Historical Hockey Memorabilia Winter 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/22/2012
Fabulous gathering of mementoes kept by John Bowe throughout his career with the CFL Ottawa Rough Riders and NFL Green Bay Packers in the 1950s. The collection is highlighted by a 1951 Grey Cup victory banquet program signed by 20+ Grey Cup champs and a second one signed by 4 executives. A mid-1980s reunion program/booklet of the 1951 team is also signed by 15+ on the back cover. Numerous mementoes such as individual and team photos of the Riders as well as two scrapbooks of the 1951 Riders are also included. Green Bay Packers memorabilia includes photos, programs and an unsigned 1952 contract. Visit our website for more details on this great collection. The rear “Autographs” cover page of the 1951 Grey Cup Victory Banquet program is covered with signatures, many with dedications to John, including quarterback Tom O’Malley, Jake Dunlap, Fred Davies, John Wagoner, Gerry Lefebvre, Jack Morneau, Bruno Bitkowski, Benny MacDonnell, Buck Rogers, Mel Aull, Steve Hatfield, among others;
Another 1951 Grey Cup Victory Banquet program is signed by Rough Riders board of directors members Brown, Emerson and McCaffrey;
A “Review of the Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1951 Grey Cup Championship Season” booklet is covered with autographs on the blank back cover, including the likes of O’Malley, Aull, Baldwin, Wagoner, Morneua, Loney, Steck, among others;
Bove’s unsigned 1952 NFL standard players contract from Green Bay Packers for $5,200 with NFL bylaws excerpt insert from league commissioner Bert Bell;
1950s letters to Bove signed by Packers head coaches Gene Ronzani and Lisle Blackbourn on Green Bay Packers letterhead are featured among the Packers correspondence that includes a Packers envelope with a 1955 postmark addressed to Bove in Ottawa;
A 1955 letter from Ottawa team president David Gill to the Green Bay Packers on Rough Riders letterhead advising them that Bove was free to play for the Packers;
Vintage NFL correspondence to Bove from the New York (football) Yanks, Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and universities including West Virginia, Boston University, Sampson College, University of New Mexico, Penn State;
25 vintage college football photos;
13 vintage 1950s American football programs, mostly NFL Packers and Eagles, as well as a pair of 1948 and 1950 West Virginia programs;
15 1950s Packers 10x8 photos including Tobin Rote (2) and Jim Ringo;
Packers head coach Gene Ronzani’s signed letter to Bove dated July 24, 1952 on Green Bay Packers letterhead;
35 vintage football photos, mostly 1950s and many stamped or embossed by photo studios including Newton, David Bier and Ted Grant;
10 vintage 1950s and 1960s football programs, mostly CFL;
Two-page stapled sheet typed 1950s Green Bay Packers players rules and regulations;
Christmas card signed by Jack Morneau with alumni football team photo snapshot enclosed;
1980s Rough Riders alumni documentation;
Also included are newspaper clippings, a couple of thick scrapbooks, and framed football photos.
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