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Most players I PC go back to childhood memories.....

Carl Yastrzemski - the first card I ever got out of a pack when I was a kid.

Eddie Murray - just loved watching him with the Orioles on TV

Brett Favre - Just love the way he plays

Harmon Killebrew - Met him when I was 12. Nice guy and a great sense of humour. I have the 8x11  photo/auto he gave me at the card show where I met him.

Larry Bird - Just loved watching him on TV and in-person when the Celtics played the Jazz here in SLC.

Rays Up!!!

I collect all across NFL, NBA and MLB, but I collect the Rays and Buccaneers on top of that. 

Also, thanks to NFL Films, Steve Largent was one of my favorite players as a kid, even though I didn't start watching the NFL closely until around '88 and I grew up in central Fla. I have pretty good stack of his cards.

My biggest player collection would have to be Bryce Love. I went to almost all of his home games at Stanford and it was an experience to watch him play. Sadly he had a bad injury that he could never recover from in Washington. He would have been big in the NFL.

For my PC I have a couple hockey players and one Baseball player I mainly collect. Will probably never get all the cards but it is fun trying. 

Hockey: Jason Pominville (found out a distant relative)

              Jeff Odgers ( Liked his style of play and a grinder)

Baseball: Fred Lynn (Childhood favorite) Red Sox only

Main other PC

Ultimate Hockey Card Catalog: One card for every hockey set ever made, including cards from multi sport, euro, minor, inserts etc.

I collect Cal Ripken, Fred Lynn and Baltimore Orioles cards. I collected baseball and football cards as a kid. Then in the early/mid 90s I was collecting Magic the Gathering. I remember on day I was waiting the pick my mom up from work. There was a card store across the street from her job. Something drew me in and I bought a pack of cards. When I opened it I pulled a Cal Ripken insert that was valued at $50-$100. I was hooked. I got away from the hobby in 2000. When I started again last year I decided to also collect Fred Lynn. When I was a kid I had a Fred Lynn edition baseball glove. Since Ripken played for the Orioles and so did Fred Lynn, I decided to also collect Orioles cards.

When I first started collecting, being from Michigan it was Tigers, Lions, and Pistons (Bad Boys era).  I also collected Will Clark cards as I appreciated how he played the game.  Today I collect primarily Miguel Cabrera and Bo Jackson as primary PC; however, I have now started to pickup 80s cards that were popular aka 'super expensive' when I first started collecting in PSA 9 or higher grade.  It is fun to realize these acquisitions in my late 40s and how much I wanted them in my early years, but couldn't afford.  Brings a sense of accomplishment in my career and pride for how I've managed to make a living.  

Two binder pages - Kenny Lofton.  One card for each team (or stint with the Indians) fits perfectly.  I like the speed / defense guys.

One page:  Joe Rudi.  We're both from Modesto.    

One page:  Mike Schmidt.  My favorite baseball player.  

I'll pick up any player either pre-war or new stuff with their first or last name Hogan. In any sport. Except Hulk Hogan. He's an idiot. 

I've been a Bears fan since back in '77 when I was 8 years old, but my PC is John Elway. When I got to middle school/high school, the Broncos always seemed to be playing the late game on NBC (usually called by Dick Enberg or Don Criqui) so I got to watch a lot of their games. There was always something about watching Denver and Elway play in the snow that got me to be a fan. 37 years and about 3,000 Elway cards later, I'm still collecting him.

Jack Youngblood:  favorite football player as a kid

Isaac Bruce:  favorite player when the Rams were based in St. Louis

Aaron Donald  favorite player when the Rams moved back to Los Angeles

Ron Cey:  favorite baseball player

Luc Robitaille:  favorite hockey player