This 20" x 11.5" photo of the 1943 All-Stars Football team has been signed by 71 players and coaches Interestingly enough, all the players are wearing All-American sweaters from 1943. (College Football All-Stars who beat the Redskins in a game played at Soldier Field on August 25, 1943 by the score of 27-7). This was taken by Burke and Koretke. The story of Francis Burke is a fascinating one and is featured in the book Henry Yee co-authored with renowned collector Marshall Fogel, Khyber Oser and published by Mastronet (now Mastro Auctions) titled a "A Portrait of Baseball Photography". In short, Francis Burke was a photographer who shot many of the Chicago Cubs portraits and team photos from the 1910's throughout the 1920's. The story goes that in September of 1929, Manager Joe McCarthy and catcher Gabby Hartnett were looking for the team's previous photographer to shoot the National League Champion team photo for promotion of the team in the World Series. They remember the name "Burke" so they looked it up in a phone book and found the listing: "Studio Photographer - George C. Burke" whose office was near Wrigley Field and he agreed to take the photos (without ANY prior experience shooting baseball subjects). Francis Burke never took another Cubs photo and George C. Burke has became one of the most famous of all sports photographers. However, Francis Burke still was shooting football in the Chicago area until the late 30's. This photo included the first, second, third team, and honorable mention All-Americans. Only the players and coaches received these. I think they may have even had to buy them to get them autographed. Autographs include: measures approximately 20" x 11.5" with 71 autographs signed in fountain pen that include: Coach Frank Leahy (D. 1973) Notre Dame College FB HOF, Coach Paul Hinkle (D. 1992) Great Lakes (Basketball HOF), Coach Wally Butts - College FB HOF Georgia (D. 1973), Coach Babe Horrell College FB HOF UCLA (D. 1992), Julius Franks -Michigan (D) the first African American Player to play at Michigan (interestingly he is missing from the picture), Carl Erickson (trainer), Al Wistert (Michigan) College FB HOF and an 8 time All Pro with the Eagles, Peter DeMaria (Purdue), James Youel (Iowa) Boston Yanks & Redskins in the NFL), Frank Szzymanski (Notre Dame) (D. 1987) played for the Lions, Eagles, and Bears in the NFL, Roy McKay (Texas) (D. 1969) Green Bay Packers, (William) Zapalac (Texas A&M whose son played in the NFL, Len Calligaro (Wisconsin) NY Giants, Buckets Hirsch (Northwestern) QB for Buffalo (AAFC), Alex Kapter (Northwestern) Browns (AAFC), Walter Cook (Purdue), William Urlaub (Northwestern), Tom Farris (Wisconsin - QB ) D. 2002 Bears/Rockets, Steve Juzwik (Notre Dame) (D. 1964 at age 46) Redskins,Bills, Rockets, Joe Winkler (Purdue) Cleveland Rams, Don Boor (Michigan), Lavere Astroth (Illinois - QB), Dick Good (Illinois), Robert Diercks (Wisconsin), Jack Fenton (Michigan State), Jack lister (Missouri), Paul Sizemore (Furman), Paul Mitchell (Minnesota) LA Dons and NY Yanks in the AAFC & NFL, Jack Karwales (Michigan) Chicago Cardinals, Ray Carlson (Marquette), Robert Zimny (Indiana) Chicago Cardinals, Corwin Clatt (Notre Dame) Chicago Cardinals, Bob Kennedy (Washington State) NY Yankees, Bob Penaluna (Iowa), Dick Wildung (MN) D. 2006 2 time all-american - Packers NFL, Dick Renfro (Washington State) 49'ers AAFC, Tom James (Ohio State) D. 2007 Lions, Browns, Colts, Dick Ashcom (Orgeon), Bill Remington (Washington State) 49'ers, Floyd Rhea (Oregon) Tigers, Yanks, Lions, & Cardinals, Eldon Werkheiser (Dubuque), Herb Nelson (Penn) Buffalo & Brooklyn AAFC, Don Currivan (Boston College) (D. 1956 at the age of 36 of a hemorrhage) Cardinals, Yanks, & Rams, William Urlaub (Northwestern), Charley Trippi (Pro FB HOF), Paul Governali (Columbia) (D. 1978) 1942 Maxwell Winner, Runner-up for Heisman Trophy - Boston Yanks & NY Giants - College FB HOF, Pic Piccone (Notre Dame), Wally Ziemba (Notre Dame), Buster Ramsey (William & Mary) D. 2007 first coach of the Buffalo Bills in 1960 - played for the Chicago Cardinals - College Football HOF, Ray Ebli (Notre Dame) D. 2005, Glenn Dobbs (Tulsa) D. 2003 College Football HOF NFL & CFL player, Tom Hand (Iowa), George Petty (Lake Forest), Joe Silovich (MN), Otto Graham (Northwestern) Pro FB HOF, Pat Harder (Wisconsin) D. 1992 College FB HOF - 1940's all-decade NFL team - Cardinals - Lions, Vic Lindskog (Stanford) D. 2003 Eagles, Jim Dewar (Indiana) D. 1989 Browns & Brooklyn, Joe Wolf (UNC), Felix Bucek (Texas A&M) D. 1965 (at the age of 43) Steelers NFL, Nick Susoeff (Washington State) SF 49'ers (D. 1967 at the age of 45), Bill Huber (Notre Dame), Rudy Smeja (Michigan) D. 1982 Eagles & Bears, Bob Steuber (Missouri) D. 1996 College FB HOF - Browns, Bills, Dons, Bears, Jack Irish (Arizona), Pete Pihos - (Indiana) Pro FB and College FB HOF, Dick Barwegan (Purdue) Yankees, Colts, Bears (1950's NFL All Decade team), John Andretich (Purdue), and Steve Filowicz (Michigan State) (D. 1975) played in the NFL for the NY Giants and in the Majors (baseball) for the Giants. WOW!!!!! Comes with the original program from this game of the College All-Stars vs. the Redskins. Not sure how many of these still exist and signed? Maybe a handful if that
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