The CFL Alumni Association Legends Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/11/2012
The 1968 CFL season was a big one for Canadian Football Hall-of-Famer Bill Symons. The Toronto Argonauts running back became the first player in team history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Symons tore the CFL apart in 1968 as he carried the ball 164 times for 1,107 yards to claim the league’s Most Outstanding Player award. Offered are a pair of Argonauts team-signed Spalding J5-V footballs from Bill Symons’ personal collection, featuring one autographed by some 15 members of the 1968 Argos, including Jim Dillard, Bob Petrich, Dan Nykoluk, Bob Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Ken Corbin and Chuck Liebrock. The black marker autographs on two panels include some faded examples, most of which remain legible. Both footballs have the facsimile signature of CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur. The black marker autographs on the other football are much fainter and hard to discern. According to Symons he kept the ball from the game when he broke the 1,000-yard mark so it could very well be one of these two team-signed footballs. Comes with Bill Symons’ signed letter of authenticity.
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