This looked fun to me while reading all of your posts, so I thought I would give it a try. Sent an email to Scott Campbell, QB for Purdue and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he returned a package to me in 12 days. Here is a list of people I am waiting on as of right now:
Dale Samuels: returned
Bob DeMoss: returned.
Will keep you guys updated.
It is a blast,have fun & good luck!
be prepared it is very addictivce! I'm sending about 4 or 5 envelopes a week! But yeah it is definitely a blast! Good luck and keep sending em out!
Justin
Request sent to Dwight Freeney.
Found a package with my name on it yesterday, post marked West Lafayette. Bob DeMoss, Purdue QB, signed my Purdue mini-helmet. Wrote a nice thank you letter, returned the donation. DeMoss played for the NY Bulldogs in the NFL, and coached Len Dawson and Bob Griese in college. He is the first of the 12 cradle of QB's at Purdue. .
Congrats on the awesome return! Keep sending em out!
Justin
Signed 8x10 from HOF Dan Fouts. The first in what hopefully becomes a long collection of signed QB's pics for my oldest son. I will post pics when I return from vacation.
Quality return from Fouts, congrats!
Back from vacation today. Had 2 mailers and 1 box waiting for me. Rick Mount signed an SI cover with him on it. The other mailer had a pic of Chuck Bednarik laying out Frank Gifford. Personalized it to my youngest son John..."This f.....ing game is over, Frank". I explained to him John was 4, so I appreciated the PG personalization . The box contained a Purdue mini helmet signed by Dale Samuels, one of the cradle of QB's from Purdue. I now have signed helmets from all 12 Purdue QB's who played in the NFL. Will post pics at the end of the weekend.
Nice - let's see some scans! I see that Bednarik is now in the hospital...
extremely awesome returns! The "Cradle" Collection is pretty impressive, nice to see it completed! So what is next?
Justin
Lawrence Taylor signed Super Bowl ticket
Bruce Smith signed Super Bowl ticket
Coach Keady 5x7 pic.
I know, I need to post some pics. I will on my next day off.
You killed these TTM's! Congrats!
Justin
Very nice returns!!! Congrats.
Coach Keady...
Dale Samuels and Bob DeMoss signed mini-helmets.......
Dan Fouts....
Rick Mount, the first highschooler to grace SI's cover....
And my favorite so far......
yeah the Bednarik is my favorite! pretty awesome!
Justin
2 more in last night.....8x10 photo personalized to my oldest son of ND coach Ara Parseghian and another signed Purdue mini helmet of Purdue college QB turned MLB player Bernie Allen.
Received a personalized Dick Butkus 8x10 to my youngest son. He also added his own autographed card (the HOF Signature Series card by Ron Mix).
very impressive return! Congrats! keep sending em out!
Justin
Denied by fellow Boilermaker, Bob Griese. Guess I have to spend money for his auto.
That stinks! Was it a RTS or did you get the "Too Busy" note? Keep sending em out!
Justin
I've seen several recent successes, maybe try it again...
Bruce Smith SB ticket.....
Lawrence Taylor SB ticket.....
Another Boilermaker QB (played for the Minnesota Twins though)....
Notre Dame coach Ara....
Butkus x2
Recieved an Al Kaline signed baseball for my daughter's 3000 hitter collection, and a personalized football for my youngest son from Ed Too Tall Jones! Pics later.
You can't go wrong with Kaline - congrats!
WOWSERS! awesome successes! Congrats and keep sending em!
Justin
Mail box was overflowing today......
Johnny Rodgers personalized 8x10
Joe Thiesman personalized 8x10
"Mean" Joe Green personalized 8x10
Deacon Jones signed football
Shaq personalized 8x10
Bob Lilly personalized 8x10
Lou Brock signed basball
Bob Gibson signed HOF postcard plaque
Mark Herrmann signed Purdue mini helmet with HOF inscription
Warren Moon signed 8x10
AND
A doctor I work with bought me (my daughter) a signed Willie Mays baseball for her 3000 hit collection!
Postman was holding out on me. He must have known my birthday is tomorrow and wanted to surprise me.
MAN! That is some incredible B-day mail TTM style!!!! Congrats and Happy Birthday!
Justin
Wow congrats. I am been VERY slow as of late. Gonna send at least 10 out on monday.
Three more TTM's in todays mail.....
3 personalized Tony Dungy 8x10's
Yale Lary signed TAMU mini helmet
Dirk Nowitzki signed Germany Olympic jersey
A note on the Tony Dungy scripture.....I wrote him a letter explaing some personal matters (not going into much detail at all) and how I recently turned to God and my life has since changed for the better. I told him how I try to live my life by another verse: Matthew 7:17. It says basically to be a tree that produces good fruit. Matthew 7:13-14 states the road to eternal happiness goes through a narrow gate, not a wide one. I have found this to be very inspirational for me, as well as applicable. Thank you Mr. Dungy.
Wow! Nice returns.
WOWSERS those are some killer autos!
Justin
Amazing additions, congrats! I bet you had to super size your mailbox...
Charlie Ward (FSU heismann winner) signed and personalized 8x10
Mike Singletary signed Bears mini-helmet. Wow. Can't believe I got that one back.
Congrats on the returns! It doesn't get much better than that!
Justin
Best returns to date, IMO.....
Peyton Manning signed 8x10, AND returned my donation to his charity.
PLUS......
Eugene Cernan. He was the last human to walk on the moon. AND he is a Boilermaker. Just sayin. (Coincidentally Neil Armstrong was the first and he was a Boilermaker too.)
Congrats on the Manning! Did you send him anything else to sign or just request a photo? Your doing really well with the TTM's as of late!
Justin
Nice return. Resending to Manning tomorrow hope i don't miss the window this time.
I guess when you send out 30 requests at once, you can expect BIG maildays. Todays haul:
Chirs Weinke 8x10
John David Crow 5x7
John Cappelletti 5x7
Dick Lebeau 8x10 personalized to my youngest son
Johnny Lujck 5x7
Johnny Lattner 5x7
Steve Owens 5x7
Whitey Herzog HOF plaque postcard
See a theme? 6 Heisman winners. Hope to get all of them. (at least those that are alive ) Herzog marks my 5th Cardinal HOF plaque.
Congrats! Good luck on the Heismans.
Dick LeBeau
A couple of Heisman winners:
The White Rat:
Dirk Nowitzki Olympic Germany jersey:
Might as well be walking on the moon:
Gene Cernan.....
And Warren Moon
Head Slap Deacon Jones.....
Yale Lary:
Ed "Too Tall" Jones....
Al Kaline:
Mike Singletary:
Mark Herrmann:
pretty impressive collection you have there! Congrats!
Justin
4 more. And 1 awesome return for the month of May......
Joe Bellino signed 5x7
Terry Baker signed 5x7
Pat Sullivan signed 5x7
AND
Al Unser, 4 time Indy Champ signed my LE Indy 500 hat. Sending the hat to Foyt next.....
Continuing the heisman theme...
Gary Beban signed 5x7
Rashaan Saalam signed 8x10
And
Signed football from Bubba Smith a.k.a. Hightower from the Police Academy movies....He also added 2 signed cards of his own, 1 in a Colts uniform! (That one is for you Justin if you need it for your collection )
Very,very nice stuff!
Nice stuff. Love the Kaline.
After nearly 2 weeks, the postman finally arrives.
Brandy Chastain signed 8x10
Lawrence Taylor signed 8x10 (added a couple of freebies)
Howard "Hopalong" Cassady
Mario Williams signed football
Mike Rozier signed 8x10
I would love to have droughts like yours because when it finally does rain it POURS! Way to destroy those TTM's! Can't wait to see pics!
Justin
I guess I need more Fridays. It seems that the postman always holds out until then. . Anyway, todays mail:
Ty Detmer 5x7 (thats 21 Heisman autos to date)
John Blaha...another Boilermaker astronaut
Wish the mailbox would blow up soon. I still have 17 out there and resending 3 more tomorrow.
Its nice to see someone getting some TTM luck! I am having too many dry spells! Congrats on the successes!
Justin
Received 3 today:
Peyton Manning (although he did not sign the picture I sent, but returned it and signed another.... )
Elvin Bethea 8x10
Archie Griffin 8x10
My stats so far:
66 total sent out
50 returned (49 successes and 1 failure)
Nice! 50/66 is pretty good...my percentage is definitely a lot lower than that. The Peyton is awesome, I might have to try him soon.
Awesome successes! Yeah I need to sit down and figure out my stats! keep the TTM success going!
Justin
Boilermaker astronaut #3:
Jerry Ross. Signed 4 photos. Nice.
I read last week that Danny Wuerffel was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre disease.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain%E2%80%93Barr%C3%A9_syndrome
Anyway, he signed an 8x10 for my son while undergoing treatment for this. Incredible gesture, and I am further impressed with this man.
Great successes and a truly awesome gesture from an athlete! Wondering when my drought is gonna end? Well if I can't have any luck I'm glad you sure are!
Justin
AND...a nice little package in the mail.
AJ Foyt signed my Indy 500 LE hat. Sending it next to Mr Mears for the sweep.
and the TTM sickness continues!
Justin
Tony LaRussa signed and personalized OMLB to my oldest son. TTM's are SO much more successful when athletes know they are for the kids. Hmpf. Who would have known.
Peyton Manning;
Brandi Chastain and he note to my daughter:
Johnny Lattner, Gary Beban, John David Crow, Pat Sullivan, Joe Bellino, John Cappelletti
Steve Owens, Johnny Lujack, Hopalong Cassady, Terry Baker, Ty Detmer
Oilers HOFer Elvin Bethea:
Lawrence Taylor:
Archie Griffin:
Chris and Danny:
Rashaan Salaam:
Charlie Ward:
Tony LaRussa:
Mario Williams:
Shaq Diesel:
Purdue astronauts John Blaha and Jerry Ross:
indy 500 4 time winners AJ Foyt and Al unser:
Sending to Rick Mears today.
Mike Rozier:
oh that Rozier is awesome! Congrats!
Justin
Jennie Finch 8x10 personalized to my daughter. Glad she took time out of being a new mother to sign for her.
Dos returns today. Desmond Howard 5x7. And, finally, Billy Sims. I sent him a football over 2 months ago. I saw several others receive their items about the same time I sent mine. The football took so long because he had Jason White and Steve Owens sign it! And, I never asked him to do that. Amazing return, the ball is beautiful. Pics will come eventually.
Congrats on the successes! Good to see all these awesome returns! Keep sending em out!
Justin
Nothing in over 1 month, then 3 in today!
John Huarte....Notre Dame Heisman trophy winner
Gino marchetti...Colts HOF DE
Rick Mears signed my INDY 500 LE hat...I now have all three 4x Indy winners
Nice day indeed, worth a drought!
Ross Fichtner, Cleveland Browns CB. He signed my Purdue mini-helmet. More importantly, played QB for the Boilers. That's 14 Purdue QB mini helmets.
WOWSERS! You are officially the Purdue Mini Helmet King! BTW nice successes on the Huarte and Marchetti, I jumped on the chance to send them something as soon as I found their addys, plus they were both really quick returns!
Justin
Another Purdue QB signed mini-helmet. This one from Mike Terrizzi. Drafted by the 49ers but blew out his knee in training camp. Now works as a lawyer in San Francisco. Thats 15 Purdue QB's to date.....
x2 8x10's signed by Al Kaline. Great return today.
Monte Irvin signed 1953 reprint card and baseball.
Bobby Doerr signed Red Sox mini helmet.
Nice mail day for the kids.
very nice returns! Congrats!
Justin
x2 full size Dennis Rodman signed basketballs arrived today. Acquired 2 so I could trade one.
Houston Dynamo all-star Brian Ching signed and personalized soccer ball for my youngest son.
Haven't sent much over the past 2 months until 2 weeks ago. The mailbox has been full. Lots of successes, and 1 failure.
4 Heisman winners:
Dick Kazamier
Charlie Ward
Jason White
Steve Spurrier
Brett Hull signed Blues hockey puck
Rick Mount signed Purdue basketall (already signed by Miller, Cardinal, and Landry)
Peyton Manning, I am sad to report, sent me the stamped 5x7 again. Will try him again in the off season with a card, not a 8x10.
Today in the mailbox was a package returned to me from a guy in St. Louis. I sent a soccer ball to Mr. Frank Borghi. He was gracious enough to sign it with a personal letter (and his phone number ). In 1950, the US World Cup soccer team went to Brazil and beat the heavily favored English. Nearly the entire team was from my home town, St. Louis. As a former college and semi pro soccer player, getting this return was AWESOME. He was the goalkeeper, as was I when I played. He is in his 80's, and beginning to suffer from dementia. 1 of 4 members from that team still alive. This will truly be one of my centerpieces to my collection.
5x7 from Paul Hornung today. That gives me 49 Heisman trophy winners to date.
Nice return from Hornung, did you send ca$h?
Tried Peyton Manning for the 4th time. This time I did not send cash and only sent a card. Finally a success. 2010 Topps Mayo. looks great.
x2 Hulk Hogan 8x10's in the mail yesterday. Gave one to my next door neighbor who is a WWE/WWF fan.
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