Can I call it game used if it never got in a game? Photo matched to... me. Popped up on eBay a few years after I graduated.

I did manage to snag my helmet (had to pay for it) and my stool from the locker room (smuggled out in a duffel bag).

1938 Colgate football captain Don Wemple (#53) pictured here with other team captains including football co-captain John Lucy (#76).

Wemple was killed in June 1943 when his transport was damaged by enemy fire traveling from India to China. He tried to fly it on one engine but crashed near his intended landing field in China. His Colgate football teammate and co-captain, John Lucy, was stationed at the field and was one of the first ones to reach the wreckage. Wemple was badly hurt and the rescuers were not able to free him from the plane immediately. After speaking with a chaplain, Wemple spoke his last words. He was asked how he was feeling and replied “I’m all right now, coach, put me back in the game.”

The oldest card in my collection - 1887 Old Judge Jack Clements

First true mail day in a while. This is my 3rd copy of the Jay McClement 2005-06 Ultimate Debut Threads Patch. Most cards in the set are /60, but the McClement is the 2nd lowest print run at only 15. I just need a 3rd Ryane Clowe (/10) to finish a 3rd copy of the set.

Minus the Sidney Crosby that is a 1/1, this is a 54 card set with 2,905 total cards in the entire print run. This brings me to 330 total cards - 11.36% of the entire set print run.