http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/01/27/howd-ben-get-the-ball/ 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/2010/01/27/howd-ben-get-the-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 makeitso Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:22:04 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=2347#comment-5683 A year and a half too late, but I do know the actual answer. I was at a bar in NJ at a time some Raider fans were having some type of convention & he was there. I saw the card and asked the same question. I can't remember exactly what he said, but the jist was he'd had his appendix out several days before & had missed having his picture taken, so they just threw something together & that was the result. A year and a half too late, but I do know the actual answer. I was at a bar in NJ at a time some Raider fans were having some type of convention & he was there. I saw the card and asked the same question. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but the jist was he’d had his appendix out several days before & had missed having his picture taken, so they just threw something together & that was the result.

]]> http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/01/27/howd-ben-get-the-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Hedgehog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:54:42 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=2347#comment-1757 Ben got the bsall by taking it away from a hapless Kansas City Chief after clubing him senseless with his helmet. Jeesh, didn't you ever watch an AFL game? Ben got the bsall by taking it away from a hapless Kansas City Chief after clubing him senseless with his helmet. Jeesh, didn’t you ever watch an AFL game?

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