A two-time All America at the University of Arkansas, Billy played all 10 of his National Football League seasons with the San Diego Chargers where he was the teams Most Valuable Player in 1987 and twice their Defensive Player of the Year. Billy Ray Smith passed away yesterday after a long battle with dementia that his family believes was caused by Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy at the age of 64.

A new Bloomers…no, wait…Bloomington Cardinals photo. Here we have Ol’ Stubblebeard himself, wearing his Cardinals uniform on May 4, 1935 - the day before they opened the season in Terre Haute, IN against the Tots.

Grimes, the 270 game winner and Hall of Famer, finished his pro career as player/manager for the Cards. He went 10-5 on the mound that year and the Cards finished 75-44 to win the Three I League by one game over the Springfield (IL) Senators.

Fun fact: the uniforms the ‘35 Cards wore were worn by the 1934 STL Cardinals when they won the World Series.

Had the opportunity to create a custom CJ Stroud booklet for a Houston Texans fan. The card and booklet are modeled in CAD and fabricated using additive manufacturing. I also designed a custom CJ Stroud logo, patterned after another famous athlete who wears #7 (CR7).