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STILES, Maxwell - Football's Finest Hour: The Shrine East-West Game

Title: Football's Finest Hour: The Shrine East-West Game
Description: Los Angeles, Nashunal Publishing Company, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 339pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Very faintest of binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this history of the famed college football all-star game that has been played annually since 1925. This copy bears choice autograph additions: Tipped facing the half-title page are three fine, matching heavy stock 5" X 2.75" cards, each signed and dated by deceased members of the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame's inaugural 2002 inductees: At top is EDDIE LeBARON, who signs in blue ballpoint and dates it 15 January 1974 at upper right; below him is OLLIE MATSON, who signs in blue ballpoint and dates it 10 January 1973; and below him is DICK STANFEL, who signs in black fineline and dates it 20 October 1975 at upper right. LeBaron (1930-2015) played for the College of the Pacific and went on to quarterback for the Washington Redskins (1952-53, 1955-59), Calgary Stampeders (1954) and Dallas Cowboys (1960-63). Matson (1930-2011) played for the University of San Francisco and went on to play running back for the Chicago Cardinals (1952-58), Los Angeles Rams (1959-62), Detroit Lions (1963) and Philadelphia Eagles (1964-66); an Olympic sprinter, he was also elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972. Stanfel (19278-2015) also played for the University of San Francisco and went on to play offensive guard for the Detroit Lions (1952-55) and Washington Redskins (1956-58). All three original signature transmittal envelopes are laid in. A quite special copy. .

Keywords: football Sports

Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 4103

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