One of the best cards from the 1995 Bowman’s Best set is Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Scott Rolen’s rookie card. Scott Rolen combined elite defense, consistent hitting, and no-nonsense professionalism to carve out a Hall of Fame career. His clutch postseason moments and leadership across four franchises made him a respected figure both on and off the diamond.

I won this as a giveaway on WhatNot. Thanks to blackgoldcards for the giveaway.

Lost in the history of the NFL is Marcus Allen. He really could have been a top three running back of all time. However, he falls down to the 20 to 30 range in my book. He could’ve been top three if he wasn’t placed in the doghouse by the owner of the Raiders and benched for no reason. He was really an amazing dynamic player in the same vein as LaDanian Tomlinson or Marshall Faulk, and he could run out of the backfield and was also great at blocking and catching balls. Check out some of his career highlights.

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NFL Career Highlights

• Super Bowl XVIII Champion (1984) with the Los Angeles Raiders

• Super Bowl XVIII MVP

  • Rushed for 191 yards (a then-record), including a legendary 74-yard TD run.

• NFL MVP (1985)

• NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1985)

• NFL Rookie of the Year (1982)

• 6× Pro Bowl selection (1982, 1984–1987, 1993)

• 2× First-team All-Pro (1982, 1985)

• NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1982)

• NFL rushing yards leader (1985)

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Career StatA

• Rushing Yards: 12,243

• Rushing Touchdowns: 123

• Receptions: 587

• Receiving Yards: 5,411

• Total Touchdowns: 145

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Honors

• Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003)

• College Football Hall of Fame inductee (2000)

• NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

Here is another great 1992 courtside autograph of the great Calvin Murphy. These are very early autographs and the signatures are clean, bold, and show very well with a white and colored background. If you don’t know about the set, now you do.

Royal Hallady was a Hall of Fame pitcher and put up amazing numbers. Unfortunately, a plane crash took his life when he was four too young, only 40 years old. This rookie autograph is from a company called Signature Rookies. They had some pretty amazing products before everything was autographed. You could expect an autograph in every pack and there were some products like “Autobilia” that had redemptions good for autographed 8x10’s, jerseys, and signed balls. They were really ahead of their time. While many of their cards don’t hold a ton of value. This one is between a 100 and $200 card.