TTM Success - Roger Craig

The timing for this Roger Craig TTM success to get posted worked out pretty well. Two days ago, Craig was announced as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026. A well-deserved honor for him.

I picked this card up at a show after Jesse told me that Craig signed TTM. I had gotten the baseball Roger Craig a couple times, but not football Craig.

Craig (b. 1960) played professionally from 1983 to 1993 for the 49ers, Raiders and Vikings.  He had 8,189 rushing yards, 56 rushing touchdowns, 4,911 receiving touchdowns and 17 receiving touchdowns. He won Super Bowl XIX, XXIII and XXIV with the 49ers.

I mailed to Craig on November 20 and got the card back on December 1, for an 11-day TAT. 

2022 National Free Signer - Mike Nelms

Now that I am breaking down all of the free signers at this year's National, I've realized that there were a lot of signers.  Usually, I skip the non-baseball guys, but I think this year, I got at least one card signed by all of them except for the football guy at the VIP party (I forgot his name already).

There was a vendor right near the bathrooms at the show who had a display board with cards of most of the free signers for $5.00/card.  Some (most) of those were a gross overpay, but in the end, my time was valuable, and it saved me from spending hours at dime boxes looking for random folks.  So, I purchased a few of the guy's cards, like these of Mike Nelms.  The card above is a 1983 Topps.

I also found his 1981 Topps and a 1990 ProSet.  All of the cards turned out great and are a little something different in my album.

Nelms (b. 1955) played in the NFL from 1980 to 1984 for the Redskins.  He was a 3-time Pro Bowler (1980, 1981 and 1982) and an All Pro in 1983.  He won the Super Bowl with the Redskins in 1983 (1982 season) when the Redskins defeated the Dolphins.