Ohio State Team signed program – 1936 with Chic Harley autograph.
Program signed by four Ohio State head coaches, eight All-Americans, numerous captains, and other Ohio State athletic employees and Columbus business men. 44 total autographs.
Page 1
James Renick (upper left) - Sports Writer
Walter Jeffrey (upper left) - Jeffrey Manufacturing
Walter Jeffrey (upper right) - Jeffrey Manufacturing
Unknown (nickname Punk or Pink)
Lynn W. St. John - OSU Athletic Director 1912 – 1947
John Wilce - OSU Coach 1913 – 1928
Floyd Stahl - Player and OSU Assistant Coach
Francis Schmidt - OSU Coach 1934 - 1940
John B.C. Eckstorm - OSU Coach 1899 – 1901
Harvey Miller - Writer at Columbus Dispatch
Merle Wendt - OSU Captain 1936 / All-American
Joe Gailus - OSU Captain 1933 / All-American
Lew Hinchman - OSU Captain 1932 / All-American
Francis D. Young - OSU Captain 1924
Harold “Cookie” Cunningham - OSU Captain 1925 / All-American
Marty G. Karow - OSU Captain 1926 / All-American / Boston Red Sox
Lloyd A. Pixley - OSU Captain 1922
Cyril E. Myers - OSU Captain 1921 / All-American
Charles “Chic” Harley - OSU Captain 1919 / All-American
Clarence A. MacDonald - OSU Captain 1918 / All-American
Howard G. Courtney - OSU Captain 1917
James R. Marker - OSU Captain 1903
Ralph W. Hoyer - OSU Captain 1905
James F. Lincoln - OSU Captain 1906
H. J. Schory - OSU Captain 1907
Oscar Thomas (bottom left) - OSU Athletic Department
Page 2
Paul M. Lincoln - OSU Captain 1890
Lynn W. St. John - OSU Athletic Director 1912 – 1947
Renick W. Dunlop - OSU Captain 1895
D. B. Sayers - OSU Captain 1899
J. H. Tilton - OSU Captain 1900
J. M. “Boss” Kittle - OSU Captain 1901
Albert Herrnstein - OSU Coach 1906 -1909
Leslie R. Wells - OSU Captain 1910
Don B. Barricklow - OSU Captain 1912
Campbell J. “Honus” Graf - OSU Captain 1914
Frank “Swede” Sorensen - OSU Captain 1916
Ernie R. Godfrey - OSU Football Player 1912 – 1914 / OSU Football Asst Coach 1929 – 1961
Fritz Mackey - OSU Coach/ Freshman and Baseball Coach
Clarence D. Laylin - OSU Chairman Athletic Board
Henry D. Taylor - OSU Ticket Office
H. G. Olsen – OSU Player and Professional Basketball Hall of Fame
F. W. McCormick - Photographer
Red Trautman (bottom right) - Baseball
Chic Harley and the 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan game.
Truly blessed to have won this Chic Harley autograph on the cover of a 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan program recently – to date the ONLY Harley autograph on a program.
In the summer of 1948 as Harley neared his 54th birthday, a new doctor for Harley recommended he try “shock treatment” as a way of trying to return to a normal condition. The therapy did wonders for Harley and he began to show an interest in Ohio State that he had not shown in years. By coincidence, the Buckeyes were scheduled to play road games that fall at Indiana, Northwestern and Illinois, all of which were games within driving distance of Harley’s location in Danville, Ill. He attended those games and enjoyed seeing Ohio State play so much that he wanted to see the Buckeyes play in Columbus against Michigan in the 1948 season finale.
In perhaps the greatest tribute ever paid to Chic during his life, and twenty-nine years after his final game, 75,000 people turned out to welcome him home. When the announcement was made Harley would be attending the game, the city and campus community prepared as if royalty would be attending the game. He was greeted at Union Terminal by city and university officials, as well as former teammates and family. A crowd estimated at 75,000 people lined High Street downtown for a ticker tape parade as his open-top convertible made its way to the capital building with a complete police escort and more than 20 university floats. The parade went from Union Station to the Deshler Wallick Hotel at the corner of Broad and High where One Columbus now stands. That was the equivalent of nearly 25% of the population of the city at the time.
During the 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan game, the OSU Marching Band got into paying tribute as well and according to the official OSU Athletics Website:
“On several occasions, including at halftime of the Michigan game that day with Harley in attendance, the band would open up the right side of the O’s in script Ohio to spell Chic.”
More on Chic and that day:
“We have seen pictures of that parade in the University archives,” Bob Harley said. “The expression on Chic’s face seemed like he couldn’t understand why they were doing this for him. He was just so humble and unassuming.”
“He was such a laid-back person,” Bill Harley said. “As a young man, I remember looking at him and not believing someone could have done all that. He never talked about it unless you drew it out of him. During that parade, he was so taken that all the people remembered him that he cried.”
Harley, though shy, spoke on several radio programs that weekend and did dozens of interviews to newspapers and other media. Harley had thanked everyone and stated “I enjoyed meeting all the fellows. It was so nice to have that parade for me. I am not deserving of that.” The next day the news restated Chic’s words - ‘I am not deserving of that’ – they were typical Chic Harley, the modest of the modest.
“He could do it all, but he was a very unselfish player,” Bill Harley said. “I remember talking with some of the guys he played with, and they said he was just a nice, quiet man. He never talked about what he had done or accomplished.”
At the age of 78, Charles William “Chic” Harley died April 21, 1974 of bronchial pneumonia at Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Danville, Illinois, where he had been a patient since 1938. Years earlier, he had asked his family and teammates that he be buried in Columbus upon his death and home to Columbus Chic came where he can continue to watch over his, and our, beloved Ohio State Buckeyes.
i like the list...quite a few Packers on it!!! many old threads seem to be dying on here. i know some members have gotten out of the hobby and one has passed away.
Packers Fan for Life Collecting: Brett Favre Master Set Favre Ticket Stubs Favre TD Reciever Autos Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set Football HOF Rc's
It's unfortunate. This was always a good place to learn about the NFL and autograph collecting. I'm down to 3--Ray, Bidwell, Kiesling---but if some of these guys get in, I'll fall further away.
@jmdvm7 said:
It's unfortunate. This was always a good place to learn about the NFL and autograph collecting. I'm down to 3--Ray, Bidwell, Kiesling---but if some of these guys get in, I'll fall further away.
good job...i am focused on the autographed cards. but have some cut autos for some of the guys that don't have any auto'd cards. i am holding water with the cards autos...however the older impossible guys are still on the set. any from the big class next year that dont have signed cards or cut auto cards won't be added to the set until there is a slabbed copy. but i will probably still search out some autos of them anyway. i do like the thought of having an auto of every member of the HOF.
Packers Fan for Life Collecting: Brett Favre Master Set Favre Ticket Stubs Favre TD Reciever Autos Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set Football HOF Rc's
Breaking up my Steelers and Redskins RC HOF and Key player auto sets. About 1/3 are claimed, including most of the high end.
Here is what's still available;
STEELERS
Bradshaw
Dawson
Greene
Ham
Harris
Lambert
Noll
Stallworth
Woodson
REDSKINS
Jurgensen
Hauss
L. Brown
Houston
Mosely
Riggins
Theisman
Monk
Manley
Green
Grimm
Looking to have some custom cuts or plain custom cards built? PM me.
Sad news to report. Greg M who started this thread recently passed away from Covid-19 at the age of 48. He was a passionate collector and friend to all of who collected HOF signed cards. RIP buddy
Greg always treated me like a friend, not just some random guy on the internet or a rookie collector. I'm sure he forgot more than I'll ever know. I guess to be honest I was always a little jealous of what he had, but glad for him at the same time. He knew I collected Packers HOF stuff, one day out of the blue he offered me a Ron Wolf and a Bob Harlan. I'll never sell them.
@jmdvm7 said:
On a whim, I decided to seek out this thread. I remember how great it once was. Are any of the regulars still around?
I was a semi-regular if that counts for anything. Just decided to peek if people were still around. Wish I had been still collecting when some of these nice pieces were being sold, but I ended up selling off about half of my collection.
Ended up deciding to get back into it and while I was 12 away before, I'm down to 19 again this time around. (With about 3 of them being on the rather easy side to get.)
I've definitely enjoyed the hunt and even picked up a few pieces I wasn't expecting to get so soon, but here we are.
At least I've got all the Steeler HOFers at this point. Just have to prepare for the future ones.
Hey all! I've been out of the game for awhile but this was always my favorite thread. It's sad to see we've lost some members. It's been fun reading though and revisiting the early days of NFL HOF auto collecting.
Hope everyone else is doing well!
Collecting the following autographed sets: HOF RC Auto Set 1955 Topps Football AA 1950 Bowman Football 1951 Bowman Football 1952 Bowman Football
ebay user- Jolt333 Please be sure to check out my auctions!
I miss the days of getting to educate myself on this thread every day!
Because PSA/DNA started offering discounts on grading signatures in my bulk subs this year, I decided to have the signatures in my NFL HOF PC graded.
I'm looking for high quality, NON-STICKER, signatures for any upgrades I may need. They do not need to be pack pulled, do not need to be PSA/DNA certified, and can range from index cards, to cut signatures, to cards. Anything is fair game as long as it is not a sticker, and the signature is fully visible without any streaks/smearing/defects.
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Amazing---no posts since March! Missed the HOF this year as the website I was shooting for went kaput. Hope everyone is well.
A twist on the theme of the post 😀
Personal Collection | Willie Woodburn | Legion of Doom
Posting because - Chic Harley related:
Program signed by four Ohio State head coaches, eight All-Americans, numerous captains, and other Ohio State athletic employees and Columbus business men. 44 total autographs.
Page 1
James Renick (upper left) - Sports Writer
Walter Jeffrey (upper left) - Jeffrey Manufacturing
Walter Jeffrey (upper right) - Jeffrey Manufacturing
Unknown (nickname Punk or Pink)
Lynn W. St. John - OSU Athletic Director 1912 – 1947
John Wilce - OSU Coach 1913 – 1928
Floyd Stahl - Player and OSU Assistant Coach
Francis Schmidt - OSU Coach 1934 - 1940
John B.C. Eckstorm - OSU Coach 1899 – 1901
Harvey Miller - Writer at Columbus Dispatch
Merle Wendt - OSU Captain 1936 / All-American
Joe Gailus - OSU Captain 1933 / All-American
Lew Hinchman - OSU Captain 1932 / All-American
Francis D. Young - OSU Captain 1924
Harold “Cookie” Cunningham - OSU Captain 1925 / All-American
Marty G. Karow - OSU Captain 1926 / All-American / Boston Red Sox
Lloyd A. Pixley - OSU Captain 1922
Cyril E. Myers - OSU Captain 1921 / All-American
Charles “Chic” Harley - OSU Captain 1919 / All-American
Clarence A. MacDonald - OSU Captain 1918 / All-American
Howard G. Courtney - OSU Captain 1917
James R. Marker - OSU Captain 1903
Ralph W. Hoyer - OSU Captain 1905
James F. Lincoln - OSU Captain 1906
H. J. Schory - OSU Captain 1907
Oscar Thomas (bottom left) - OSU Athletic Department
Page 2
Paul M. Lincoln - OSU Captain 1890
Lynn W. St. John - OSU Athletic Director 1912 – 1947
Renick W. Dunlop - OSU Captain 1895
D. B. Sayers - OSU Captain 1899
J. H. Tilton - OSU Captain 1900
J. M. “Boss” Kittle - OSU Captain 1901
Albert Herrnstein - OSU Coach 1906 -1909
Leslie R. Wells - OSU Captain 1910
Don B. Barricklow - OSU Captain 1912
Campbell J. “Honus” Graf - OSU Captain 1914
Frank “Swede” Sorensen - OSU Captain 1916
Ernie R. Godfrey - OSU Football Player 1912 – 1914 / OSU Football Asst Coach 1929 – 1961
Fritz Mackey - OSU Coach/ Freshman and Baseball Coach
Clarence D. Laylin - OSU Chairman Athletic Board
Henry D. Taylor - OSU Ticket Office
H. G. Olsen – OSU Player and Professional Basketball Hall of Fame
F. W. McCormick - Photographer
Red Trautman (bottom right) - Baseball
Chic Harley and the 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan game.
Truly blessed to have won this Chic Harley autograph on the cover of a 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan program recently – to date the ONLY Harley autograph on a program.
In the summer of 1948 as Harley neared his 54th birthday, a new doctor for Harley recommended he try “shock treatment” as a way of trying to return to a normal condition. The therapy did wonders for Harley and he began to show an interest in Ohio State that he had not shown in years. By coincidence, the Buckeyes were scheduled to play road games that fall at Indiana, Northwestern and Illinois, all of which were games within driving distance of Harley’s location in Danville, Ill. He attended those games and enjoyed seeing Ohio State play so much that he wanted to see the Buckeyes play in Columbus against Michigan in the 1948 season finale.
In perhaps the greatest tribute ever paid to Chic during his life, and twenty-nine years after his final game, 75,000 people turned out to welcome him home. When the announcement was made Harley would be attending the game, the city and campus community prepared as if royalty would be attending the game. He was greeted at Union Terminal by city and university officials, as well as former teammates and family. A crowd estimated at 75,000 people lined High Street downtown for a ticker tape parade as his open-top convertible made its way to the capital building with a complete police escort and more than 20 university floats. The parade went from Union Station to the Deshler Wallick Hotel at the corner of Broad and High where One Columbus now stands. That was the equivalent of nearly 25% of the population of the city at the time.
During the 1948 Ohio State vs Michigan game, the OSU Marching Band got into paying tribute as well and according to the official OSU Athletics Website:
“On several occasions, including at halftime of the Michigan game that day with Harley in attendance, the band would open up the right side of the O’s in script Ohio to spell Chic.”
More on Chic and that day:
“We have seen pictures of that parade in the University archives,” Bob Harley said. “The expression on Chic’s face seemed like he couldn’t understand why they were doing this for him. He was just so humble and unassuming.”
“He was such a laid-back person,” Bill Harley said. “As a young man, I remember looking at him and not believing someone could have done all that. He never talked about it unless you drew it out of him. During that parade, he was so taken that all the people remembered him that he cried.”
Harley, though shy, spoke on several radio programs that weekend and did dozens of interviews to newspapers and other media. Harley had thanked everyone and stated “I enjoyed meeting all the fellows. It was so nice to have that parade for me. I am not deserving of that.” The next day the news restated Chic’s words - ‘I am not deserving of that’ – they were typical Chic Harley, the modest of the modest.
“He could do it all, but he was a very unselfish player,” Bill Harley said. “I remember talking with some of the guys he played with, and they said he was just a nice, quiet man. He never talked about what he had done or accomplished.”
At the age of 78, Charles William “Chic” Harley died April 21, 1974 of bronchial pneumonia at Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Danville, Illinois, where he had been a patient since 1938. Years earlier, he had asked his family and teammates that he be buried in Columbus upon his death and home to Columbus Chic came where he can continue to watch over his, and our, beloved Ohio State Buckeyes.
My 1948 OSU vs UM program signed by Chic Harley:
Where is everyone? Any opinions on the senior finalists?
i like the list...quite a few Packers on it!!! many old threads seem to be dying on here. i know some members have gotten out of the hobby and one has passed away.
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
It's unfortunate. This was always a good place to learn about the NFL and autograph collecting. I'm down to 3--Ray, Bidwell, Kiesling---but if some of these guys get in, I'll fall further away.
good job...i am focused on the autographed cards. but have some cut autos for some of the guys that don't have any auto'd cards. i am holding water with the cards autos...however the older impossible guys are still on the set. any from the big class next year that dont have signed cards or cut auto cards won't be added to the set until there is a slabbed copy. but i will probably still search out some autos of them anyway. i do like the thought of having an auto of every member of the HOF.
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
A signed RC of Sprinkle sold on Ebay for $1299
Does anyone have a Mac Speedie autograph they are willing to part with?
If anyone needs a Tim Mara signature please pm me, I have one available. Would consider partial trade/Payment involving Dilweg or Duke Slater as well
"In Al We Trust!"
Looking for Autos of HOFers Charles Bidwill, Tim Mara, Joe Carr, Fritz Pollard, Guy Chamberlin & Bill Hewitt
Breaking up my Steelers and Redskins RC HOF and Key player auto sets. About 1/3 are claimed, including most of the high end.
Here is what's still available;
STEELERS
Bradshaw
Dawson
Greene
Ham
Harris
Lambert
Noll
Stallworth
Woodson
REDSKINS
Jurgensen
Hauss
L. Brown
Houston
Mosely
Riggins
Theisman
Monk
Manley
Green
Grimm
Commissions
Check out my Facebook page
I have some football card autos for sale in the B-S-T forum, here's a link:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1041481/pre-ebay-sale-autographed-football-cards#latest
RIP Gale Sayers
Slowly selling my cards. I have no idea how to price them. What would be a good guess for this 1952 Robustelli.
Thanks
Sad news to report. Greg M who started this thread recently passed away from Covid-19 at the age of 48. He was a passionate collector and friend to all of who collected HOF signed cards. RIP buddy
Oh crap, that’s terrible. Greg was a very nice guy. He will be missed. He once gifted me this card, which I later got slabbed:
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Greg always treated me like a friend, not just some random guy on the internet or a rookie collector. I'm sure he forgot more than I'll ever know. I guess to be honest I was always a little jealous of what he had, but glad for him at the same time. He knew I collected Packers HOF stuff, one day out of the blue he offered me a Ron Wolf and a Bob Harlan. I'll never sell them.
RIP GregM
Wow, that's so sad. I never talked to Greg but I do remember he adopted a baby girl back in 2009. Seemed like a good guy. RIP.
Just got these in..
Yeah.. I know the glare sucks..
On a whim, I decided to seek out this thread. I remember how great it once was. Are any of the regulars still around?
Sold all my football autos except for 2 last winter. Just collecting baseball now
DANC1209 bought a huge chunk of my set, which was great to see them keep together and on the registry.
I was a semi-regular if that counts for anything. Just decided to peek if people were still around. Wish I had been still collecting when some of these nice pieces were being sold, but I ended up selling off about half of my collection.
Ended up deciding to get back into it and while I was 12 away before, I'm down to 19 again this time around. (With about 3 of them being on the rather easy side to get.)
I've definitely enjoyed the hunt and even picked up a few pieces I wasn't expecting to get so soon, but here we are.
At least I've got all the Steeler HOFers at this point. Just have to prepare for the future ones.
Hey all! I've been out of the game for awhile but this was always my favorite thread. It's sad to see we've lost some members. It's been fun reading though and revisiting the early days of NFL HOF auto collecting.
Hope everyone else is doing well!
HOF RC Auto Set
1955 Topps Football AA
1950 Bowman Football
1951 Bowman Football
1952 Bowman Football
ebay user- Jolt333
Please be sure to check out my auctions!
I miss the days of getting to educate myself on this thread every day!
Because PSA/DNA started offering discounts on grading signatures in my bulk subs this year, I decided to have the signatures in my NFL HOF PC graded.
I'm looking for high quality, NON-STICKER, signatures for any upgrades I may need. They do not need to be pack pulled, do not need to be PSA/DNA certified, and can range from index cards, to cut signatures, to cards. Anything is fair game as long as it is not a sticker, and the signature is fully visible without any streaks/smearing/defects.
Here is a link to my set registry.
Raiderguy10's PSA/DNA Set Registry
"In Al We Trust!"
Looking for Autos of HOFers Charles Bidwill, Tim Mara, Joe Carr, Fritz Pollard, Guy Chamberlin & Bill Hewitt