NFL Program 10/26/1958 Detroit Lions @ LA Rams-Signed by 'CrazyLegs' Hirsch-HOF

Description: NFL Program 10/26/1958 Detroit Lions @ LA Rams-Signed by Elroy 'CrazyLegs' Hirsch HOF Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch was a Hall of Fame Offensive End who set many records in the NFL. The legendary player signed this program in 1958, the season after his retirement at the age of 34. Besides all of those records he broke, he also fractured his skull!These records include:Hirsch set a new NFL record with 1,495 receiving yards. Despite the fact that the NFL season consisted of only 12 games in 1951, Hirsch's single-season receiving record stood for nearly 20 years, until the merger of the AFL and the NFL.[51]Hirsch's average of 124.6 receiving yards per game also set a new NFL record. Through the end of the 2015 NFL season, only two players have exceeded this record.[52]Hirsch also had 17 touchdown receptions in 1951, tying an NFL record set by Don Hutson in 1942. Despite the expansion of the NFL schedule to 16 games, the Hirsch/Hutson mark of 17 touchdown catches lasted until the 1980s, and only four players through the end of the 2015 NFL season have exceeded the mark.[45][53]On his 17 touchdown catches, Hirsch averaged 51.2 yards, including a 91-yard reception that was the longest of the year in the NFL.[54] For this reason, Bob Oates of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, even in the era of Jerry Rice, Hirsch "remains the greatest long-distance receiving threat of all time."[54]Hirsch's 66 receptions also led the NFL in 1951 and was the fifth highest total in NFL history to that date.[55]We got this in a collection of vintage football programs, it's not authenticated but it certainly looks like his signature. Signed in ball point pen. inv 8

Price: 260 USD

Location: Guerneville, California

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