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University of Texas

Shankle, Doug

UT Upper Deck 2011, #42

CARD: Upper Deck 2011 Certified
ACQUIRED: Ebay, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Doug Shankle played MLB for the Texas Longhorns from 1978-’81.
  • Over his 4 years at UT he amassed a school record 325 solo tackles, and a school second best 478 total tackles.
  • Considerably underrated, he appears twice in the school 10 ten single season record books for total tackles with 144 and 106 respectively.
  • Ranked 7th in career tackles for loss with 41.
  • In 1980, against TCU he intercepted a pass for 21 yards and returned it for a TD.
  • After football, Doug went to work for Frito Lay.
  • A few years ago he also beat colon cancer, and his coach Fred Akers was kind enough to give him words of encouragement and be by his side.

NOTES:

I don’t know why Doug didn’t translate to the NFL. The first thought I have is back then, colleges didn’t necessarily see pro ball as the next step, so they didn’t rigorously train him to go there. Regardless Doug was long overdue for a card.

This card, I got… mid 2020. I realized that the market was ripe for picking out singles I needed from this set to close it out, and I aggressively pursued any and all that I needed that were reasonably priced. With COVID driving prices up, I was happy buying two autographs I needed and wanted instead of buying a box of over priced cards and getting possibly nothing.

Upper Deck did a great job with this set. I wish they’d do an update, but with Panini and Fanatics chomping at the bit to eat up market share, this may be out of UD’s control.

NFL, University of Texas

Speyrer, Cotton (2)

UT Upper Deck 2011 NCAA Nat’l Champions ’69/70, #ATA-CS
UT Upper Deck 2011 NCAA All-Americans, #AA-CS

CARDS: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 Nat’l Champs ’69//70, University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 NCAA All-Americans
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 4/21 RECEIVED: 5/4 (13 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Cotton lives in Central Texas and much like myself was affected by ‘The Texas Freeze’. He wrote me a nice note saying that normally he doesn’t respond to letters and just signs the cards, but that he too wished myself and my family well after what had happened to us.

NFL, University of Texas

Atessis, Bill

CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011
ACQUIRED: 2020, EBay
FAILURE: TTM 2019, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Bill played defensive end from 1968-70 and was considered one of the most dominant DL of the SWC during that era.
  • Selected by the Baltimore Colts in the second round of the 1971 NFL Draft.
  • Injured and later cut by the Colts, joining the Patriots later that season.
  • Converted to LB, seeing action in 5 contests.
  • Traded to Cardinals in 1972, and moved to the OL.
  • Converted back to DL by the Jets in ’73 but was cut before the season began.

ACCOLADES:

  • UT Ring of Honor
  • All-time UT team

NOTES:

After failing on Bill back in 2019, I just figured I’d grab him on his certified card instead.