What players sports cards did you collect most?

hessbz12 · Post by **hessbz12** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:48 pm

Everyone has there favorite player. What players cards did you collect most.

Mine was Alonzo Mourning. I was always a Georgetown basketball fan and when he got into the pros, I immediately started collecting his cards.

I'd say I collected around 100 Alonzo Mournings from his days on the Hornets.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:56 pm

Besides Rickey Henderson, I always enjoyed collecting as many dupes of as many rookies as possible. I'd try to own all of them like Will Clark, Donnie Baseball, Boggs, Sandberg, you name it.

I really enjoyed Rated Rookies, UD Rookie Star and Future Star cards. I'm a rookie whore. There were always obscure players I liked to collect too like Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten or Brian Jordan.

I own 23 Willie McGee '83 Fleer rookie cards I bought in a lot once on eBAY. I have a dumb collection.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:21 pm

Michael Jordan
Frank Thomas
Walter Payton
Barry Sanders
Jerry Rice

The best Jordan card that I ever had was the 88 fleer, though. I had a ton of 'em, but I gave away some and I sold the rest.

My neighbor had this huge paper bag filled with 60s and 70s football cards, and he hooked me up with a Walter Payton rookie. The Payton card has a nice-sized crease in it, but whatever; that shit was free.

I used to steal 89 NFL score wax boxes like mad, so I still have quite a few Barry Sanders rookies.

A Toys-R-Us by my neck of the woods was selling lots of mid 80s NFL Topps in these weird packages with cards from various years back in 1988/1989, and I stole quite a few, so I landed a couple Jerry Rice rookies.

And of course, I stole some 1990 MLB Leaf waxboxes.

I used to steal from herbs around my way on occasion. They'd eventually find out, and there'd be beef.

I guess that I was on the fast track to the penitentiary back then. Places like Walgreens, Toy-R-Us, etc made that shit too easy, though.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:23 pm

I ganged some '90 Leaf packs too.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:28 pm

Roberto Clemente
Ken Griffey Jr.
Tony Gwynn
Mario Lemieux
Jaromir jagr

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:30 pm

Philaflava wrote:I ganged some '90 Leaf packs too.

I would have liked to have stolen some 1992 MLB Bowman, but by then, it seemed like everyone was putting their cards in locations where you couldn't steal them without getting caught.

1988-1990 was a glorious time, though.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:37 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:Frank Thomas

Yup. I have hundreds of Thomas cards stashed away at my parents house. Same with Lenny Dykstra.

Collected pretty much any philly player that I could get my hands on.

Best card probably is a Cal Ripken Topps Finest Refractor card. I freaked the fuck out when I landed that card. My parents thought I had killed someone.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:41 pm

I can't tell you how many times I contemplated stealing 1992-1993 NBA Fleer Ultra waxboxes, but I never actually pulled the trigger.

I really wanted that Shaq "All Rookie Series" card that was going for around $100 at the time.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:43 pm

I collected a gang of Ricky Jordan cards.

Those Topps Finest cards are sick. Every card was a mint. Not ashamed of this but I stole a Mike Schmidt RC about 2 years ago. It was just laying there in the cheap bin and I had to take it for the lack of respect the seller had towards it.

hessbz12 · Post by **hessbz12** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:48 pm

You talk about colecting obscure players...I also collected Vin Baker. Lord knows why, but I did.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:53 pm

I'll do better. How about Lou Roe? Lionel Simmons? I even fucked with Duane Causewell for a minute.

djm13 · Post by **djm13** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:21 pm

Deion.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:21 pm

roberto alomar
darren daulton
griffey
bonds
thomas
barry larkin

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:48 pm

George brett
Michael jordan of course like the upper deck Mr. june collection
Mitch richmond
roger clemens

hustler · Post by **hustler** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:37 pm

MJ. i got atleast 100 different cards of him. no rookie though.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:56 pm

Sergei Fedorov

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:03 pm

I own 50 of these

Plus many more of his cards.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:32 am

Philaflava wrote:I'd try to own all of them like Will Clark

I have two binders full of Will Clark cards. I have no idea why I decided that he was my favorite player, but I decided I was going to collect as many of his cards as possible. As I look back on it... I wish I had picked someone else because I can't believe those are ever gonna be worth much.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:10 am

pretty much any yaz card but this is the one i remember the most

i also love the rookie cards and stat leader cards with three players on them.

Boris. · Post by **Boris.** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:55 am

hessbz12 wrote:You talk about colecting obscure players...I also collected Vin Baker. Lord knows why, but I did.

Vin Baker was the man tho.

I had lots of sir Charles cards.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:00 pm

Allen Iverson.

BigCat8 · Post by **BigCat8** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:33 pm

Anyone that played in Philly. I can't tell you how many Milt Thompson, Clarence Weatherspoon, Tyler Greene, Matt Geiger, and Benito Santiago cards I owned.

BRAZ · Post by **BRAZ** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:20 pm

gary payton and rod strickland
and i swear a derek harper card came in every pack

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:39 pm

I had a lot of Don Baylor cards

Natrone Means

I have a couple Allen Iverson rookie cards

Raphael De La Ghetto · Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:16 pm

I have this same thing but smaller with a card. I collected just about anything Felix Potvin.

Epitome · Post by **Epitome** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:20 am

Anyone remotely good who played for the Rangers between 1988-1996. Scratch that, ANYONE who played for the Rangers during that time.

That and Tom Goodwin. Me and my Pops thought everyone was sleeping and that this Dodger's prospect was set to become the black Brett Butler. Turned out he was just the black Tom Goodwin. Oh well.

Lid · Post by **Lid** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:36 pm

Nuke wrote:
Philaflava wrote:I'd try to own all of them like Will Clark
I have two binders full of Will Clark cards. I have no idea why I decided that he was my favorite player, but I decided I was going to collect as many of his cards as possible. As I look back on it... I wish I had picked someone else because I can't believe those are ever gonna be worth much.

i was also on a will clark kick back in the day, got a bunch of them jawns for watever reason.

i have shit load of ricky henderson and nolan ryan .

obscure dudes, denis hopson and mark macon

embarrassed by having too many todd van popel cards

favorite cards bo jackson rookie and manny ramirez minor league card

Shyste502 · Post by **Shyste502** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:02 am

Mark McGwire
Ruben Sierra

Latrell Sprewell
Shawn Kemp - I had over 75 different kemp cards when i was 14 and i traded soem dude all of them for the red grant hill jersey in 95

Jerome Bettis ( i have quite a few of his rookies they worth anything?)

internetfront · Post by **internetfront** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:34 am

Man when i was in like 4th-9th grade basketball cards were what's up. used to make tons of money on that shit at card shows before i was old enough to have a job. Have 600+ kemp and like 500+ payton....and probably more surprisingly i have over 400 robert pack cards >_> Like gloss i used to collect as many of a players rookies as i could, sometimes multiple pages of the same card.

Right before i stopped collecting i started my oliver miller collection - Sorta want to go dig it up

adverse · Post by **adverse** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:56 am

canseco