Pro Set Platinum 1991, #175Topps Stadium Club 1992, #122
CARDS: Pro Set Platinum 1991, Topps Stadium Club 1992 ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home SENT: 5/6 RECEIVED: 7/1 (56 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Kevin Gogan was a big and agile lineman who played college ball at Washington.
A 3 year starter at Tackle, he also possessed the ability to kick in at guard in a pinch.
Selected in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Cowboys in the 8th round, he was one of the last big draft steals of the Tom Landry era in Dallas.
As the Cowboys continued to rebuild their OL, Gogan provided valuable depth and saw action at every position across the line (with the exception of center) and as a 3rd tight end.
Helped pave the way for Emmitt Smith‘s early rushing success.
Signed with the Raiders in 1994 and started at RG.
Played for LA/ Oakland through 1996.
Signed with the 49ers in 1997 where he became entrenched at RG.
Traded to Dolphins in ’99 and played a season with the team.
Finished career as a member of the San Diego Chargers in 2000.
Loves the sport and is a high school coach and color commentator.
Started 179 of 213 contests.
ACCOLADES:
Pro Bowl 1994, ’97, ’98
2nd Team All Pro 1998
NOTES:
Great autographs here on some nice cards of Kevin. Love the red paint pen he used. You can tell because the ink looks a bit flatter than the conventional sharpie. Over his career Kevin only had 17 cards- of which the Pro Set Platinum 1991 is considered his rookie card.
I never got Kevin at Cowboys training camp. I think the only OL I could corner was Nate Newton because he was such a popular personality.
CARDS: Topps 1982, Topps 1986, Pro Set 1991 ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home SENT: 1/17/22 RECEIVED: 2/7/22 (21 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Jim Haslett played college football at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1975-’78.
Played LB, DE, and P for the Crimson Hawks.
Dominant player who etched his name in the school’s record books.
Over 4 years had 35 sacks, 412 tackles, and 13 fumble recoveries.
Selected in the 2nd round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Jim hit the ground running and in his first contest notched a team leading 17 tackles.
In rookie year had 2 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries playing at LILB.
Alongside fellow Bills players Fred Smerlas and Shane Nelson, they formed the nucleus of the defense’s ‘Bermuda Traingle’ unit.
An aggressive player and big hitter, Jim recorded over 100 tackles 5 times in his career.
He’d play 7 seasons in Buffalo, starting 86 games posting 7.5 sacks, 11 fumble recoveries, and 6 interceptions.
In 1987 he came back for 3 games playing for the New York Jets before moving into the coaching ranks.
After three years working for Buffalo University both as a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator, Jim moved up to the spring football league circuit.
He parlayed his experience in the World League into a positional coaching job in the NFL with the Raiders as a linebackers coach in 1993.
After two years there, Jim spent a year with the Saints as their linebacker coach.
It’d be in 1996 that Haslett experienced his first taste of being a defensive coordinator with the Saints where he saw potent results.
He’d not be retained by the Saints after they cleaned house in ’97, so he spent the next 3 years as the DC of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Saints cleaned house again in 2000, and brought Haslett back to be head coach that year.
Jim led the Saints to their first playoff win that year.
He’d be fired after a tumultuous 2005 season, one in which the team cratered thanks in part to having to relocate temporarily from Hurricane Katrina to San Antonio.
Haslett then was defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams from 2006-’08.
Jim replaced Scott Linehan as interim head coach in 2008.
In 2009, Haslett was head coach of the UFL ’09 Florida Tuskers.
From 2010 to ’14 Haslett served as defensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins.
After a consulting gig with Penn State in 2015, Jim served as linebackers coach of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2016-’18.
That’d lead to an inside linebacking coach gig with the Titans in 2020 and 2021.
He then served as head coach of the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL in 2023 finishing with a 7-3 record and a playoff berth.
Unfortunately after the league merged with the USFL, the Sea Dragons were not retained.
TAC
SAC
FUM
N/a
7.5
12
NFL
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
6
94
15.6
0
NFL
W
L
T
PCT
47
61
0
.435
NFL
W
L
T
PCT
7
3
0
.700
UFL
W
L
T
PCT
6
0
0
1.000
UFL 09
ACCOLADES:
NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1979
IUP Athletics Hall of Fame 1996
NFL Coach of the Year 2000
UFL09 Coach of the Year 2009
College Football Hall of Fame
NOTES:
Jim is one of the many members of the World League pipeline working his way up from the coaching ranks after his playing career ended.
I had gotten Jeff at Dallas Cowboys training camp so long ago, I figured it was time to get him on the remaining cards I had. The Action Packed 1992 was a great dual signature candidate, since both players remain decent signers through the mail, and it’s a great card to boot.
I was surprised that Gameday didn’t have a 1992 card of him, but the Topps Stadium Club fit in nicely as a nice c-tier card to get autographed.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.