Category Archives: CFL

CFL, WLAF

Cobb, Glenn

CARD: Wild Card WL 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home
SENT: 6/9 RECEIVED: 6/21 (12 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Glenn Cobb played college ball at Pasadena Community College, before transferring over to Illinois in ’87.
  • Recorded 215 total tackles in his college career at SS- including 120 as a Junior.
  • Named First Team All-Big Ten Conference as a Senior.
  • Played with the Toronto Argonauts in 1990, seeing action in 2 contests, at LB, posting 5 tackles.
  • Selected in the 7th round of the 1991 WLAF positional draft by the Barcelona Dragons.
  • Started 8 of 10 games for Barcelona in ’91, and had 40 tackles, 1 FF, and a sack.
  • Recorded a pick for 20 yards in 1992.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pasadena Sports Hall of Fame

NOTES:

Any time I get a World League player TTM at this point, it’s thanks to a breakthrough, investigation, or another collector sharing with me their techniques in locating them. For me the most difficult thing to accept as I age is that newer, more efficient strategies exist and that there are others out there seeking the same plate. I am thankful to them that they and you understand what this hobby is really about and we are willing to share with one another.

Glenn Cobb- played for the Barcelona dragons and had this one lonely card. Thanks to his common name and the fact he played at Illinois I had struggled in locating him, when apparently he was right under my nose when I lived in CA some 15 years ago. How time flies my friends.

He dropped me a nice note too.

Hey Lee, I am honored to get to know you. I’m grateful to know you were a fan. You lived in Pasadena- that means that we were neighbors. lol

Yes Lee I was lucky my home was not affected by the fires. I was blessed. Thanks for reaching out.

I miss though the World League days. They were so exciting. I got a chance to travel the world and meet great people like you.

Take care, and be safe.

Great find and thanks to Brent on Instagram for reaching out to me and collaborating.

CFL, NFL, XFL

Coan, Jack

ACQUIRED: IP 2023, San Antonio Brahmas Kickoff Party
FAILURE: TTM 2024, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jack Coan played QB from 2017-’20 at Wisconsin, and 2021 at Notre Dame.
  • While at Wisconsin he had a solid Junior campaign tossing for 2,727 yards and 18 TDs (5 INT) for the Badgers.
  • With a medical redshirt in play for his Senior campaign (2020) he transferred to Notre Dame for play in ’21.
  • There he set personal highs completing 253 of 386 yards for 3,150 yards and 25 TDs.
  • Jack was undrafted but saw time in camp with the Colts in 2022.
  • He was selected by the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL23.
  • The Brahmas had a bad offensive line, and consequently Coan suffered, completing 158 of 254 passes for 1,471 yards and 6 TDs to 6 picks.
  • After the season he signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL and saw limited action under center completing 10 of 21 passes for 100 yards and a TD.

NOTES:

I was annoyed as the Score card I ordered well in advance showed up… two to three days after the meet and greet concluded. It was obvious that Jack had earned the starting gig over Reid Sinnett, as Hines Ward proclaimed at the event that Jack was a team captain. Still they were eager to keep it under wraps. Unable to get a card in time, I printed out these nice photos of Jack and got them signed at the Alamo Brewing event.

Well later after the season ended, I sent out the card and a custom XFL 2023 card to Jack’s home address- but never heard back.

I felt like he got an extremely bad wrap in SA. Their offensive line was very porous in 2023, and Coan didn’t have a safety gap until later in the season when Nick Holley arrived.

I don’t know. It seems oddly fitting that I posted this first Brahmas autograph I got way back in 2023- now in 2025 after the franchise folded. The Brahmas were doomed on the field due to inconsistency at quarterback, and this reflected back on the state of the franchise.

Arena, CFL, NFL, The Spring League, ufl, usfl

Bethel-Thompson, McLeod (2) ‘MBT’

CARDS: Upper Deck USFL 2023, Upper Deck CFL 2023
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 12/4/23 RECEIVED: 5/9/25 (522 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I was genuinely surprised to get McLeod’s autograph back on his parallel card after such a long wait. It had been so long that I had just given up in general on it after I had seen a few successes on him trickle in but nothing for me. Maybe he thought he mailed it out or the mailman lost it at the facility and delivered it months or a year later.. Who knows? But he was kind enough to drop the extra UD CFL card in for me.