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Redman, Rick (1943-2022)

CARDS: Topps 1968, Topps 1971
ACQUIRED: 2021, FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Rick Redman played college ball for the Huskies of Washington.
  • As a talented athlete, Rick saw action at guard, middle linebacker, kicker and punter.
  • Was selected by both the San Diego Chargers (AFL) and Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) in the 1965 draft.
  • Signed with the Chargers, and played with the team from 1965-’73 (100 games) at MLB.
  • Also saw action at Punter and Kicker.
  • In 1974, played one season with the Portland Storm of the WFL where he recorded 3 interceptions.
  • Went into the world of commercial construction after retirement from football.

ACCOLADES:

  • Huskies Hall of Fame 1982
  • College Football Hall of Fame 1995
  • All-AFL All Star 1967

NOTES:

My buddy Lance was kind enough to send me these extra autographed cards as a thank-you for helping him throughout the years.

EPITAPH:

9/30/2022- Rick passed away peacefully at home, at the age of 79.

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Stribling, Channing (2)

CARDS: Topps AAF 2019, Topps AAF 2019 Future Stars, Topps XFL 2020, Upper Deck USFL 2023
ACQUIRED: In Person, 2024 San Antonio Brahmas v St. Louis Battlehawks
FAILURE: TTM 2020, TTM 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Also Channing Stribling
  • Channing suited up for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL in 2020.
  • After the league folded due to COVID, he returned to the CFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, whom he’d been with briefly before signing with the XFL.
  • In 2022, he played for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL.
  • He’d intercept 7 passes for 121 yards and make 14 tackles.
  • Afterwards, briefly was on the offseason roster of the Washington Commanders.
  • Although drafted by the Battlehawks of the XFL 23, Stribling opted to resign with the Stars.
  • With the USFL and XFL merged, Stribling was drafted by the Birmingham Stallions in the 2024 player dispersal draft.
  • Ultimately ended up on the roster of the Battlehawks- but was cut during the regular season.

NOTES:

Channing was on a shortlist of players I really wanted since he was impossible to get TTM and he had… four(?) cards I was looking to get signed. Since players didn’t really pay any attention to me pregame, I decided to troll the Battlehawks players.

I yelled at Channing that he wasn’t fooling anyone, since he changed his number from 41 to 14. (Wikipedia even showed it as 41.) I then heckled him about his time with the Express. He smiled and after the game gladly came over and inked these 4 cards. When he looked at them, he called them ‘classic’.

Miller, Anthony (2)

Gameday 1992, #386

CARDS: Gameday 1992, Topps 1990 1k Club, Fleer 1990, Pro Set 1989, Skybox 1992, Action Packed 1990
ACQUIRED: Paid signing, 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Anthony Miller doesn’t sign TTM, so after not seeing anything for him since I got his autograph at a paid signing way back in…. 2015- I jumped at the chance to get him for a very affordable price on all my set needs that developed over the last few years. There might be one or two more in the late future but for right now I consider myself quite sated.

Most of the usual suspects are all here. The Fleer 1990 is very nice, and the ink was absorbed on the canvas quite nicely.

I think the 1989 Pro Set card was a featured photo on the Pro Set 1989 box somewhere. It was one of the lesser known error cards because eventually it was corrected. On the back of his card the stat line incorrectly states 14.8 as his TDs for 1988.

The Action Packed 1990 card also has an error that was uncorrected. In the blurb on the back of the card, Miller’s bio reads that he had 76 catches when he had 75.

I think it’s interesting that Miller’s Gameday card has an empty bleacher very close to him in the background. I suspect that this photo was taken at a training camp.

Fleer 1990, #311