Patriots Gameday Autographs

A couple more from some recent Listia wins.

Chuck Shonta was a Boston Patriots original, playing Defensive Back from 1960-1967.

Shonta played in the 1966 Pro Bowl and was elected to the Patriots 1960's All Decade Team.

He wore #34.

Marvin Allen was a Running Back for the New England Patriots from 1988-1991.

He was drafted in the 11th round of the 1988 NFL Draft out of Tulane.

Allen was uniform #39

Patriots Gameday Autographs

Won these autographed 4x6 index cards on a couple recent Listia auctions.

John Mazur was the Patriots Head Coach from 1970-1972.

He started as an assistant coach to Clive Rush in 1969, and took over as Head Coach after Rush resigned in November of 1970.  He went 9-21 in his tenure with the Pats.

Rod Rust was the Patriots Defensive Coordinator from 1983-1987 and became their Head Coach for one season in 1990.  In his only season as a head coach in his career he went 1-15 with the Pats.

I may end up using these as cut autographs on custom cards since I'm not Wayne.

Who out there makes custom cards on consignment?

Tribute To Mario Cuomo

Mario Cuomo passed away yesterday.

I wanted to pay tribute not to his political success (our views differ there) but for his contributions and love of baseball.  Most don't know that he was a highly touted prospect drafted by the Pirates.

In his first season he was struck in the head by a pitch and had to give up baseball.

Mr Cuomo signed this index card for me after I wrote him at his office about 15 years ago.

I had seen him in the Ken Burns Baseball series and loved the stories he told.

The "1951" on the index card was actually a typo on my part.  On a second index card he signed he correct the date to 1952.