Besides getting a variety of children’s books published he created, Ray has also been involved in the Spring football league scene. He served as an advisor at one point for the USFL. When writing him I went off on a giant tangent about Spring football and how important it is to me and these players. He kindly responded with a nice greeting card of his Darby the Dinosaur, and inside he wrote that he also enjoys watching Spring football as well.
Originally I sent Ray 3 cards, and included a Score 1991, forgetting that I had already acquired this as part of the Akron Acquisition back in 2011. I threw in his Topps card because Ray was one of the original players who dolled themselves up with the eye paint back in the day. His Pro Set 1990 photo is an extremely underrated action shot perfectly encapsulated on this card.
Jim Fahnhorst played LB for his home state Minnesota Golden Gophers.
4th round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 1982.
Eventually ended up playing in the USFL for the Chicago Blitz in 1983, and the Arizona Wranglers in 1984, making a pair of interceptions and recovering 4 fumbles over his career.
Signed with the ‘9ers in 1984, and was witness to 3 49ers Super Bowl titles over his career.
Hardworking, versatile, determined player, was a chief backup in the ‘9ers LB corps.
Best season came in 1986 starting 14 games, recording 4 interceptions and a sack playing RILB.
Retired after the 1990 campaign.
NOTES:
Jim didn’t receive the trading card accolades due to him until really late in his career, however the Pro Set 1989 was probably enough to blow his socks off. Since he had a Topps ’90 as well, I thought I’d drop that one in too. He appears in the original NES game Tecmo Bowl as a LB for San Fransisco.
He’s got an amazing autograph. Love the blue and the pen pressure on this is solid across the board- powerful. The ligature of ‘Jim’ shortened into a J and the interesting pointedness of his F leading into a series of loops, really is intriguing.
CARDS: Topps 1990, Score 1991, Pro Set 1989 ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Home SENT: 11/29 RECEIVED: 1/14 (41 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played at SFA from 1982-85 at WR.
Had 2661 yards receiving and 26 TD catches and returned punts as well.
Drafted in the 6th round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
Played 7 seasons in the NFL.
Had career high 42 receptions for 617 yards and 2 TDs in rookie year, and had a 65 yard long.
Posted 36 catches in 1988- with 5 of them going for TDs.
Played final season for the Eagles, catching 3 passes.
ACCOLADES:
Gulf All-Star Conference First Team Honors 1986
SFA Hall of Fame 2021
NOTES:
There was this quiet pipeline of offensive talent that came out of SFA in the mid to late 80s and Floyd was among them alongside guys like Patrick Jackson, Todd Fowler, James Noble, and Larry Centers. While Floyd’s Pro Set 1989 is a real head turner, his Score 1991 is a pretty goofy looking shot. No wonder you don’t see very many card shots of players after they’ve been tackled to the ground.
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
184
2523
13.7
16
65
PR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
26
151
5.8
0
16
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