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NFL

Brooks, James (2)

Pro Set 1992, #127
Pro Set 1989, #55
Topps 1990 1000 Yard Club, #12
Pro Set 1990 Pro Bowl, #336

CARDS: Topps 1990 1000 Yard Club, Pro Set 1990 Pro Bowl, Pro Set 1992, Pro Set 1989
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home
SENT: 1/23 RECEIVED: 2/5 (13 days)*
* Fee enclosed

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

With an outstanding selection, I felt it was appropriate to finish up on James’ cards I still needed. The Pro Set 1989 is an easy one to pick out, but recently I’ve gotten more interested in the much maligned Topps 1990 set. The 1000 Yard Club subset runs a bit over 30 deep if I remember correctly. It really stands out from the base set with its yellow border, glossy front, and an action shot on the front.

I’ve been building up slowly on the Pro Set 1990 Pro Bowl set, with a fair amount more of the AFC squad completed. It’s nothing that I’m truly actively trying to get, but I’m sort of falling into.

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Casillas, Tony (2)

Pro Set 1990, #31
Pro Set 1989, #6
Score 1990, #658
Action Packed 1990, #3
Fleer 1990, #372
Score 1989, #162
Topps 1992, #135
Topps 1988, #391
Fleer 1992, #79
Skybox 1992, #136
Topps Stadium Club 1995, #112

CARDS: Skybox 1992, Topps Stadium Club 1995, Topps 1988, Topps 1992, Fleer 1992, Action Packed 1990, Fleer 1990, Score 1989, Pro Set 1989, Pro Set 1990, Score 1990
ACQUIRED: IP, 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Well I thought I was going to this event but my wife made me scrap my plans at the last second. In stepped in my friend Mark in a pinch. He helped me knock out Tony on my set needs and then quite a few others, that he just had extras of. He knocked out the Skybox, Pro Set, Action Packed and Fleer needs just like that.

I hadn’t gotten any cards of him in his Jets uniform, so this one was an added bonus in a time I wasn’t collecting. Topps Stadium Club’s logo was a product of the time- as the late 90s was all about looking edgy. Lol I absolutely hate it.

Tony’s Score 1990 is an oddity. He feels like an afterthought in the set as he’s the final card after all the 1990 Rookie cards.

NFL

Toney, Anthony

Pro Set 1989, #323
Fleer 1990, #92

CARDS: Pro Set 1989, Fleer 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Work
SENT: 12/26 RECEIVED: 1/6/24 (11 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Anthony Toney played from 1984-’85 for the Texas A&M Aggies at RB.
  • He saw action in 20 contests posting 271 carries for 1238 yards, 18 TDs, and 9 receptions for 68 yards.
  • The Eagles selected Toney in the second round of the 1986 Draft to compliment first round pick Keith Byars.
  • He’d be put into the lineup as a FB, where he’d be in a pretty heavy rotation rushing and catching the ball out of the backfield over 5 seasons.
  • 1987 was perhaps his best season, when he carried the rock 127 times for 473 yards and 5 TDs.
  • He’d also post a career high 39 receptions for 341 yards and have 814 yards from scrimmage.
  • Had a career high 582 yards rushing in 1989.
  • Cut after the 1991 preseason and retired soon thereafter due to hamstring issues.
  • Recognized for contributions to the Boys & Girls Club of Salinas, Ca.

NOTES:

For a while there Texas A&M was quite the RB and FB factory. Anthony, Roger Vick, Johnny Hector, Keith Woodside, Robert Wilson, and Darren Lewis all ended up playing in the NFL during a 10 year period there.

Shout out to my TTM friend Chris, who got Toney first and hit me up with Toney’s address. Anthony is not a heavy signer through the mail, so I consider his response to be quite a coup. Both his cards here come in as set needs, and they are both really great photos of him in action. He was also kind enough to inscribe Best Wishes and All My Best on his two cards.

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