Otis Sistrunk

Yeah that’s what I was thinking also. Especially with Otis signed Ottis !!!
It was $5 so it’s not a huge loss. Was worth a try anyways

 

Lmao... Not me. I wouldn’t wear that anywhere anytime !!!
I’d be the laughing stock of the tailgating party

 

Yup that’s what I was thinking myself. But if it was his signature it would probably be worth a pretty penny now.
I’m not even sure if I’d even put it on eBay. I’m not one to burn people. Even if i listed it as “no returns” I’d have trouble sleeping at night knowing I burnt someone!!!!
I’ll just put it with my Raiders memorabilia and let people think it’s from a semi pro league.
I looked up the Continental football league and noticed that philly had a team called the bulldogs. I thought I had finally solved the mystery, but their bulldog looked nothing like this one.
We never know what we can discover at someone’s yard sale or a flea market.
Ahh well I hope he used that $5 for a good cause. LMAO

 

This place?

 

Never seen a team with a helmet decal like that, except maybe Pop Warner level. It looks like someone just got a decal and put it on
the helmet.

 

Norfolk newspapers aren't digitized for the years Sistrunk played for the Neptunes, at least I couldn't find anything. Newport News is digitized through newspapers.com, but all I found were a couple of mug shots. And, of course, everything was black and white back then.

 

Thanks Bud I appreciate your professionalism and not being comical in your reply. I paid $5 for the helmet and was just looking for someone that may have known about it. I figured it was a fraud, but hey we never know !
I just want to close this thread at this point. Any help of how to do that would be appreciated.
The comical replies have gotten out of hand and I just want to close his thread.
If anyone knows how I can close it please let me know.

Thanks to all that replied in a professional manner. I really didn’t expect the helmet to be a comedy show.
I have no more to say. Thanks all once again for your replies. They’re much appreciated.

 

Harold,

My dad told me a story from when he was kid that he saved his money for weeks to get a genuine autographed picture of Lassie. He was about five. It wasn’t until he was 15 that he realized for conned . You are in good company.

Actually, if you want a good laugh, there was a thread on here a few years ago about autograph misadventures. Look it up, most of us fell for something on here.

 

This made me think of Eric Swann. I had to look up the name, but remembered a guy who played semi-pro ball in Lynn, MA going on to play for the Cardinals. Two time All-Pro.

Who are some others? Swann must be the most recent, correct?

 

Likely Hall of Famer Antonio Gates played basketball, not football, in college.

 

How could I forget that? It was practically part of his name.
I guess I was thinking of no college at all. The Patriots had a guard, Stephen Neal, who wrestled in college.