Sports Autographs and Memorabilia Gift Ideas

DALLAS COWBOYS: TROY AIKMAN and MICHAEL IRVIN Cowboy Legends who led the team to three Super Bowl wins Football Jersey signed: "Troy Aikman", "Michael Irvin". Special jersey in Dallas Cowboy colors, with sewn letters and numbers, including "Cowboy Legends" and "8 to "88." Signed in black felt tip in their respective white numbers. TROY AIKMAN, who played with the Dallas Cowboys for all of his 12 NFL seasons (1989-2000), led the team to three Super Bowl victories (XXVII, XXVIII and XXX). The six-time Pro Bowler and MVP of Super Bowl XXVII entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.MICHAEL IRVIN, also a career Cowboy (1988-1999) appeared in five Pro Bowls and was MVP of one. "The Playmaker" entered the Hall of Fame in 2007. Both men have been sportcasters, Aikman an Emmy-winning one. Aikman is also co-owner with Roger Staubach, another great Cowboys quarterback, of a NASCAR racing team. Small authenticating hologram in Irvin's number. Fine condition.

NEW YORK RANGERS (1994) Limited edition, oversized, color photo of the Stanley Cup champs on the ice. Photograph signed: "Steve Larmer", "Sergei/Zubov", "Mark Messier", "Mike Richter", "Adam Graves", "Brian Leetch", "Glenn/Anderson", "Kevin Lowe", "Jeff Beukeboom", "Stephane/Matteau/32", "Craig MacTavish", "Mike Keenan". Color, 16x20, matted to an overall size of 20x24. Limited edition photo numbered 73/500. Minor surface scratches. Matted on verso with masking tape only. Otherwise, fine condition.

GALE SAYERS Replica Chicago Cubs helmet signed by Gale Sayers in silver ink with his year of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, "HOF-77" Helmet signed "Gale Sayers/HOF-77" in silver ink. Historic replica size 7 3/8 suspension Chicago Cubs helmet. Twice an All-American at Kansas University, Hall of Famer Sayers,played seven seasons with the Chicago Bears. In his first season alone, Gale scored 22 touchdowns and 132 points, both then-rookie records. Quiet, unassuming, and always ready to compliment a teammate for a key block, Sayers continued to sizzle in 1967 and well into the 1968 season. Then, in the ninth game, Sayers suffered a knee injury that required immediate surgery. After a tortuous rehabilitation program, Gale came back in 1969 in a most spectacular manner, winding up with his second 1,000-yard rushing season and universal Comeback of the Year honors. But injuries continued to take their toll and, just before the 1972 season, Gale finally had to call it quits. In his relatively short career, he compiled a record that can never be forgotten. His totals show 9,435 combined net yards, 4,956 yards rushing, and 336 points scored. At the time of his retirement he was the NFL's all-time leader in kickoff returns.

JOE FRAZIER Replica "Smokin' Joe Frazier" boxing robe signed by the heavyweight champ Boxing robe signed "Joe Frazier" in silver ink on back. Medium-sized green-and-yellow polyester boxing robe with "Smokin'/Joe/Frazier" embroidered on back in yellow and with separate polyester belt. An Olympic gold medal winner, Frazier (1944-2011) went on to reign as the undefeated heavyweight world champion from Feb. 16, 1970 to Jan. 22, 1973. Along the way, Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali at the 1971 heavyweight world championships in New York in a meeting dubbed "the fight of the century". He later lost to Ali twice, in January 1974 and September 1975. Soon after losing to Foreman again at the 1976 world championships, Frazier retired. He staged an unsuccessful comeback fight in 1981, reaching a draw with Floyd Cummings before retiring for good. Lightly creased. Ink has lightly bled through cloth. Otherwise in fine condition.

NOLAN RYAN Baseball signed with his Hall of Fame year in the sweet spot, sealed in PSA/DNA cube with authentication label and an overall grade of 10 (a perfect score). Baseball signed: "Nolan Ryan/HOF 99". Rawlings Official Major League Baseball, Allan H. Selig, Commissioner, signed in blue ink in the sweet spot. With PSA/DNA sticker (#J28361). Nolan "Ryan's Express" Ryan dominated hitters for an unparalleled 27 seasons. Nolan Ryan (b. 1947) led the league in strikeouts eleven times, setting the modern record with 383 K's for the Angels in 1973, as he has noted here, breaking Sandy Koufax's previous record for the 20th century of 382. Randy Johnson fell 11 K's short of Ryan's record in 2001. No other hurler in the past century has even come close. Ryanhasmore strikeouts (5,714), pitchedmore no-hitters (seven) andplayed more seasons (27) than anyone in baseball history.He retired after winning 324 games. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999, his first year of eligibility, receiving 98.79% of the votes cast. PSA/DNA Overall grade: 10. Autograph grade: 10. Baseball grade: 10.

BASEBALL: 500 HOME RUN HITTERS 11 out of the 25 players who hit over 500 home runs during their career sign a baseball. Official American League "Brown" Rawlings Baseball signed by 11 of the 25 players who hit over 500 home runs during their career: "Mickey Mantle" (536); "Ted Williams" (521); "Willie Mays" (660); "Ernie Banks" (512); "Harmon Killebrew" (573); "Mike Schmidt" (548); "Willie McCovey" (521); "Eddie Mathews" (512); "Frank Robinson" (586); "Reggie Jackson" (563) and "Hank Aaron" (755). There is room to add the signatures of Eddie Murray, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and Ken Griffey, Jr., who have joined the 500 Club since this ball was signed. Four signers of this ball have died: Mantle (1995), Mathews (2001), Williams (2002) and Killebrew (2011). Fine condition. Presented in Gallery of History pedestal style: 16x7½x1 base, 3x3x3 display case.

CHICAGO CUBS (1969) Only Chicago remembers that the "Miracle Mets" were almost the "Miracle Cubs." Jersey signed: "Ernie/Banks", "Fergie Jenkins/HOF 91", "Glenn Beckert", "Randy Hundley/#9", "Ron Santo", "Gene Oliver" and "Ken Rudolph". Seven signatures in all. Official Majestic replica Chicago Cubs baseball jersey with Cubs logo on left chest, size L, signed in felt tip on front. The 1969 season is remembered as the year of the "amazing Mets," that perpetual doormat expansion team that slew the might Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Fewer remember that another Cinderella team, the Chicago Cubs, without a pennant since 1945, led the National League until September 10, when the Mets swept the Cubs in a New York doubleheader. Five of the seven signers here were longtime Cubs greats. Shortstop ERNIE BANKS ("Mr. Cub") and pitching ace FERGUSON JENKINS are deservedly in the Hall of Fame. RON SANTO (1940-2010) played all fifteen of his Major League seasons (1960-1974) in Chicago, all but the last one with the Cubs.

ROGER BANNISTER Shown crossing the finish line with the world's first sub-four-minute mile Photograph signed: "Roger Bannister". b/w, 8x10. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile in recorded history. The 25-year-old native of Harrow on the Hill, England, completed the distance in 3:59.4 at Oxford. After his record-breaking run, Bannister and friends partied at night clubs until nearly dawn, yet Bannister showed up on time for medical classes the next morning, looking fresh. Australian miler John Landy soon recorded a sub-4 minute mile of his own. The two had a showdown race, which Bannister won. At the end of the year, Bannister retired from running to pursue his medical studies full-time. He later became a neurologist. Fine condition.