November 2016 Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/19/2016
Basca(D. 1944) played halfback for Villanova and went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941. He enlisted in the Army after the Pearl Harbor attack and was eventually assigned as a tank commander in the 4th Armored Division. He was killed instantly when his tank was struck by an anti-tank round after four months in combat.
We offer a team sheet signed in dark pencil by 10 members of the 1941 Eastern All-Stars who played the NY Giants team in the 6th Annual NY Herald Tribune All-Star game that was played at the Polo Grounds. This comes with the original envelope which has been mounted onto a scrapbook page which contains photos of 8 of the 10 signors. In addition to Basca, this has been signed by:
- Henry Toczylowski - Boston College - AA - returned autos
- George Kerr - Boston College – AA
- Lou DeFilippo of Fordham – 1941-47 Giants
- Howard Dunbar – Cornell
- Vince Dennery (D. 1989)– Fordham – 1941 NY Giants
- Joe Zabilski - Boston College
- Mort Landsberg (D. 1970 at age 51) – Cornell (Eagles, Dons – AAFC
- Walter Dubzinski - Boston College
- Jim Castiglia (D) - Georgetown – NFL (Eagles, Steelers, Colts, and Redskins)
Some Super Tough autographs. Anything on Basca is next to impossible.