2022 SPRING PREMIER AUCTION
Wed, May 18, 2022 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Jun 5, 2022 08:36AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 558
1957 TOPPS FOOTBALL #138 JOHN UNITAS ROOKIE - PSA NM-MT 8
Sold for
$12,433.20
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $1,000 | $100 |
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| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
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| $300,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Few if any sports stories are more dramatic or more complete than the story of Johnny Unitas. A ninth-round draft choice of the 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers Unitas was cut before he even threw one pass in a game. Still determined he played semi-pro football for $6 a game. After the season the Baltimore Colts coach Weeb Ewbank learned of the "outstanding prospect" on the Pittsburgh sandlots. Ewbank signed Johnny for $17000 on a make the team basis. Programmed strictly as a backup Unitas got his chance in 1957 in the fourth game when the Colts’ starter was injured. Unitas’ first pass was intercepted for a touchdown but from that moment on he never looked back. For the next 18 seasons "Johnny U'' ran up a ledger of game winning exploits seldom matched in NFL history.
This NM-MT PSA 8 #138 Johnny Unitas rookie card from the popular 1957 Topps Football issue has dark rich color and a sharp picture images. All four corners appear in NM-MT condition. Centering is also the least of this card's issues. Only 8 examples of this historic rookie card exist in a higher unqualified grade from PSA as of the writing of this lot.
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