[15707] in APO-L
Silent Auction @ Nationals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neal/Molly Farmer)
Tue Nov 26 15:43:04 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:06:31 -0600
Reply-To: nmfarmer@ix.netcom.com
From: Neal/Molly Farmer <nmfarmer@ix.netcom.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Dear APO-L,
Here is the current list of items for the Silent Auction of
Sports/Entertainment items for Nationals. Please take time to go to your
college athletic director and ask for a jersey from the football or basketball or
soccers teams for the auction, if you would like to contribute from your
school.
Also, we will need volunteers to man the silent auction booth
throughout the convention.
The current items are (I still have about 15 requests out):
*baseball signed by all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan
*Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman football
*color photo signed by the greatest boxer ever, Muhammad Ali
*hat signed by auto racer A.J. Foyt
*mounted color photo signed by country superstar Garth Brooks
*mounted color photo signed by all-time hit leader Pete Rose
*baseball card signed by former L.A. Dodger manager Tommy LaSorda
*visor signed by golf great Fred Couples
*cap signed by tennis great Steffi Graf
*basketball signed by Houston Rockets future Hall of Famers Hakeem
Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Charles Barkley
*autographed copy of the book, Southwest Conference Baseball's
Graestest Hits, by Houston Chronicle superstar sportswriter Neal Farmer
*book of the White House signed by George and Barbara Bush
*cap signed by golf great Nancy Lopez
*hockey puck signed by Phoenix' Jerry Roenick
*moving flip baseball cards of Brett Butler
*moving flip baseball cards Don Mattingly
*1996 Proline NFL football card complete box set, with an unknown
autographed card in the set
*signed baseball card by San Diego Padres hitting great Tony Gwynn
*signed football card by Buffalo Bills running great Thurman Thomas
*signed football card by receiving great Raghib "Rocket'' Ismail, the fastest
man in the NFL
*signed golf card of future great Jeff Maggert
*weird, collectible hockey card of Chicago's Ed Balfour
*50th anniversary College World Series baseball signed by LSU national
champ coach Skip Bertman, who also guided Team USA to bronze medal at
Atlanta Olympics
*signed color photo of Minnesota Twins second baseman Chuck
Knoblauch
*a game football jersey from Stephen F. Austin State in Nacogdoches,
Texas
*signed photo of golf's all-time money winner Tom Kite
*Dallas Cowboy pennant signed by owner Jerry Jones and head coach
Barry Switzer
*color photo signed by women9s basketball great Sheryl Swoopes in U.S.
Olympic uniform
*football jersey from Northern Arizona University signed by the team
*original football from Bud Bowl II: "This time it's war.''
*baseball signed by major-league baseball managers Larry Dierker
(Houston Astros), Phil Garner (Milwaukee Brewers) and Art Howe
(Oakland A9s).
*baseball signed by world champion New York Yankee pitcher Andy
Pettitte
*photo of Jerry Schroeder with Bill Clinton, both of whom pledged APO
at Georgetown, as one who went on to be the most-powerful man in the
world and the other became president of the United States.
-- Neal Farmer
