Former SCD publisher and Standard Catalog Editor Bob Lemke produced literally hundreds of “Cards That Never Were” during his fabled career at Sports Collectors Digest and after his retirement. After Bob died in early January of last year, I sold some of his remaining inventory of those cards on behalf of his widow, with all proceeds from the sales going directly to her. There are still a couple of hundred left, and I have created a listing of what’s available and included it on this blog at: oconnellandsonink.com. Once again, all proceeds will be passed along to Lemke’s widow; cost is $10 per card (postpaid), payable to: T.S. O’Connell, P.O. Box 56, Iola, WI 54945, phone (715) 445-2902. Email: tsoconnell1959@gmail.com. The March 28 posting features the baseball cards; the football cards, including a huge number of the Topps All-American extension cards, are listed here. Since only a single example is available in most instances, a phone call to determine what’s still available is advised. No multiple sales of any individual players.
Football – 1951 Bowman Small (7) Shula (4) and Favre SMU (3); 1952 Bowman Large (10) Staubach, Brady (two versions), Favre (2), Motley, McCluster, Polamalu and Manziel (2), 1955 Bowman (5) Graham (2), Berry (2) and McGee; 1956 Topps (3) Starr and Noll (2); 1959 Topps Nitschke; 1961 Fleer (3) Tolar (2) and Tunnell; 1965 Philadelphia Gum Bucky Pope (5); 1965 Topps Wahoo McDaniel (2); 1967 Philadelphia Gum Jim Taylor; 1969 Topps Winston Hill (4): 1970 Topps Mike Holmgren; 1972 Topps (5) Rich Kotite (3) and Matt Snell (2); 1972 O-Pee-Chee Carl Weathers (2); 1977 Topps Namath and 2011 Topps Austen Lane (7).
1955 Topps All-American Extension Set (Bob’s numbering is included in this listing) – No. 105 Ricky Williams, 109 Bobby Kennedy, 118 Archie Manning, 121 Brian Bosworth (2), 126 Maurice Clarett, 132 Hugh McAloon, 135 Biakabutuka, 153 Dwayne Johnson (2), 166 Tomlinson, 175 Don Meredith (3, two variations), 179 Payton, 201 Richard Nixon, 217 Harry Agganis, 219 Austen Lane (5, two versions), 221 Gabriel, 222 Rocky Blier, 226 Guy, 231 Fridge Perry (2), 231 Aaron Rodgers (5), 233 Michael Oher (2), 247 Herbstreit (8), 248 Robert Griffin III, 252 Phil Robertson, 254 Bear Bryant, 256 Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, 257 Texas QB Trio (1947), 262 Brian Stann, 262 Parilli, 263 Brian Picolo (4), 263 Donny Anderson, 264 Jameis Winston (3), 265 Montee Ball, 266 Brian Picolo (2), 267 Pat O’Dea, 268 Melvin Gordon (2), 269 Tim Davis (3), 270 Frank Gifford (3), 271 Mike Tomlin, 272 Aaron Rodgers (3), 274 Dak Prescott (2) and 275 Keenan Reynolds (2).
Non-sport Cards – World on Wheels (2) American Moto-Scoot and Vincent Black Shadow (3); Spins and Needles Robbins (2); Civil War News (2) Death at 1,000 Yards and Victory Parade; Flags of the World (10) Alaska (3), Hawaii (3) and Puerto Rico (4); Ships and Trains (8) U.S.S. Indianapolis (2), Queen Anne’s Revenge, Monitor, CSS Virginia and (3) different Titanics; (8) different locomotives.