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Bruce Smith (D. 1967) played halfback for the back-to-back national champion Gophers in 1940 and 1941. Smith was captain of the 1941 University of Minnesota team. He received the Heisman Trophy two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Smith earned first team All-American and All-Big Ten honors in 1941. During World War II he served as a United States Navy fighter pilot. After the war, he briefly played in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers (1945–1948) and the Los Angeles Rams (1948). He is also a member of the College FB HOF.
Bruce Smith’s autograph is the 2nd toughest Heisman Trophy winner autograph to obtain after Nile Kinnick.
Offered is a 5” x 8.5” lined team sheet signed by Bruce Smith and 8 members of the 1939 Minnesota Gophers football team including:
Head Coach Bernie Bierman (D. 1977) College Football Hall of Fame.
Bob Bjorklund (D. 1994) played for the 1941 Philadelphia Eagles before leaving football for World War II
Win Pedersen (D. 1983) played for the NY Giants and Boston Yanks from 1941-46 (with a 4 year interruption to fight in WW II.
Marty Christiansen (D. 1999) played on the 1940 Chicago Cardinals. Earned a purple heart from the Battle of Tarawa.
Earl Ohlgren (D. 1962 at age 44) played for the 1942 Green Bay Packers (super tough autograph)
George Sonny Franck (D. 2011) College Football HOF, member of the 1940 National Championship team, member of the 1941-47 New York Giants.
Bob Sweiger (D. 1975) 2 X National Champion with Minnesota in 1940 and 1941. Played for the New York Yankees and Chicago Hornets in the AAFC from 1946-49 after serving in WW II
Incredible piece with the 2nd Toughest Heisman Autograph to obtain after Nile Kinnick
Comes with original mailing envelope postmarked from 1939.
Full LOA from PSA/DNA
Item: 13432
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