CARD: Playoff Contenders 2000 European Ticket ACQUIRED: 2021, Future Considerations
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Defensive lineman Jonathan Brown played collegially at Tennessee where he helped the Vols win the SEC title in ’97.
In that season he had a career high 13.5 sacks- good for second on the school’s all-time list.
Over his 4 years at Tennessee, Brown notched 27.5 sacks.
Selected in the 3rd round of the 1998 draft by the Green Bay Packers.
Released during roster cuts in ’99, and finished the season on the active roster of the Broncos that year.
Joined the Berlin Thunder in 2000, recording 10 sacks, 30 tackles and 2 forced fumbles.
Played for the St. Louis Rams in 2001.
Returned to the NFLE in 2003, as a selection of the Amsterdam Admirals.
Posted 6.5 sacks and 26 tackles.
Took his game to the Arena Football League playing for the Indiana Firebirds.
In 2004, Jonathan played for the CFL Argonauts, becoming a fixture at DE for the next 6 seasons.
He’d accumulate 50 sacks over his time in Toronto with dual 13 sack seasons in 2005, and 2007.
Retired after a final season in BC with the Lions, adding another 4 sacks to his career CFL number.
ACCOLADES:
NFLE Defensive MVP 2000
All-NFL Europe 2000, ’03
CFL All-Star 2005- ’07
NOTES:
Cool looking card here of Jonathan. The green actually works. He’s also got a great autograph for a big man. He really backdoored into a pretty solid career playing in the CFL there.
CARD: Berlin Thunder BK Team Issue 2001 ACQUIRED: 2021, Private Acquisition
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played in the Germany with the Hamburg Silver Eagles and Hamburg Huskies.
German National who didn’t play college ball, but was snapped up to play WR for the Berlin Thunder.
Spent four seasons with the team from 2000-04.
Dressed for 7 games in 2003, and 4 games in 2004 but didn’t record any stats.
Pretty much played football year round, and would play for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes in the off-season, and then later the Hamburg Blue Devils.
Spent a year with the Hamburg Eagles in 2007, but after suffering a serious hamstring injury, returned to the Blue Devils in ’08, and again the Baltic Hurricanes in ’09.
Played for the Hamburg Huskies from 2011-’14.
After playing days ended, moved into coaching and has been a positional coach in the GFL.
With great size (6’6″) and a good arm, Jonathan Quinn led Middle Tennessee State after transferring from Tulane.
Showed dramatic improvement in his Senior campaign in ’97, throwing for 2,209 yards and 17 TDs, catching the eye of pro scouts.
He was selected in the 3rd round of the ’98 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Quinn- at the time was the highest drafted QB in Jaguars history.
Saw sparing playing time his rookie year as the heir apparent to incumbent, Mark Brunell.
Guided the team to victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in only his second start in 1998.
Quinn was shipped to the NFLE for seasoning in 2001.
He played for the Berlin Thunder, throwing 4 TDs in a 34-25 victory over the Frankfurt Galaxy.
Then Quinn won World Bowl IX throwing for 308 yards and 3 TDs in a win over the Barcelona Dragons.
He’d join the Chiefs in 2002, returning for the 2003 season.
2004 saw Quinn move to Chicago for a single year.
He’d throw for 413 yards and a TD in 3 starts.
Then Jonathan made a short foray into the Arena Football League signing with the Kansas City Brigade in 2006.
He’d retire shortly thereafter due to lingering injuries.
Quinn has gone into coaching, working at the Division I and high school levels.
NFL
ATT
CPD
YDS
PCT
TD
INT
LG
RAT
223
117
1161
52.5
4
7
64
68.3
NFLE
ATT
CPD
YDS
PCT
TD
INT
LG
RAT
296
167
2257
56.4
24
9
82t
95.2
ACCOLADES:
World Bowl IX MVP
NFLE Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5, 2001)
2001 All-NFLE
NOTES:
Pretty pleased with myself on this one. Lots of things I liked about this one. First is that I just don’t get very many Jaguars’ autographs. Second was that Quinn played in the NFLE for the Berlin Thunder. Third was that he was World Bowl IX MVP.
A great autograph here from Jonathan. I really like the Pacific ’02 card, but something that really bugs me about the photo is the tangent on his facemask near his mouth. I can’t tell if I’m looking at his mouth, a shadow, or his mouth piece. It’s distracting because it reads as a second mouth.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
