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Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 13 black-and-white photographs, and 11 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1973 novel by Peter Gent. A satire of American pro football loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, following an aging wide receiver for a Texas… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. A dramatization of the life of noted Norwegian-American football coach Knute Rockne, who led the University of Notre Dame team from 1918 to 1930, before dying tragically in a 1931 plane crash at the age of 43. Set in Voss, Norway, and Indiana. Blue untitled… Read more about this item

N.p.: April Fools Productions, 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. A rare acting role for New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. A football team owner will be able to keep his substantial inheritance as long as he restores an old train, The Chattnooga Choo Choo, and completes a 24 hour round trip from Tennessee to New… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1999. Blue Revision script for the 2000 film, bound in a black vinyl binder, printed on all blue leaves, as well as a binder of various production documents. Laid in with the script is an autograph letter signed from Set Decoration Buyer Margaret Hungerford, on "Remember The Titans" letterhead, dated Oct. 11, 1999… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Second Draft script for the 1977 film. Noted as copy No. 51 in manuscript ink on the title page. Based on the 1972 novel by Dan Jenkins, about a love triangle between two football players and the team owner's daughter. Shot on location in Dallas and Mansfield, Texas, in… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Morgan State University, 1953. Vintage program for a Morgan State vs. West Virginia football game, held at the Hughes Stadium in Baltimore on October 24, 1953. Program includes player and reserve lineups, photographs of each team and the respective coaches, and notes on the upcoming homecoming festivities. Near Fine in pictorial side-stapled wrappers.

N.p.: Passing Parade Films, 1957. Draft script for the 27th episode of season two of the 1956-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to child actor Johnny Crawford, with his name on the title page and front wrapper. A Navy football star and war veteran is diagnosed with a form of paralysis, but finds inner peace by growing… Read more about this item

Cleveland / New York: World Publishing, 1970. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by editor and former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Jerry Kramer on the title page. Near Fine in an about Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has a short closed tear on the bottom portion of the front flap fold.

New York: Frank Tousey, 1905. Issue No. 5, published on October 6, 1905. Frank Manley's Weekly was a Victorian pulp magazine that ran from September 8, 1905 to April 13, 1096, with a total run of 32 issues. The periodical detailed the adventures of Frank Manley, a courageous and kind young athlete. 8 x 11 inches.… Read more about this item

Baltimore: N.p., 1925. Vintage program for a Baltimore City College vs. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (or what Baltimoreans would call a "City vs. Poly") football game, held at the Baltimore Stadium in 1925. Included with the program is a ticket for the 1943 City vs. Poly game, as well as a small illustrated postcard showing the Polytechnic Institute in north… Read more about this item

N.p.: Group W Productions, 1969. Original transcript of David Frost's interview with Muhammad Ali and Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier from Season 1, episode 8 of the 1969-1972 television show, which aired on Group W television stations on July 16, 1969. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page, underlining Ali's birth name, "Cassius Clay," in the script title (Ali… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1940. Final Draft script archive for the 1940 film, here under the working title "Touchdown." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone, with his name in manuscript pencil annotation to the title page. Accompanying the script are a promotional book and several production documents, including a legal contract for the film, signed by Humberstone and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1977. Collection of seven vintage publicity photographs of actor and Pro-Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown. Six with the stamp of photographer Frank Paul Mason on the verso, dated 7/29/77 in manuscript ink. Included are a brief biography and filmography of Brown. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Housed in a generic blue… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1975. Original pressbook for the 1975 film. An overshadowed noirish thriller from the New Hollywood director, Penn, who's notable credits include "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), "Little Big Man" (1970), and the existential Western, "Missouri Breaks" (1976). Private eye Harry Moseby (Hackman), an ex-pro football player, is a workaholic with an unfaithful wife (Clark).… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final script for the 1940 film. The AFI Catalog notes: "According to a Twentieth Century- Fox press release, this was the first writing effort for Fox sound man William Brent. After his story was bought, Brent was made a writer at the studio. [Also the first screenwriter assignment for] Irving Cummings, Jr.… Read more about this item