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CFL, WLAF

Cobb, Glenn

CARD: Wild Card WL 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home
SENT: 6/9 RECEIVED: 6/21 (12 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Glenn Cobb played college ball at Pasadena Community College, before transferring over to Illinois in ’87.
  • Recorded 215 total tackles in his college career at SS- including 120 as a Junior.
  • Named First Team All-Big Ten Conference as a Senior.
  • Played with the Toronto Argonauts in 1990, seeing action in 2 contests, at LB, posting 5 tackles.
  • Selected in the 7th round of the 1991 WLAF positional draft by the Barcelona Dragons.
  • Started 8 of 10 games for Barcelona in ’91, and had 40 tackles, 1 FF, and a sack.
  • Recorded a pick for 20 yards in 1992.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pasadena Sports Hall of Fame

NOTES:

Any time I get a World League player TTM at this point, it’s thanks to a breakthrough, investigation, or another collector sharing with me their techniques in locating them. For me the most difficult thing to accept as I age is that newer, more efficient strategies exist and that there are others out there seeking the same plate. I am thankful to them that they and you understand what this hobby is really about and we are willing to share with one another.

Glenn Cobb- played for the Barcelona dragons and had this one lonely card. Thanks to his common name and the fact he played at Illinois I had struggled in locating him, when apparently he was right under my nose when I lived in CA some 15 years ago. How time flies my friends.

He dropped me a nice note too.

Hey Lee, I am honored to get to know you. I’m grateful to know you were a fan. You lived in Pasadena- that means that we were neighbors. lol

Yes Lee I was lucky my home was not affected by the fires. I was blessed. Thanks for reaching out.

I miss though the World League days. They were so exciting. I got a chance to travel the world and meet great people like you.

Take care, and be safe.

Great find and thanks to Brent on Instagram for reaching out to me and collaborating.

Arena, CFL, NFLE

Brown, Eddie ‘Downtown’ (Iowa St)

Wild Card World League 1992, #52

CARD: Wildcard World League 1992
ACQUIRED: EBay, 2023
FAILURE: TTM 2020, C/o Work

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Eddie Brown played WR at Iowa State where he racked up 27 catches for 562 yards and 5 TDs in 22 contests.
  • Undrafted he’d play in the CFL in 1990 and ’91 as an import player for the Stamps and the Rough Riders.
  • In 1992 he took his game to the Sacramento Surge of the World League, where he led the league in receiving and set records for yards in a season.
  • After the Surge won World Bowl II and the World League went on hiatus, Brown went right back to the CFL playing for the Argos that year but not seeing the field.
  • It was with the Esks that Eddie really found a home and hit his stride, playing with the team from 1993-’95.
  • He pounded out back to back 1000+ yard seasons, including a career high 1,378 yards and 15 TDs in ’93, and a career high 79 catches in ’94.
  • As part of the CFLUSA invasion in ’95, he’d split his time with the Memphis Mad Dogs and the Esks that year.
  • In ’96 he returned to Edmonton for another 2 year stint.
  • He’d return to form that season with another 70 cathces for 1,325 yards and 7 TDs.
  • He’d also go down in Grey Cup and CFL lore for making an incredible, juggling catch for a TD in a snow covered stadium during the ’96 contest.
  • After a small stint with the Alouettes in ’98, Eddie saw a renaissance of sorts playing out on the left coast with BC through ’99.
  • Downtown took his game to the Arena Football League, playing one year with the Iowa Barnstormers in 2000 catching 11 TDs on 39 receptions.
  • By the end of the year he was back in the CFL playing for Toronto.
  • A small hiatus in 2001, led him back to Renegades for his final season in 2002.
  • Infamously walked off during a game, frustrated with the team’s lack of focus on getting into the playoffs and never looked back.
  • Has been a positional coach in the Ottawa area for almost 10 years.

ACCOLADES:

  • All World League 1991
  • CFL All-Star 1996
  • CFL West All-Star 1996, ’99

NOTES:

I had been eyeballing this card for a few years on EBay and decided to lowball offer the seller. To my surprise he accepted- and Eddie Brown was soon to be mine. I’m not a big fan of ball point pen autographs but I can’t complain since the last time I sent to him I basically overpaid and flushed Canadian postage down the toilet.

Eddie ‘Downtown’ Brown, is not to be confused with Eddie ‘Touchdown’ Brown- former Arena football star and father to former NFL receiver Antonio Brown. He is also not to be confused with former Bengals WR Eddie ‘Downtown’ Brown either.

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Arena
Arena, WLAF

Wilson, Harvey

Wild Card World League 1992, #111

CARD: Wild Card World League 1992
ACQUIRED: EBay, 2023
FAILURE: TTM 2017, C/o Work

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Harvey Wilson was a 4 year starter at DB for Southern from 1986-’90.
  • He’d be selected by the London Monarchs in the 1991 World League Draft.
  • He finished the season with 27 tackles, 11 assists and a sack for the Monarchs that season as a hybrid LB/S.
  • During the 1992 season, Wilson secured a 10 yard interception.
  • Wilson stayed in playing shape and joined the Arena Football League in ’95 as a LB/ WR.
  • Played for the Connecticut Coyotes in 1995-96, and the Florida Bobcats from 1996 to ’98.

NOTES:

I gave up on Harvey, since I failed on him back in 2017. I saw that a seller on EBay had 3-4 autographed cards from World Leaguers that I wanted, so I threw him out a package offer. I would be surprised if these were forgeries, as there’s little to no market for player autographs from a forgotten league. It appears that Harvey signed this in pen or a fading marker, and then signed over his original graph with a sharpie.

WL

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