Howard Hopalong Cassady Signed Baseball Ohio State Buckeyes – COA JSA

Presented is an ONL (Feebey) baseball autographed by Howard Hopalong Cassady. He signed it on a side panel in blue ballpoint pen (“6”) with an inscription, “Hi Gordon, Best of Luck – O.S.U. –  Det. Lions”. The ball itself shows mild aging.

Howard Hopalong Cassady played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1955. Cassady played in the NFL for eight seasons, seven of them for the Detroit Lions, with whom he won the 1957 NFL Championship Game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker

This ball is from one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of autographed baseballs in the world. Altogether they were easily displayable in custom shelf form and alphabetically displayed nonetheless. The choice of medium was visually easy for the encyclopedic collector who put these together. It took several decades to amass these rare autographs of the most prominent entertainers, historical figures, and sports players.  It proved quite difficult to acquire autographs of non-ballplayers on such an odd object (a baseball) but diligence proved otherwise and that it’s possible. So, now with the collection complete and his shelves empty there’s only one thing left to do….bid on this item and start the challenge to see how far you can take it.

Howard Hopalong Cassady Signed Baseball