Athletes Who Collectby sfurukawa - 62 cards (Last updated on May 22, 2024) |
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 | ||
MJ Melendez is actively seeking his 1/1 WBC relic autos from 2023 Topps Dynasty. Has promised to fly whoever pulls them out to a game to trade in person | ||
I can't find the exact point in the video, but in this interview, Twins rookie Royce Lewis said that he collects all of his baseball cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yVchYe7j04 | ||
Former Boston Bruin Dave Reid owned a card shop and was an avid collector even while playing in the NHL. | ||
I appreciate all the member additions to the list. | ||
Mitch Keller and Kebryan Hayes were featured in a recent episode of The Card Life with autos gifted to them by Matt Strahm. | ||
Brandon Marsh was also featured in an episode opening packs with Strahm. | ||
I saw a picture today of Evan Carter (Rangers Rookie OF) buying cards of his former minor league teammate Thomas Saggese at the Dallas Card show. Josh Jung (Rangers 3B) is also a known collector and has a very famous auto in 2023 Heritage where he drew "4-eyed" glasses on his picture along with the auto. | ||
Jonny Brodzinki of the New York Rangers is a collector. | ||
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In the Andre Dawson interview linked in the comments, he says that his former teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Gary Carter was an avid baseball card collector and he collected every year's set |