by Tony | Aug 6, 2008 | Card of the Week
So, last week was the Pro Football (read: NFL) Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and Hall of Fame game. Inducted this year were Redskins Art Monk and Darrell Green, coach and player Emmitt Thomas, Patriot Andre Tippett, Viking/Bronco Gary Zimmerman, and probably the...
by Tony | Jul 10, 2008 | Card of the Week
On my way out the door for an extended weekend, but I wanted to get a post up before I left, since I haven’t had much going on lately. Getting back to the Football/Screen Stars themed Cards of the Week, this week featuring Charles Aaron...
by Tony | Jun 17, 2008 | Card of the Week
All right, this week’s football player-turned-actor was on the front of last week’s cello pack of 1979 Topps, and correctly guessed (immediately) by Mitch in what turned out to be way too easy of a contest. Sometime in the not too distant future, Mitch...
by Tony | Jun 9, 2008 | Card of the Week
All right, should be some more posts this week, as a package arrived this afternoon. More on that tomorrow, hopefully. This week’s Card of the Week honoring a football player who forged a career in acting is the man who started the trend of retiring early to do...
by Tony | Jun 2, 2008 | Card of the Week
Continuing the theme from last week’s Gary Hogeboom card, this week’s football star turned actor is Fred Dryer. Dryer was a star at San Diego State University (a teammate of Rocky’s Carl Weathers) before being drafted in the first round by the New...
by Tony | May 27, 2008 | Card of the Week
I’ve been reading a lot lately about football players wanting to become actors–Jason Taylor was on Dancing with the Stars, hoping to kick start a career in show business. And Terrell Owens recently appeared on an episode of some ridiculous show starring...
