Hall of Fame Autographs - Update

I love collecting autographs.  They are my favorite kind of sports collectible.

I have a few autographed books and the like, but most of my collection is sports, pretty much all hockey.  I usually go for certified autographs from sports cards companies.

Autograph collecting usually revolves around a theme.  To make a collection more interesting, you gotta have a central idea or set some limits to the collection.  For me, even a theme like "NHL players" is too broad.

One of my favorite autograph collections is composed of players who have been named to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Mr. Moustache

The newest addition to my Hall of Fame set is the man behind hockey's most famous moustache, Mr. Lanny McDonald.



2007-08 SP Authentic 'Sign of the Times' #ST-LM
Lanny was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.  He was part of the Stanley Cup-winning Calgary Flames in 1989.

He slipped back into a Flames jersey this year as a member of the team at the Heritage Alumni game during the 2011 Heritage Classic in Calgary.  He even scored a goal, beating goaltender Eric Fichaud on a penalty shot.

He remains one of the most popular and recognizable figures in the hockey world.  Great-looking signature, too!

This brings my collection to fourteen Hall-of-Famers.  You can see my entire collection of Hall-of-Famers here.

Set Update: 1963-64 Parkhurst

Marcel Pronovost

1963-64 Parkhurst #46 Rene Marcel Pronovost.

Here's a new addition to my 1963-64 Parkhurst set.  This is the first player added to my set from the Detroit Red Wings.

By this point in his career, Pronovost was 33 years old and had played in 848 NHL games.  He would eventually play in over 1200 NHL games!

1963-64 Parkhurst #46 Rene Marcel Pronovost (reverse).

This legendary defenseman was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 15 years later, in 1978, along with winger Andy Bathgate and goalie Jacques Plante.

My set collection now consists of two cards.

Hall of Fame Autographs Collection

Henri Richard

ITG 1972 Jersey & Auto Black #MA-HR

Henri Richard was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.

I have begun an ambitious project: to collect autographs of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Of course, many of the members were inducted decades ago and are no longer living, so obtaining autographs of the earliest members would be extremely difficult.  For this reason, I have decided to concentrate on the members who were inducted into the Hall since the turn of the millenium, the year 2000.

However, if I happened upon a great to chance to pick up the auto of a pre-2000 inductee, naturally I'm going to go for it.  Like this card of Mr. Richard, which I pulled out of a pack of In The Game '1972 The Year in Hockey'.

Bring on the legends!

New Set Collection: 1963-64 Parkhurst

Marc Reaume

1963-64 Parkhurst #37 Marc-Avellin Reaume.

I've started a new set collection.  This one is more vintage than what I've been collecting so far.  It's the 1963-64 NHL hockey set from Parkhurst.

I like the look of these cards, with their bold colours and simple design.  Most of the back of the card is taken up with a mail-in offer, but some room was left for stats and player info.

The first card in my collection from this set is #37 Marc-Avellin Reaume who was playing for Les Canadiens of Montreal.

1963-64 Parkhurst #37 Marc-Avellin Reaume, reverse.

This is a 99-card set, which I think is a good size; big enough to be a challenge to complete, but not so big as to be impossible.  One down, 98 more to go!

Team Red Goalie Change

Mark Visentin takes to the ice to replace Jean-François Bérubé in the net during the Red & White Scrimmage at the Hockey Canada 2011 National Junior Team Summer Development Camp.