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An exciting collector-focused auction featuring 250 lots of sports memorabilia, vintage trading cards, Pokémon TCG, comic books, model trains, and vintage toys. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Mickey Mantle-era baseball legends, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, John Elway, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Julius Erving; vintage Topps and Fleer baseball cards; graded and sealed Pokémon; Silver Age Marvel and DC comics; Lionel trains; and classic Marx, Chein, Mattel, and Ohio Art toys. Crafted Auction greg@craftedauctions.com
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Deacon Jones & Roman Gabriel Hand Signed Autographed NFL Football
Lot 26

Deacon Jones & Roman Gabriel Hand Signed Autographed NFL Football

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  • Deacon Jones & Roman Gabriel Hand Signed Autographed NFL Football
  • Deacon Jones (1938–2013), famously nicknamed the “Secretary of Defense,” was one of the most dominant defensive players in professional football history. Jones played 14 NFL seasons from 1961–1974, starring primarily with the Los Angeles Rams before finishing his career with the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. As a cornerstone of the Rams’ legendary “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line, Jones became renowned for his extraordinary ability to pressure opposing quarterbacks and is widely credited with popularizing the term “sack.” An eight-time Pro Bowl selection and five-time First-Team All-Pro, he twice earned NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors. Although sacks were not yet an official NFL statistic during his career, later historical research credits Jones with 173½ career sacks, including an extraordinary 22 in only 14 games in 1964. Jones was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980, and his No. 75 was retired by the Rams, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest defensive ends in NFL history.
  • Roman Gabriel (1940–2024) was a pioneering NFL quarterback best remembered for his years with the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. A standout at North Carolina State, Gabriel became the first Filipino-American quarterback to start regularly in the NFL after joining the Rams in 1962. At 6-foot-4 and roughly 220 pounds, his combination of size, arm strength, and toughness helped establish the mold for the modern big-bodied quarterback. Gabriel enjoyed his finest season in 1969, when he was named NFL Most Valuable Player after leading the Rams to an 11–3 record. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, he later joined Philadelphia and led the NFL with 3,219 passing yards and 23 touchdown passes in 1973, earning NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors. Gabriel finished his 16-season professional career with 29,444 passing yards and 201 touchdown passes and remains an important figure in both Rams history and the development of the quarterback position.
  • Excellent condition. Age related wear.
  • This Collection is offered with the personal guarantee of the consignor, Richard Andrews, who assembled it directly from the athletes over many years of collecting. Approximately ninety percent (90%) of the autographed items in this Collection were personally signed by the athlete in Mr. Andrews' presence. The remaining items were obtained from reputable auction sites.Mr. Andrews affirms that, to the best of his personal knowledge, no item in this Collection has been falsified, altered, re-signed, or misrepresented, and that the details provided for each item are accurate andbased on his own first-hand experience obtaining the autograph. Mr. Andrews began collecting baseball cards in the late 1950’s and continued into the early 1990’s. He befriended several promoters of sports card shows in the mid-1980’s, and this is how he came to know the athletes and obtain the majority of the autographs in his collection. In assisting with the aforementioned sports card shows, he was able to meet and spend personal time with many of his childhood baseball heroes, including Mickey Mantle, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, and many others.As added assurance, Crafted Auctions will accept the return of any item in this Collection if the buyer obtains a documented “not authentic” determination from PSA/DNA, JSA, or Beckett within one hundredtwenty (120) days of purchase. The item must be returned in the same condition in which it was received, accompanied by the authenticator's written determination, for a full refund of the purchase price. Additionally, by appointment, Mr. Andrews will make himself available to share with any buyer additional specific details of any item in the Collection that is being offered at auction.
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