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NFL, NFLE

Beach, Sanjay

CARDS: Pro Set 1992, Skybox Premium 1993-94
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home
SENT: 9/10/24 RECEIVED: 1/14/26 (491 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2021, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Sanjay Beach played WR from 1985-’87 at Colorado State.
  • He caught 85 passes for 1074 yards and 3 TDs, and returned 68 kicks for 1557 yards and a TD.
  • Undrafted in ’88, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys- but was cut in the preseason due to injury.
  • Signed with the Jets in 89 and was elevated off the practice squad for a game.
  • Joined the 49ers as a free agent in ’90, again spending the season on the practice squad.
  • Cracked the team in 1991 at the bottom of the WR depth chart.
  • Caught 4 passes, and did some work on special teams that year.
  • In 1992, signed as a Plan B Free Agent with the Packers.
  • Caught his first professional TD, and the first pass (not to himself) from Brett Favre.
  • Finished the season with 17 receptions for 122 yards.
  • Returned to the ‘9ers during the 93 campaign, and again saw seldom playing time catching 5 passes.
  • Released in 1994, Sanjay signed with the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League in 1995.
  • He caught a career high 27 passes for 383 yards and a TD.
  • Signed with ‘9ers a 3rd time in 1995 but did not make the squad.
  • Had one final hurrah with the Broncos in ’96 but was released before the regular season.
  • Currently works in the financial sector.

NOTES:

I mean I noticed all my friends had gotten back an autograph from Sanjay so I wondered what happened to mine. I went ahead and sent a new request out almost 3 years later and waited another year or so, and here it is… in ball point pen.. Ah well.

Sanjay is the first person of Indian descent to play professional gridiron football in the NFL.

NFL

Okoye, Christian ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ (2)

CARDS: Fleer 1990, Skybox Impact 1992, Skybox Premium 1993-94, Pro Set 1989, Action Packed 1990, Gameday 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home
SENT: 11/12 RECEIVED: 11/24 (12 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2010, C/o Home. TTM 2019, C/o Home
*$10 per card

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I like Christian so much as a person after meeting him back in 2011. He made such a positive impression back then. I had really wanted to get his autograph again on a few cards- well a lot of cards.

After sporadically signing back in 2019, I sent one out, only to wait 2770 days for him to return it asking for a charitable donation to the Christian Okoye Foundation. I was sort of conflicted about the wait- but I’d guess he was buried under fan mail for all those years, so I am thankful he returned them. So I packed them up with the fee with a few additional cards and sent these back out.

That leaves me with a few odds and ends to complete out my collection with him. I also invited him to town and told him to look me up so I could treat him to real BBQ or breakfast tacos.

NFL

Bernstine, Rod (2)

CARDS: Skybox Impact 1992, Skybox Premium 1993-94
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home
SENT: 9/21 RECEIVED: 10/25 (31 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

ACCOLADES:

  • Texas A&M Hall of Fame 2025

NOTES:

Circling back around to Rod after 10 years or so, he was kind enough to sign two cards this time around. That leaves me with two set needs now (Pro Set 1989 and GameDay 1992).