John Elway Card Lot

I picked up this John Elway card lot last year and it had some really cool cards including this great 2013 Topps Magic card.  Elway ended his career as a 2X Super Bowl champion, MVP, Super Bowl MVP, All-1990s Team, Walter Payton award winner and 9X Pro Bowl selectee.  

I've made no secret that John Elway is my favorite football player of all-time.  That 1999 Upper Deck MVP card is really cool because of the photo.  Unfortunately, it was a culmination of Broncos defeating my Falcons soundly in the Super Bowl.  But what a way to end your career.  Two straight Super Bowl victories.  That first Score photos is nice as well.

The art on those Upper Deck cards have always been a favorite of mine.  There are so many 90s football sets I don't remember like these Bowman and Donruss sets.  Lots like these allow me to go back and look at those sets.  

And we have Pinnacle.  So much variety.  This was a 35-card lot I picked up on eBay.

Upper Deck, Pinnacle, Topps.  I really like those old Denver unis.  I grew up with those of course, but they really did look good.

John Elway played in 5 Super Bowls.  Three of those did not go as planned but it is still a great accomplishment to quarterback a team to that many championship games.  Shannon Sharpe really was a great combo with John Elway.  He was a 4X All-Pro with the Broncos and really revolutionized the tight end position.

I like the Select '95 with the muted background.  Makes those colors and photo pop.

I was surprised by how the photos didn't feel repetitive to me.  I thought I'd really just get the classic Elway look right before throwing but I'm very happy with all the different looks which are helped by so much variety in designs amongst the sets.

That Topps Season Highlights card is one of my favorites from the lot.

A nice look at Elway as a Stanford quarterback.

I'd never seen that Goodwin Champions card before and I like it.  That Fleer Ultra is also a favorite of mine.  It is that classic look, but I like how that photo is framed really well.  It was fun sharing these and reliving so many memories watching Elway in his career.