http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/07/10/brian-dowling-doonesburys-b-d/ News, trivia, and musings of interest to vintage football card collectors Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/07/10/brian-dowling-doonesburys-b-d/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 Y is for Yale | Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog Fri, 14 May 2010 16:05:38 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=693#comment-2371 [...] After 1937, Yale began losing more games than it won, and only a handful of Yale alumni from after that season have appeared on football cards. There are (five Yale alumni in the 1955 Topps All-American set, but none of them played there after 1937.) One notable alumnus was Brian Dowling, who was the inspiration for B.D. in Doonesbury. You can read about Dowling in an earlier blog article. [...] [...] After 1937, Yale began losing more games than it won, and only a handful of Yale alumni from after that season have appeared on football cards. There are (five Yale alumni in the 1955 Topps All-American set, but none of them played there after 1937.) One notable alumnus was Brian Dowling, who was the inspiration for B.D. in Doonesbury. You can read about Dowling in an earlier blog article. [...]

]]> http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/07/10/brian-dowling-doonesburys-b-d/comment-page-1/#comment-123 b coate Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:09:21 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=693#comment-123 Unbelievable that he isn't wearing the helmet on the card! I remember he dated Boopsie or something like that- hot blonde cheerleader and that he loved the Vietnam war. Wonder what Dowling is doing now.- Good knowledge. Unbelievable that he isn’t wearing the helmet on the card! I remember he dated Boopsie or something like that- hot blonde cheerleader and that he loved the Vietnam war. Wonder what Dowling is doing now.- Good knowledge.

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