Years after I hauled in Mike on a few of his cards, I found the complete promo sets of the Ultimate World League cards floating around EBay. I knew I needed to go ahead and get one more of his signed. This card is an almost exact match of his base card in the set minus the team name running down the righthand margin of the card, and the team helmet that for some reason is in white. Although these cards are fairly rare, there’s no demand for them so they remain without value on the open market.
CARD: Ultimate World League 1992 Galaxy Team Card ACQUIRED: TTM 2019, C/o Home SENT: 10/7/19 RECEIVED: 7/12/21 (644 DAYS)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played for FSU at Strong Safety from 1987-90.
Compiled 166 total tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 6 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 12 pass breakups and 1 pick.
A dangerous special teamer, returned a punt 32 yards for TD in 87 scoring a TD against Mississippi State.
Blocked 3 kicks in 1990.
Went unselected in 1991 NFL Draft but signed with the Seahawks.
Injured knee and rehabbed it while coaching HS football.
Played in 1992 for the World League’s Frankfurt Galaxy, recording 1 sack before reinjuring knee.
Opted to retire and follow his passion into coaching and has had stops across the high school and college ranks.
NOTES:
I have to get creative on some of these Ultimate cards since they do not have the player name on them. I realized that since the player’s numbers were at my fingertips, I could probably locate the actual player on the card. With a 2 on the right pad and a 9 on the left- I was able to trace down 29 as Bill Ragans. From there it was a simple internet search to locate the best fit for the name.
Bill responded in a bit under 2 years. He apologized for the wait as this one had gotten lost on his desk. He asked me to send a few more for his collection, to which I was happy to fulfil for him.
Rushed for 230 yards on 50 carries for the Knights.
Also turned a screen pass against the Galaxy into a 67 yard TD.
NOTES:
I had failed on Chris way back in 2017 using his old address. I had the envelope sitting around and found a new address recently and decided to give him a try. I thought that the NY/NJ Ultimate 1992 team stats card, had him pictured on the front. It is clearly someone with a 20, but he told me it looked like a 5- and did not sign it.
NFL
RUSH
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
17
58
3.4
0
9
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
2
9
4.5
0
5
WLAF
RUSH
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
50
230
4.6
3
20
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
6
106
17.6
2
67t
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