recognize him?

Mike

CW

You are right about the Taylors, Mike (and Frank). The 1959 #155 and
the 1960 #52 Jim Taylor cards do not show the Packers fullback.
In both years the picture is of Jim Taylor, a linebacker who played
for the Cardinals.

edited to add:
If you have a hard time getting scans of cards from the 50's sets, you
might try emailing some of the collectors that have images on their
registry sets. The scans would be done, and all you'd have to do is
crop out the slabs. I'm sure you'd get permission once they see how
much work you've already put into your site.