Tom Landry

Autograph/ Autograph Collecting

Gentle Tom Landry – Did Not Disappoint

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Tom Landry Autograph

This is an example of a Tom Landry autograph, this example was obtained by me through the mail or TTM. The first time I wrote Mr. Landry via the mail, he sent the item back within 2 weeks. The second time I sent him an item in the mail, it was this Football card, from the Pro Set manufacturing company. It took about 1 month, I did not know it until the card was returned to me signed, with a note. The note was from his wife, and it stated that Tom had been hospitalized and that is why the item was delayed. Later on I was able to find out that Tom Landry was battling Leukemia, sadly. Can you imagine, asking someone for an autograph and that person telling you that the reason they were delayed with your item, was an illness. It speaks volumes about the type of person he was as well as his family. His wife wrote the note.

Today, you’re lucky if the athlete, coach, or actor you are seeking an autograph from, does not send you to Hell and back. Boy times certainly have changed. Out with the 1960’s, and 1970’s went human decency. Take it from me, an autograph collector for the better part of nearly 40 years. It is not common. Insults, bad looks, and temperament are. Please feel free to follow me on Instagram: Curbside_graph3rz check my cool autograph journey. Thanks for reading.

Tom Landry A Standup Person, Coach, Husband, Father

Autograph Collecting

Tom Landry A Standup Person, Coach, Husband, Father

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How I Obtained Tom Landry’s Autograph

As far as autograph collections go, I am always looking to add a piece here and there to my autograph collection. As I have built my family, money seems to be more and more scarce for the things that really I can do without. But the hobby is very absorbing and many times you have to pace yourself as to which direction you will take a collection into. Whether it is based around sports cards, which my collections are. Or if you are a die-hard autograph collector, which I am. Perhaps you dabble in comics and art, something I also do. You see where I needed to tighten my belt buckle and narrow things down a bit?

Anyway today I am going to talk to you about free autographs. Well free to some extent. Take for instance this Tom Landry football autograph that I have previewed in this post and in my photo. It is a Dallas Mini football white panel that I do not even know if they make them anymore. What makes these so special is that they do not consume too much space. They offer a white panel which is ideal for an autograph.

Collect Free Autographs

Getting back to free. There has always been and still is a great deal of information on the web about free autographs and how to obtain. But if this is something you really want to do, just realize this. There is a certain way to go about getting the free autograph. First you will need an item. Now that item should not be something that you cannot easily replace if you lost the item, or if the recipient chose not to return the item to you signed or autographed.

Back when Tom Landry was still alive, he was always a fascinating figure and most certainly as a Dallas Cowboy fan, an autograph I wanted. I came across the address while I was trying to gather information on autographs. I took a shot. Most importantly, I sent something that had no sentimental value to me, and was fairly inexpensive. I remember paying about $7.00 for the white panel mini football. I also invested money in shipping both ways. Tom Landry was older when I sent this and he was sick. I wrote a nice letter to him and wished him a speedy recovery. I tried to make it easy for Mr. Landry, and also enhance my opportunity of getting the autograph returned to me. Both things happened. I received my package fairly quickly, about two weeks, and I also received a letter from Mr. Landry thanking me for the interest in his well-being. Unfortunately Tom Landry died a year later from battling Leukemia, I will never forget the day I received the autograph from him. I have since remained in my autograph collection and I have every intention on passing it along to my kids with a letter from me to them, telling them who he was and what he endured as a football coach for the Dallas Cowboys.