Autographed Cards A-Z Hockey Edition N-P

When I got back into collecting five or so years ago one of the things that excited me was the availability of autographed cards.  Perhaps I went a little overboard but I think I picked up some nice cards.  This will be an A-Z series of posts with varying numbers of cards.

Eric was a long time Blackhawk on the teams I grew up with.  He was part of the 1960-61 Stanley Cup Championship team.

 2007 Parkhurst #81

Darren's a likeable guy who played briefly for the Hawks and went on to become a broadcaster.  According to Wikipedia he and Steve Yzerman are BFFs.

Pappin, pictured here as a Leaf is another Blackhawk I grew up watching.  He was a regular from 1968-74.

 2002 Topps Reprint #TMLA-JP

A Hall of Famer, Parent's jersey, #1, was the first to be retired by the Flyers.

 2007 Parkhurst #92

I think of Hall of Famer Park as a Ranger.  

 2007 Parkhurst #93

Another Hall of Famer and member of the 1960-61 Blackhawks Stanley Cup Championship team.  He won the Norris Trophy 3 consecutive years.  These Topps Archives cards are outstanding!

 2002 Topps/OPC Archives Reprint #7

Pronovost is a 5 time Stanley Cup Champion and Hall of Famer

 2007 Parkhurst #102

Confession- I bought this because I like the name Puppa. POOPA!

2005 ITG Franchises #A-DPU

Blow Out the Candles December 11

Arguably the pest pitcher of the 19th Century, Charles Radbourn was born on this date in 1854.

Radbourn's 59 wins in 1884 is still and may always remain the single season record. That season his ERA was 1.38 and he struck out 441 batters. (These numbers should remind us why, when it comes to the HOF, players should be judged in great part against others from the same era.) Radbourn's career win-loss record is 309-195.



HOF'er Pierre Pilote is celebrating his 80th birthday today.

1968-69 Topps #124

 A member of the Blackhawks Stanley Cup winning team in 1961, Pierre was the Hawks captain from 1961-68. He won the Norris Trophy in 1963-64-65. Pilote's #3 jersey was retired by the Blackhawks on November 12,2008 (along with fellow #3 Keith Magnuson.)

Actress and dancer Teri Garr is celebrating her 64th birthday today.

 Star Trek

Mr. Mom

Young Frankenstein

Tootsie

1961 Stanley Cup Champions Honored

Last night the Blackhawks had a ceremony honoring the Blackhawks players from the 1960-61 Stanley Cup Championship team.  Eight (I think) of the old guys were introduced one-by-one including four Hall of Famers, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Piere Pilote and Glenn Hall.  Rocky Wirtz and John McDonough have done a great job in bringing back the alumni over the last couple of years, after the previous Wirtz's antagonized them into exile.

Here are the signed cards I've managed to collect of players from that great team:

1960-61 Stanley Cup Champs Blackhawks Autographs

The Blackhawks have been limping toward the Stanley Cup playoffs, 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. Overall they've had a great season at 48-22-7. Hopefully they'll get hot and accomplish what the gentlemen from 1960-61, below, did -- that is bring the the Stanley Cup to Chicago.

Parkurst Retro Chicago Blackhawks

It's hard to believe but for the quarter century prior to 1967 the NHL consisted of only six teams, the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Bruins, Red Wings and Blackhawks.

In the mid-nineties, Parkhurst commemorated the 1964-65 NHL season by producing a set of "Tall Boy" cards featuring players and coaches from the "Original Six" teams. I'll be sharing my favorites in coming posts.

Here are my favorites from the Chicago Blackhawks:

#43 Billy Reay

#33 Eric Nesterenko

#32 Glenn Hall

#31 Pierre Pilote

#29 Phil Esposito

#28 Denis DeJordy

#26 Stan Mikita

#39 Dennis Hull

#38 Doug Jarrett

#24 Chico Maki

#23 Ken Wharram

#25 Bobby Hull

#42 Bill Hay