1952 BOWMAN LARGE #140 YALE LARY (HOF) ROOKIE CARD CSG 4.5 VG/EX+.
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Winning Bid:
$45.43
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Session I January 2023 Sports
Item Description
2.5x3.75". Bowman Gum's 1952 Large Football set consists of 144 pieces. Like its counterpart Bowman "small" version, the set held the brilliant portraits, thoughtful compositions and artful renderings and answered a larger-sized format challenged issued by rival Topps. The set bore a desirable roster of rookies, stars, Hall of Famers and a number of short-printed scarcities. The last card in the set, #144 Jim Lansford, was reputedly destroyed in large numbers during the series' production, and it has become one of the hobby's most highly prized football cards of the modern era.
Robert Yale Lary Sr. was an American football player, businessman, and politician. Lary played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Detroit Lions, from 1952 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1964, missing the 1954 and 1955 seasons due to military service as an Army second lieutenant in Korea. He played at the safety, punter, and return specialist positions, appeared in nine Pro Bowl games, and was a first-team All-NFL player five times. He led the NFL in punting three times, and at the time of his retirement in 1964, his 44.3-yard punting average ranked second in NFL history, trailing only Sammy Baugh. He also totaled 50 NFL interceptions for 787 return yards, both of which ranked fifth in NFL history at the time of his retirement. Yale Lary was inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 1979.
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