I mean, it’s a bit smeared which is fine with me. Of all the cards I sent him last time, this was the one he didn’t sign. It was the last one I needed autographed, so I didn’t want to trouble him again and just picked this one up off of eBay for a cheap price.
Pete Holohan switched from QB to TE at Notre Dame playing there from 1977-’81.
In 32 contests, Pete caught 63 passes for 983 yards and 2 TDs.
7th round choice of the San Diego Chargers.
For much of his career in the Air Coryell offense, Holohan played second fiddle to AP TE Kellen Winslow.
Although he started very few games, in 1984, Holohan caught a 54 passes for a career high 734 yards and a TD.
Joined the Los Angeles Rams in 1988, where he caught passes from ascending QB Jim Everett.
The three years spent with the Rams would be the 3 most consecutive productive seasons of Holohan’s career.
Caught a career high 59 passes in ’88 for 640 yards and 3 TDs.
Then another 510 yards on 51 receptions (2 TDs) in 1989.
After the 1990 season, in which Pete caught 49 passes for 475 yards and 2 TDs, he signed with the Chiefs.
Caught 13 passes for 113 yards and 2 TDs for KC.
Played one final season in Cleveland in 1992 catching 20 passes for 174 yards.
ACCOLADES:
Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame
NOTES:
I was a big LA Rams fan back in the 80s and I loved the Ernie Zampese days with Jim Everett at the helm. It seemed like they were the only ones who could challenge the 49ers domination. Anyway, I played fantasy football as a kid even back then with newspapers and magazines- and I even knew back then Pete was a solid but vastly underrated TE.
I’ve been trying to find Pete for years, but trusting in the fact I haven’t seen him sign TTM, I jumped at this Fleer 90 to add to the collection. He’s got quite a few nice cards, but many of them are very expensive autographed so I consider myself very lucky.
Michael Walter played high school football on a whim his senior season and got recruited to play at Oregon in 1980.
He initially started as an LB before transitioning to DE midway through his Freshman campaign.
Really came on as a Senior, when he had 18 TFL and 13 sacks.
Selected in the second round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
Converted to LB, but played sparingly, mainly on special teams.
After drafting a bunch of linebackers in the ’84 draft, Walter was cut.
Signed with the San Fransisco 49ers the next day, and was moved to ILB.
Became a regular starter the following season.
Led the ‘9ers in tackles from 1987-’89.
Picked off John Elway during Super Bowl XXIV as the ‘9ers cruised to a 55-10 win over the Broncos.
With Ken Norton Jr signed by SF in 1994, Michael was not resigned by the team and opted to retire.
NOTES:
Mike is one of the few NFL players to have donned pads for both Tom Landry and Bill Walsh. He appears in both Tecmo Bowl and its sequel Tecmo Super Bowl for the 49ers.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
