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NFL

Saleaumua, Dan

CARDS: Gameday 1992, Skybox 1992, Action Packed 1992, Topps Stadium Club 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 3/25 RECEIVED: 4/5 (11 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Dan Saleaumua played DL in college at Arizona State, where he racked up 190 career tackles.
  • Selected by the Detroit Lions in the 7th round of the 1987 Draft.
  • Spent two seasons primarily as a backup NT for Detroit, before heading over to Kansas City in 1989.
  • It’d be with the Chiefs that Dan saw the most success, posting 495 total tackles, 2 safeties, 4 forced fumbles, 28 sacks, and 3 interceptions.
  • Posted a career high 7 sacks in both 1990 and 1995.
  • After playing primarily Nose with the Chiefs, he’d move to RDT in 1994.
  • He’d hop over to the Seahawks in 1997, adding 3.5 sacks 42 tackles and a safety to his resume.
  • Dan retired after the ’98 season and has been active in coaching since then.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pro Bowl 1995
  • All Pro 1990
  • Polynesian Hall of Fame 2019

NOTES:

People constantly sleep on guys like Saleaumua, and he developed into a monster force in the middle at NT. Keep in mind NTs frequently are double-teamed by the C and G- and this guy pulled out 7 sacks in 1990 and 6 and 1992. He also had a penchant for safeties, recording 3 over his career.

NFL

Collins, Mark

CARDS: Action Packed 1990, Fleer 1990, Action Packed 1992, Pro Set 1989
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Work
SENT: 1/13 RECEIVED: 3/5 (51 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Mark Collins played DB at Call State Fullerton from 1982-’85.
  • He led the conference in ’83 with 7 interceptions, and then followed that up in ’84 with 6.
  • In 46 contests he had 20 interceptions for 193 yards.
  • Second round pick of the New York Giants in 1986.
  • Although injuries limited his effectiveness early in his career, he became well regarded as a fierce tackler and defender in the secondary.
  • Played for the Giants for 8 seasons, logging 17 picks for 104 yards and a TD.
  • Signed with the Chiefs in 1994.
  • Had a career high 6 interceptions in 1996.
  • Played for the Packers in 1997, and closed out his career with the Seahawks in 1998.

ACCOLADES:

  • All Pro 1989

NOTES:

Mark was a good cornerback in an era of glamour, where there was a lot of emphasis on interceptions and not at all on pass deflections.

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NFL

Waddle, Tom (2)

Skybox 1992, #116
Action Packed 1992, #27
Skybox Premium 1993, #255
Gameday 1992, #50

CARDS: Skybox 1992, Skybox Premium 1993, Gameday 1992, Action Packed 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 6/22 RECEIVED: 7/7 (15 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Many years ago, thanks to my friend Bryan who was taking a break from collecting I acquired a few of Tom Waddle’s autographs. At the time I didn’t have anything from Waddle and gleefully added him on 2 cards. Well after all those years, I’ve developed specific set needs and now I needed him on a few of them, including both these Skybox sets and the Gameday 1992 issue.

Skybox 1992 had very few disappointing cards, chief among this one. There was no reason that any manufacturer at this point- especially one that prided itself in the ‘poster card’ design style, would come up with this one of Waddle just standing there with his hands on his hips. They should’ve used the action shot from the Skybox set’s Bears team card for this and relegated this hip pose to that team card instead.

All the others feel like nice designs- though Pro Set 1992 used a less close shot of the same image from the Action Packed 1992 card. I love the clarity of the Gameday 1992 card. Although probably unintended, the people in the background and the referee are so clear, that you can see their astonishment with Tom laying out to catch that pass.