Archie Manning

Who: Quarterback Archie Manning

Team: New Orleans Saints

Card: 1979 Topps

Acquired: TTM 1/1 11/23/2009 (303 Days)

Comments: How about a great football card for this Thanksgiving edition of OMGautos?

Archie Manning put Sharpie to card for me on this fantastic 1979 Topps. The father of two of the NFL's best quarterbacks was no slouch himself, earning two Pro Bowl selections. So, a great autograph to have in the collection.

It's a little beat up, but I'm really liking this card. I got it quite a few years ago when I was a kid from my cousin who dumped his entire football card collection on me. Nice hook-up huh? So, the photo is great - Archie is isolated from the background nicely in what looks like pre-game warm-ups. He's also rockin' a really odd facemask that made its appearance on a few players' helmet in the late seventies. A lot of guys must have thought it was a dorky look and this facemask won out in popularity.

Ken Anderson

Who: Quarterback Ken Anderson

Team: Cincinnati Bengals

Card: 1979 Topps

Acquired: TTM 1/1 9/??/08

Comments: Ken returned this TTM very quickly - within two weeks, if I remember correct. This is one of those autographs I always wanted to get. I vaguely remember Ken Anderson playing at the very end of his career when Boomer Esiason was taking over the regins of the Bengals. My family was always a big fan of Ken's and I had a hand-me-down #14 Bengals jersey that I wore during Thanksgiving flag football games. So yeah, this is a pretty special card in my collection.

One other thing - It always bugged me how the Bengals uniforms during the '60s and 70's were JUST LIKE the Browns. Could we have been more unoriginal? That was probably one of the few mistakes the late, great Paul Brown made.