Athletes Who Collectby sfurukawa - 47 cards (Last updated on Oct 19, 2023) |
The seriousness of these collectors vary: Some athletes only have a few of their own RC cards while some are serious enough to have become dealers.
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Pat Neshek is one that jumps into my mind who has a very impressive collection. https://www.beckett.com/news/the-2019-topps-heritage-pat-neshek-is-more-than-an-homage-its-personal/ | ||
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Thanks for the suggestions and the interesting links. Neshek and Roy have been added. | ||
Interview here with the legendary Andre Dawson where he talks about what he collects: | ||
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Rollie Fingers is a collector too, I saw him in Ultimate Sports Card Shop in Vegas. Very nice and cool dude, has an awesome collection.
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Josh Donaldson is pretty big collector from What I've heard back around the time when he won the AL MVP (6-7 years ago). Not sure if he still is. | ||
Kyle McGowin is a collector and the owner of a card store | ||
Georges Laraque owns a card shop in Montreal. https://www.beckett.com/news/georges-laraque-the-unlikeliest-card-shop-owner/ | ||
Former MLB'er Tom Pagnozzi's pastime made it to the back of his 1992 Studio card 1992 Studio #96 Tom Pagnozzi | Trading Card Database (tcdb.com) | ||
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Who is the collector on the 1975 Rookie Catchers card? | ||
Gary Carter | ||
I saw Bobby Bell (former Chiefs LB) selling cards at a card show in the '80s, and I'm pretty sure he was really involved in the hobby. Sadly, he died just yesterday. | ||
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Mr. 'I'm a Hall of Famer regardless of what the pencil necked geeks who never played the game say' himself apparently is or was a collector:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/166/cid/76754/1991-Studio-179-Curt-Schilling |
