New in the Gallery: 1924 Lafayette College Football Cards
August 21st, 2013 | Published in New in the Gallery | 2 Comments
This week I added 1924 Lafayette College cards to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. One of the cards in the set, Charlie Berry, is pictured here. Berry went on to play two seasons for the NFL‘s Pottsville Maroons, and he also played thirteen seasons of major league baseball. Several other players from the 1924 Lafayette team played in the NFL, as well.
For now I put the set in the Food and Regional Issues category of the Gallery, but I think I will create a separate category for college cards when I get a chance.
A big thanks to Carl Lamendola for providing the images for these cards. Carl recently co-authored an article about the Lafayette set; it appears in Issue 41 of Gridiron Greats magazine.
December 27th, 2013 at 8:26 AM (#)
I noticed you had a card of my grandfather whom played on this 1924 team as a guard. William Brown or as some called him Downtown Brown. We know he was a great player as all of us have become athletes because of the emphasis he has on us. This is really neat. Is their anyway I could obtain a card for our facility collection?
Thanks.
The Brown Family -Cory
December 27th, 2013 at 11:02 AM (#)
I’m afraid I don’t have a copy of the card, Cory. As the article says, a friend provided the images of the cards.