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[POD] 9 Great Rookie Football Cards That Never Were! – Ep. 1.24
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[POD] 9 Great Rookie Football Cards That Never Were! – Ep. 1.24

We missed out on a bunch of awesome NFL RCs for various reasons, and we need someone to go back in time and fix this!

Each “Happy Hobby Sports Card” podcast has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets – like me!

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🏈 9 GREAT ROOKIE FOOTBALL CARDS THAT NEVER WERE!

We listed off 9 Great Rookie Basketball Cards That Never Were (and 13 Others) in a previous issue, and it was easily one of our most popular posts so far. It was a list of rookie cards we were robbed of seeing, for whatever reason, and now we’re turning our attention to the football card world, since the 2024 NFL season is about to launch! In some cases, these players got rookie cards, just not in the season they should have gotten them, or in the product that should have celebrated them!

We also go back to Patrick Imhoff for another way Fanatics can be fixed before they get all three major sports card licenses in 2026! Imhoff shares his thoughts on Redemption Cards this time, and how he’d make everyone happy – from collectors to Fanatics!

Ebay shares some of their football search stats with us, and gives us an preview on the four most-searched football players from last season, which should roll over into this year!

Finally, we look at yet another amazing entry into our list of “Cards That Make Us Happy!” with a football rookie card for the ages. We don’t want to spoil it – but the player’s name rhymes with Schmeyton Schmanning!

***Important Card-Collecting Articles on DavidGonos.com***

  • 23 Best Sports Cards Supplies To Buy: https://davidgonos.com/sports-card-supplies/

  • Best Baseball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956: https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-rookies-from-each-topps-baseball-set/

  • Best Basketball Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1948: https://davidgonos.com/who-are-the-best-basketball-rookie-cards-from-each-nba-season/

  • Best Football Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1956: https://davidgonos.com/best-football-rookie-cards-from-every-nfl-year/

  • Best Hockey Rookie Cards From Every Year Since 1951: https://davidgonos.com/best-hockey-rookie-cards/

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"Happy Hobby Sports Cards" Newsletter!
"Happy Hobby Sports Cards" Podcast!
Happy Hobby! We talk about sports card collecting hoping to help collectors working with a limited budget. With a positive, family friendly mindset, we discuss hobby news and recent releases, while also looking back and talking about vintage cards and players from decades past. It's like opening a pack of cards with 11 with different sports card subjects!
This podcast is essentially the read-out-loud version of the "Happy Hobby Newsletter," published every other Thursday on Substack.
I’m David Gonos, former Fantasy Sports columnist at CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated and The Athletic. In 2021, I was inducted into the Fantasy Sports Writers Hall of Fame. (No, really, that exists!) I’m also a sports card collector working with a limited budget, so I create content based around just that!
I got my YouTube channel going in 2021, and I’ve been posting two or three videos up each week ever since. It’s a fun, free, festive spot to talk about cards, collecting and … cards. I don’t take myself too seriously, so I beg that you don’t take me seriously either.
We also do a ton of giveaways to subscribers!