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NFL

Bahr, Matt

CARDS: Score Supplemental 1989, Score Supplemental 1990, Action Packed All-Madden Team 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2017, C/o Home
SENT: 12/23/17 RECEIVED: 3/1/25 (2625 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Matt Bahr was a kicker who played collegiately at Penn State from 1976-’79.
  • In 1977 he led the nation in XPM (39) and overall points (81).
  • He was an All-American in ’78 when he cleared 22 of 27 field goals (81.5%) for 97 points to lead the nation.
  • Played in the North American Soccer League with the Colorado Caribous and Tulsa Roughnecks that year.
  • In ’79 he briefly signed with the Pennsylvania Stoners as well.
  • Matt was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with their 6th round pick of the 1979 NFL Draft.
  • He’d lead the NFL making 50 of 52 extra points as the Steelers won the Super Bowl.
  • Signed with the 49ers in 1981- but was traded away to the Browns, where he’d become a fixture at kicker for 9 seasons.
  • Matt played in 115 games with Cleveland making 143 of 193 field goals and 248 of 252 extra points.
  • Cut unceremoniously during the 1990 preseason- he joined the New York Giants, replacing Raul Allegre.
  • By this point he was a highly reliable kicker, and fit in quite well with the Giants ball control offense that ground out the clock.
  • Set an NFC Championship Game record with 5 field goals in 1990.
  • Kicked what proved to be the game winning score as the Giants beat the Bills in Super Bowl XXV.
  • Joined the Eagles in 1993, seeing action in 11 contests, before hopping over to the Patriots for 3 more.
  • He’d play his final two years in New England- being beaten out in camp during the 1996 preseason by Adam Vinatieri.

NOTES:

I figured based on previous returns that Matt would take his time signing these. I didn’t expect it to take… 8 years or so, placing him squarely in second place on the longest waits list behind Matt Hasselbeck.

I always reflect on these autographs and where I’ve been since I sent them out. It has been a long and windy journey.

Matt appears in both Tecmo Bowl as a member of the Browns and in Tecmo Super Bowl with the Giants.

NFL

Carrier, Mark (DB-2)

Gameday 1992, #446
Action Packed All-Madden Team 1990, #45
Action Packed 1991, #24
Pro Set 1990, #800
Skybox 1992, #8
Action Packed 1992, #21

CARDS: Gameday 1992, Skybox 1992, Action Packed 1992, Action Packed All Madden Team 1990, Pro Set 1991
ACQUIRED: 2023, Paid Signing

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I saw a cheap signing for Mark that I had to get in on, so I plunked down the cash and went all in. The Pro Set 1991 card, was actually a special edition #800 for the Defensive Rookie of the Year. It was released as part of the Pro Set 1990 Update. I hadn’t ever seen the All Madden card before. I had probably gone through nearly an entire box at 7-11, but never gotten one. Great pickups.

NFL

Givins, Ernest (4)

Gameday 1993, #61
Skybox Premium 1993, #173
Fleer 1995, #147

CARDS: Gameday 1993, Skybox Premium 1993, Fleer 1995, Action Packed All-Madden Team 1990, Pro Set 1992, Fleer 1990, Playoff 1992, Playoff 1993
ACQUIRED: GTSM 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Well since the last time I wrote Ernest, he stopped signing TTM. Such is the life of the game. I had been fortunate to get him many times both in person and TTM, so I was fine with spending a little extra cash to get these last cards knocked out of him.

Action Packed All-Madden Team 1990, #34
Proset 1992, #510
Fleer 1990, #127

For some reason my tickets weren’t popping up properly on the app. The gatekeepers were treating me like I was trying to cheat the system, but yes indeed I had 8 cards I wanted to be signed by Ernest. Since we couldn’t get it to work in time, they had to manually key it in for me. It almost completely ruined the experience for me, but I was able to go behind the curtains and meet the players that way and they gladly signed for me.

Ernest protested because Curtis and Haywood were excited I was wearing an original 1990s #80 Houston Oilers jersey, as at one point during Jeffires and Duncan’s careers they both wore that number, while Givins stuck with 81.

Playoff 1993, #242
Playoff 1992, #8

I had enough time behind the magic curtain to ask him how it was going with tutoring his nephew and trying to get him into a league. He said he’s still at it. Curtis immediately chimed in and started talking about how Ernest was trying to teach his nephew how to drop his shoulder and juke off the LOS- something Givins excelled at doing in the slot. Givins then went on to mention that he was trying to get his nephew to pick up gymnastics, because that really helped Ernest as a receiver take his game to a new level.