Tag Archives: Houston Oilers

NFL

Jeffires, Haywood (6)

Pinnacle 1991, #111

Playoff 1994, #46 Upper Deck 1993, #129

CARDS: Playoff 1994, Upper Deck 1993, Pinnacle 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2020, C/o Home
SENT: 8/21 RECEIVED: 8/29 (8 DAYS)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

A rare signer, I felt it’d be best if I take advantage of his current signing window and get Haywood on a few cards. Among the players, he was quite outspoken about it being a mistake the Oilers left H-Town. I wonder if he also turned and embraced the Titans as one with the Oilers like many of his backpedaling teammates.

NFL

Manning, Archie (2)

Action Packed Whizzer White Award 1991, #12

CARD: Action Packed Whizzer White Award 1991
ACQUIRED: TTM 2020, C/o Home
FAILURE: TTM 2015, 2019, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

This guy. I swear. Archie can be quite frustrating through the mail, but he seems to begrudgingly sign after a few attempts. I got him once previously, on one card 5 years previously which is a lot less than others, especially those that keep hitting that well every few months. Anyway, he sent a buckslip telling me that anything I sent to his home address would not be returned, along with this autograph, on the only other card of his I wanted to get signed.

NFL

Highsmith, Alonzo (2)

Cards: Pro Set 1990, Action Packed 1990, Fleer 1990, Topps 1990
Acquired: TTM 2021, C/o Home
Sent: 4/27 Received: 5/14 (17 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Alonzo Highsmith

  • Has continued to establish himself as an up and coming front office executive.

  • Joined the Cleveland Browns front office in 2018 as their Vice President of Player Personnel.

  • As of 2020 works in the Seattle Seahawks front office. 

NOTES:

I think I got really lucky with Alonzo, as he signed all 4 of these cards for me, with two of them becoming more recent set needs. He stopped signing shortly thereafter TTM, but I figured since it’d been nearly 10 years, it was OK to come back and tap that vein again.