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Jacoby, Joe

Gameday 1992, #481

CARDS: Skybox 1992, Fleer 1990, Gameday 1992, Pro Set 1989
ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Home
SENT: 1/2/21 RECEIVED: 1/23/21 (21 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • At 6’7, 270, Joe Jacoby played OT at Louisville from 1978-’80.
  • Unselected in the 1981 NFL Draft ironically because of his size, Joe signed a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins.
  • Comically he was almost released by the team when they mistook him for a defensive lineman in his rookie preseason.
  • One of 18 lineman brought into camp his rookie year.
  • Jacoby almost quit in camp when his fellow future ‘Hogs’ talked him out of it.
  • From there he’d go down as one of the greatest free agent finds in Redskins history.
  • Started 13 games as a rookie and then a streak of 55 from 1983-’85 before he was sidelined with a knee injury.
  • In 1984, became the first Redskins offensive lineman to score a TD- which became affectionately known as the ‘Jake Quake’.
  • A notorious gym rat, he built on over 30 pounds of bulk by the 1986 season, while still maintaining his agility.
  • Feared run blocker, notable for being the lead lineman in the Redskins’ ‘Counter trey’ play.
  • In 1988, saw action at both right and left tackle during the season, taking over LT fulltime in ’89.
  • Held down the spot through 1992, when Joe saw duty at LG.
  • Limited to 5 games in 1993 as injuries finally took their toll.
  • Retired due to a back injury after 140 starts, 170 games, and three Super Bowl wins.
  • Currently is enjoying coaching at the college level.
Skybox 1990, #80
Fleer 1990, #157
Pro Set 1989, #427

ACCOLADES:

  • Louisville Cardinals Ring of Honor
  • All-Pro 1983-’84, ’87
  • Pro Bowl 1983-’86
  • Washington Redskins Ring of Fame
  • NFL 1980’s All-Decade Team
  • Washington Redskins 90 Greatest Players

NOTES:

Joe had emerged to be on a short list for me recently as he appeared in 4 set needs for me. He’s got a wonderful autograph. Strong blue with nice curves.

Joe definitely belongs into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As he’s considered a ‘senior’ now, he faces a logger jam to get into the hall, but in 2023 he did receive his first nomination.

NFL, Pro Football HoF

Munoz, Anthony (2)

Cards: GameDay 1992, Skybox 1992, Proset 1991
Acquired: TTM 2019, C.o Home
Sent: 12/2 Received: 12/14 (12 days)
See Also: Anthony Munoz

Anthony Munoz sometime during 2019 decided to let go of his very stringent signing policy which required fans to jump through the hoops and pay a fee in order to get his autograph. Surprisingly he was signing anything and everything with no fee. I decided to give him a shot again since I had some really nice cards I had always wanted to get his autograph on. I thought that 3 was a tall order, so I felt I needed something that’d really stick out among his autograph requests- so I wrote my entire letter in Spanish. There’s a first for everything, and while I didn’t get complimented for my syntax, I did get these 3 cards back autographed in a very short amount of time.

While Anthony had an outstanding ProSet and Action Packed entry, I decided to pass them up in order to get a few nice set needs. The ProSet 1991 card art card by Merv Corning is outstanding. The autograph looks very nice on the canvas- especially on the white. I’m sure he signs this card more than any other.

The other two cards are cards that I really liked the design of, and were sets that I collected near the end of my first collecting phase in 1992. The GameDay set I am particularly fond of, and this is a nice, unique card of Anthony. I really like how it shows his padded, gloved hands- something that has become more rare and rare over the years in the league. Skybox remained near the top there at the end for me , and when I can, I love to pick up an autograph here or there on one of them.

Sometime in 2020, Muñoz closed the door again on signing for free and without the acrimonious signing policy. As of this post he is back to asking for $25.00 per item.

College Football HoF, NFL, Pro Football HoF

Dickerson, Eric (3)

Cards: ProSet 1990 Pro Bowl, Upper Deck Legends 1997
Acquired: TTM 2019, C/o Home
Sent: 7/13 Received: 8/24 (40 days)*
See Also: Eric Dickerson, Eric Dickerson (2)
*Fee Enclosed

The Holy Grail of ProSet cards was Eric Dickerson Pro Bowl #338 ProSet 1990. They were like $500.00+ on Beckett at one point! We’d open pack after pack of those Series One boxes hoping that a single Dickerson Pro Bowl would grace our presence- but it never did.

As the legend is told… Dickerson was not a part of the NFLPA so ProSet did not have his permission to print this card. You see players are given an all or none option by the NFL- so Dickerson opted out because he wanted the freedom of exclusivity. It was too late in the printing process so ProSet had to manually yank it from the production line- yet it was estimated a scant 40 of these cards made it out into the wild.

‘I don`t think there`ll be a market for this (Dickerson) card,” Denny said. ”It`s not a short print, under print, error or anything like that. When and if the NFLPA says it`s OK, we`ll offer the cards to collectors free by mail.”

-PROSET PRESIDENT LUD DENNY

Unlike the William Perry card in the 1989 set, ProSet did not replace or eventually get this card out. It was a gaping hole in the set that perturbed completionists such as myself. Eventually ProSet just gave up and issued a Lud Denny card in its place, but it was a promo card- certainly not available to the general public either.

After ProSet went out of business- well many years afterwards, everything went up for liquidation including these ‘rare’ cards that flooded the market. Apparently the company had just been sitting on them in their Dallas warehouse. (Since these cards existed before counterfeiting technology was developed- there’s no telling if these are fakes.) You can now find them on EBay for a relatively cheap price, hovering around $5.00, which in retrospect is probably still too expensive.

Still there’s a certain feeling of excitement looking at this card knowing it’s a part of the collection and the legacy involved- so I had to get it signed.

I loved Dickerson’s unique upright running style. While he absorbed a lot of punishing hits over the years and dropped the rock from time to time, there’s no denying his place in NFL history.

I had also wanted to get this Upper Deck Legends 97 card signed as well. It’s a beautiful canvas, and features a slightly elevated camera angle that makes it even more unique- and it is a great fill on a set need to boot!