Lot 175
[CHICAGO BEARS]. HALAS, George. Letter signed. Chicago, 1965. [With:] SAYERS, Gale. Photograph signed. [Also with:] Red GRANGE signed book. 
Sale 1069 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Aug 19, 2022
Lots Close
Aug 30, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[CHICAGO BEARS]. HALAS, George. Letter signed. Chicago, 1965. [With:] SAYERS, Gale. Photograph signed. [Also with:] Red GRANGE signed book. 

HALAS, George "Papa Bear" (1895-1983). Typed letter signed ("George Halas"), as Chairman of the Chicago Bears Football Club. Chicago, 7 December 1965. 1 page, 4to, on Chicago Bears Football Club letterhead, old light folds. Halas writes to Henry Bothfield to congratulate him on representing the Bears at the 1965 Punt, Pass, and Kick competition.

[With:] GRANGE, Harold E. "Red" (1903-1991). Zuppke of Illinois. Chicago: A.L. Glaser, 1937. 8vo. Frontispiece and plates. (Light toning.) Original blue cloth embossed with a football. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, numbered 359 of 1000 copies. INSCRIBED BY GRANGE, dated 11 October 1937. 

[Also with:] SAYERS, Gale (1943-2020). Photograph signed ("Gale Sayers"). N.p., n.d. 10 x 8 in. color photograph (surface scratches). NFL logo and Arthur Rickerby Sports Collection printed in lower left. Sayers running the ball in a game against the [Baltimore] Colts. 

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