1991 Upper Deck Hologram Variations

  1991 Upper Deck Football, as well as baseball, had some variations as far as the hologram on the reverse of the card.
 
   I recently added two of these variant cards to the Herschel Hoard.

   I'll use the 1991 Upper Deck #99 card as an example. The front is the same on all versions.

     What follows is the most common reverse:

     Here is a close up of the hologram:

        Now here is the reverse of a #99 card with a different hologram;

      Notice the diamond like design. Though they say 1991,  these cards were actually made in 1992, as there is a small '92 inside the diamond.   These are much harder to find than the first type.  Here's another close up.

     I was able to pick up a #99 card, as well as a #346 Upper Deck card of Herschel, both with the harder to find, diamond hologram.  That's #'s 593 and 594, as far as total cards go.

     There is also a version which has a 1990 hologram.  I have been unable to locate any of these as yet.  Here is a close up of that hologram:

     I'll keep my eyes open, and hopefully will come across this example in the future.

#592 2006 Donruss Elite Throwback Threads Prime TT29

     With pleasure, I add another Herschel Walker memorabilia card to the Hoard.  A 2006 Donruss Elite Throwback Threads Prime card makes the grade at #592.

      This card was serial numbered to 30, of which this example is 22.

2012 SPx Shadow Slots Autograph SHHW

     I picked up another nice autographed card of Herschel for the Hoard.  This is a 2012 SPx Shadow Slots autographed card.
     There are only 20 cards in the set, so it's a tough find.  Welcome card #591 as I continue towards my goal of 600 different Herschel Walker cards.

1992 Wild Card Field Force 1000 Stripe #21

     Wild Card was a card company in the early 1990's.   Aside from their base sets, they came up with a gimmick.  There would be "striped" versions of each card in varying denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 1,000.

     The higher the denomination, the tougher the card was to acquire, or at least, that was the idea. There were subsets of the base set, such as Running Wild, or Stat Smashers, or in this example, Field Force.

     It never really caught on, and the company wasn't in business for long.  But now, for a single player collector, these stripe varieties can be very tough to come by.

     I was pleased, as I always am, to add a card from Herschel's active playing days, that I didn't own. It fills the bill nicely as card #590 in the Hoard.

 

2008 SP Rookie Threads GU Jersey Serial #15 of 15

     Another from the 2008 SP Rookie Threads series.  These cards are all serial numbered in different amounts.   This particular issue has 15 cards.   This example is #15 out of 15, which can be seen right above the jersey patch on the front of the card.
    My Herschel Walker card collection is now up to 589 different cards.

1997 Stadium Club Co-Signers #CO60 Dave Meggett/ Herschel Walker

     I was happy to add this card to the Hoard.  Especially since it was issued during Herschel's active playing days.

     This is the third version of the Stadium Club Co-Signers series featuring Herschel Walker. The other cards have Herschel with Anthony Johnson and Rodney Hampton.  I already have those two editions in the collection.

      This particular card is the only one of the three that shows Walker on the reverse side of the card.  I'm up to 588 on the way to 600 different Herschel Walker cards.

Programs from Herschel Walker's Sugar Bowl Appearances

     Herschel Walker appeared in 3 Sugar Bowl games during his career at the University of Georgia.  He finished with a record of 1-2,  winning a National Championship against Notre Dame, in his first shot at the big game.

     Here is the program from that contest:

   


     Played at the Louisiana Superdome on January 1st, 1981, the Georgia Bulldogs went into the game as the #1 team in the country, against #7 Notre Dame.
     The fighting Irish had a stifling defense, having not allowed a 100 yard rusher all season.  But Georgia had a rusher named Walker that was pretty good.
     It was a good thing too, as Georgia quarterback, Buck Belue finished the game 1 for 12 passing for just 7 yards.
     The youngest starter on the field that day, Walker rushed for 150 yards on 36 carries, and 2 touchdowns.  The rest of the Bulldog offense finished with a negative 30 yards.
     The 17-10 victory gave Georgia their first, and to this date, only National Championship.



     The next year, Georgia would take on the Pittsburgh Panthers.  The #2 Bulldogs were upset by the #8 Panthers, 24-20, as Walker was held under 100 yards, gaining just 84 on 25 carries, though he did have two scores.
     Pittsburgh relied on the rocket arm of Dan Marino, who threw for 3 touchdowns and  passed for 261 yards.
     Not to be forgotten was relatively unheralded running back, Bryan Thomas, who outrushed the Heisman finalist, Walker, by gaining 129 yards on 26 carries.
     Here's the program from that game:

     Finally, Herschel would appear in the Sugar Bowl  for the final time on January 1st, 1983, again at the Louisiana Superdome.
     Georgia would once again go in as the top team in the nation, with a hungry #2 Penn State team, hoping for their first title.
     The Nittany Lions were able to stuff Walker on a crucial two point conversion try late in the game, and held on for a 27-23 win, and the National Championship.
     Once again Walker lost the rushing battle to the other team's running back, as Penn State's Curt Warner had 117 yards on 18 carries, while Herschel gained 103 yards on 28 carries.
     Curt also had two touchdowns to Walker's one.
     This is what that program looked like:

     So in the end, Walker's Sugar Bowl appearances were somewhat disappointing, losing 2 of 3, and being out rushed in the last two, but he did almost single handedly win the first one, to capture the top prize in college football.