Offered here is a RARE,  

late 1950's - 1960's

nearmint condition

matchbook cover from

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

and Pro Football Hall of Famer

BALTIMORE COLTS

DALLAS TEXANS

GINO MARCHETTI

Dundalk / Baltimore, Maryland 

Gino John Marchetti (born January 2, 1927) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League. A defensive end, he played in 1952 for the Dallas Texans and from 1953 to 1966 for the Baltimore Colts.

During his rookie season, the Yanks became the Dallas Texans, which became the Baltimore Colts in 1953. Marchetti played 13 seasons with the Colts and helped them win NFL Championships in 1958 and 1959. During his career, he was noted for being effective against the run and a relentless pass-rusher. He was voted "the greatest defensive end in pro football history" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.

Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan Ameche, along with their close friend Louis Fischer, in 1957. In Dundalk, Maryland, just outside Baltimore, it got its official name in 1959 when the owners brought on Colts' captain Gino Marchetti.

The very nice matchbook cover is perfectly flat, unstruck, great 1960's graphics.

 

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