Thursday, March 3, 2022

TTM Success - Roman Gabriel

Another of the vintage football cards that my friend, Max, gave me came back signed via TTM.  This 1971 Topps Roman Gabriel turned out really well.

Gabriel (b. 1940) was a first round (first over all) draft pick by the Raiders in the 1962 AFL Draft and a first round (second over all) pick by the Rams in the 1962 NFL Draft out of NC State University.  He played professionally from 1962 to 1977 for the Rams and Eagles.  He had an over all QB record of 86-64-7 with 201 touchdowns and 29,444 yards.  He was the NFL MVP in 1969 and was four-time Pro Bowler (1967-1969 and 1973.  He was elected t the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989 and his number 18 jersey was retired by NC State.

I mailed to Gabriel on January 24 and got the card back on February 9, for a 16-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $5.00.

2 comments:

bbcardz said...

Nice one, congrats!

CaptKirk42 said...

I am all kinds of green. Roman Gabriel was my fave QB, next to Sonny Jurgensen growing up. I often credit him for me being a Rams fan. That and being born under the sign of Aries. My 5 or 6 year old kid logic there.