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WLAF

Bethel, Randy (2)

CARD: Wild Card 1991
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home
SENT: 5/6 RECEIVED: 5/28 (22 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

So, years ago, I got Randy TTM on his Ultimate and Wild Card World League cards. He wrote me a nice note thanking me for being a true fan and offering to help me capture any autographs that he could from any University of Miami, (FL) events. I was really touched by his kindness and it always stuck with me, but I never took him up on the offer. It’d be a titanic effort on his part in the end- since I’d probably floor him with 100 or so cards.

A few months ago I was digging through some cards that Mark G gave me, and there was a good portion of the Wild Card college set that came out in ’91. I came across this card and I was flooded with the memories of those games again in the World League and Randy’s kind response, so I thought now would be as good as time as any to send out to him.

I got this really nice handwritten response from him thanking me again for being a fan, and how his wife rushed out to the internet to look at his entry on this site and print out a copy of it. Much love Bethel family. Much love.

Arena, NFL, WLAF

Wells, Kent

CARD: Wild Card WL 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2019, C/o Home
SENT: 10/5/19 RECEIVED: 9/19/23 (1445 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Kent Wells played DL at Nebraska from 1987-’89.
  • Posted 37 solo tackles, 40 assists and 10 sacks over his time in Lincoln.
  • 6th round pick of the Washington Redskins in the 1990 NFL Draft.
  • Claimed off of waivers by the New York Giants that year, playing in 6 contests.
  • Spent the 1991 off-season with the 49ers.
  • Saw extensive action playing for the Ohio Glory of the World League in 1992.
  • Briefly was on the off-season roster of the Browns that year.
  • Joined the Arena Football League in 1993, playing for the Thunderbolts through ’94, when the team folded.
  • Played for the Tampa Bay Storm from 95-98′.
  • Traded to the Iowa Barnstormers in ’98.
  • Played one final season in the Arena leagues for the Orlando Predators in 1999.

ACCOLADES:

  • 1996 Arena Defensive Lineman of the Year
  • Arena Football League All-Star 1993
  • All-Arena 1995-’96

NOTES:

After I saw Kent’s autograph pop up on EBay, I started researching his address and was pretty confident I found a circumstantial fit near Omaha. I shot this request out shortly after and waited, and albeit a bit later than I figured, I got a hit. For only having one card, Kent Wells’ Wild Card World League card is an absolute winner.

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NFL, WLAF

Koonce, George (2)

Topps Finest 1995, #178
Ultimate WL 1992, #132
Fleer 1995, #138

CARDS: Ultimate WL 1992, Fleer 1995
ACQUIRED: TTM 2019, C/o Home
SENT: 10/28 RECEIVED: 11/6 (9 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2010, C/o Work

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I had picked up George previously, but didn’t realize he was on this Ultimate World League TV Schedule card, so after a few years, I grabbed a few extra cards and sent it back out. The Fleer 95 is such a Frankenstein set of design, which was different- by team. This one is obviously on the terrible side of things. The Topps Finest is a great example of the over the top style that trading cards were starting to embrace as far as refractors were concerned.