CARDS: Pro Set 1989, Pro Set 1990, Fleer 1990 ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home SENT: 7/29/25 RECEIVED: 8/8/25 (10 days) FAILURE: TTM 2011, C/o Home. TTM 2015, C/o Work
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Pat Beach played TE at Washington State where he caught 62 passes for 936 yards and 5 TDs.
A 6th round draft pick in 1982 by the Baltimore Colts, Pat Beach worked his way into the lineup at TE as an extra blocker and deep snapper.
After blowing out his ankle in ’84, Pat Beach started all 16 games in 1985.
He led the team that year with 36 catches for 376 yards and 6 TDs during a strike shortened season.
Then caught 20+ passes in each of the next 3 seasons from 1986-’88.
Played for the Eagles in 1992, and then Phoenix in 1993.
Retired, Pat lives in Washington and is an avid diver.
NOTES:
Pat Beach. One of the OG from Tecmo Bowl on the NES who played for the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts back then didn’t have much. Dickerson (Bentley) was the bread and butter on the run plays. Trudeau didn’t get any love- and when Brooks was being covered.. Beach was THE MAN. I loved throwing it to Pat near the endzone and just saying, “BEEAACCCHHH,” As I threw a TD to the underutilized TE. It was good times.
Over the years, Pat became a lunch pail TE that I was really interested in, but unlike Cap Boso, Beach actually had some great cards. I had tried Pat in the past but didn’t have any luck. He had a really narrow and random response window for many years. It took me three tries but I was very excited to finally nab him.
Jon Hand played college ball at Alabama where he played DL from 1982-’82.
A space eating and run stuffing lineman, he was selected 4th overall by the Indianapolis Colts in 1986.
The Colts transitioned Hand out to RDE and he responded with 82 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 5 sacks and his only career interception.
His ’89 season was his finest with career highs in both tackles (85) and sacks (10.0).
Jon had the worst luck though in 1994, signing a new contract and then suffering a myriad of injuries.
Feeling buyers remorse the Colts offered Jon up in the 1995 Expansion Draft.
He’d go unselected and then later released.
Jon joined the New England Patriots in 1995- but was released prior to the season on an injury waiver due to a knee injury suffered in camp that season.
NOTES:
When I played the Colts on Tecmo Bowl back in 1988 (?) he was a decent go to player on the line. Since I didn’t have any luck with getting his autograph TTM in 2022, I went ahead and bought this one through eBay.
So I had come back to Keith in 2020 and got him on the Skybox cards, Score 89, and the Fleer 90, but then I realized I still had a couple more that I needed. Keith is a great signer- even at his affordable rate which is used for his PARK Foundation. I figured after 4 years it was ok to give him another shot on the remaining set needs.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
