Tag Archives: players who should be in the HoF

NFL

Robinson, Eugene (2) ‘Orca’

Action Packed 1990, #257
Action Packed 1991, #258
Action Packed 1991, #161

CARDS: Action Packed 1990, Action Packed 1991, Skybox 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Work
SENT: 2/14 RECEIVED: 3/7 (21 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

INSCRIPTIONS:

That thine alms may be in secret: and. thy Father which seeth in secret. himself shall reward thee openly.

-Matt 6:4

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

-Romans 10:9

NOTES:

Purely needing Eugene on a few more set needs, I decided to hit him up again after a few years for them. The Action Packed cards are particularly beautiful.

NFL

Webb, Richmond ‘Bam Bam’ (2)

CARDS: GameDay 1993, Score Supplemental 1990, Action Packed 1990, Fleer Update 1990
ACQUIRED: IP 2022, Big Hits & Politics Book Signing

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Richmond was one of the last of the former players to arrive. I was very happy to meet him again after the Houston Fan Fest about 10 years prior. Bam Bam egged me on Twitter to come on out to the event, telling me that, “He’d be there,” As incentive to get me to make the drive from Austin. Very personable and easy to talk to, we covered a variety of topics in a short amount of time before I had to go.

He’s no longer a member of the Texans Ambassador program. That ended about a year ago. Now that the franchise is old enough, they have their own history and players.

Richmond inked these 4 cards, plus two others that were consignments for friends. I had probably 10 other cards, but I didn’t want to overload him. I think he acknowledged that by letting me know that he’d be up in my neighborhood maybe this year to watch a Dolphins game with a fan group and would give me a heads up.

I’m looking forward to it.

NFL

Armstrong, Bruce (3)

Gameday 1992, #329
Pro Set 1989, #244
Skybox 1992, #174
Fleer 1990, #317

CARDS: Skybox 1992, Gameday 1992, Proset 1989, Fleer 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 1/5 RECEIVED: 1/18 (13 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

After I got Bruce a few years ago, I remember opening up a box searching for another player and saying, “uggggghhhh…”, After I realized that I had a beautiful Skybox card of him that I wanted to have him sign. I set it aside and waited patiently hoping he’d still be a good signer when the time would come around again.

As the pandemic set in, I started really developing and formalizing a lot of set needs. I used to like to just pick and choose action shots and pretty cards to send to players, but now I’ve become more directed, as all four of these sets became set needs after COVID came and supposedly went.