Great looking autographed football card of former Chicago Bears center...Mike Pyle. Great looking autographed football card signed in black. This is a nice looking autographed football card, which I had in my own personal collection. Over the past 30 years, I have accumulated a number of autographed baseball and football cards and now I am beginning to part with a few duplicates. We have acquired these autographed cards either in person, thru the mail or as part of large autograph collection purchases. In most cases the autographed cards that we have are in excellent condition. If for some reason, you purchase an autographed baseball card and are not satisfied with the condition, you can return it in the same original condition for a full refund. We are putting together our own autographed card sets for our personal collection and these in inventory are duplicates. We intend on someday obtaining the other cards that we don't have in our own personal collection. The sale of any of these autographed cards will go back into financing our own autographed set collections. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... Michael Johnson Pyle (July 18, 1939 – July 29, 2015) was an American football center who played nine seasons between 1961 and 1969 for the Chicago Bears. In 2019 he was selected as one of the 100 greatest Bears of All-Time. BackgroundPyle was born in 1939 to William Palmer Pyle, an executive with Kraft Foods and Cathryn Johnson Pyle in Keokuk, Iowa. He has two brothers: William Palmer Pyle Jr. (who played offensive guard at Michigan State University and with the Baltimore Colts, the Minnesota Vikings and the Oakland Raiders) and Harlen Pyle. Pyle attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, where he wrestled and threw the discus and shot put in addition to playing football. He was an Illinois state wrestling champion in 1957 in the heavyweight division. He also won a state championship in 1957 for his efforts with the discus and set a state record on his way to winning the shot put title, as well. He graduated in 1957 from New Trier and went on to Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was an offensive lineman for the Bulldogs and captained the undefeated, co-Lambert Trophy winner 1960 team. The 1960 team was ranked 14th in the final AP college football poll and 18th in the final UPI college football poll.[1] Chicago BearsPyle played nine seasons with the Chicago Bears from 1961 through 1969 where he played for George Halas. In 1963, he earned a Pro Bowl berth and served as the Bears offensive team captain from 1963 through his retirement. He was named to the Sporting News First Team - All Conference and the UPI Second Team - All NFL in 1963 and to the New York Daily News All NFL team in 1965. Broadcast careerAfter his retirement in 1969, Pyle was a broadcaster for WGN radio, where he was the Bears pre and post game program host, as well as the host of a Sunday sports talk show. He later co-hosted the "Mike Ditka Show" when Ditka coached the Bears. In 1974, he served as color commentator on the broadcasts of the WFL's Chicago Fire on WJJD.[2] Post career health problemsSeveral years after retiring from the NFL, Pyle began to experience symptoms of dementia. His condition eventually worsened, and his family was forced to put him into a full-time assisted living facility. Pyle went to Silverado, a national chain that has an arrangement with the NFL to treat all former players with at least three years of service — and dementia — free of charge. ‘‘We have treated about 20 NFL players — we have about a dozen right now,’’ Loren Shook, the president and CEO of Silverado Senior Living, says. ‘‘This is under the ‘88 Plan’ with the NFL.’’ The 88 Plan is a brain trauma program named for Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey, whose number was 88. Mackey was in a near vegetative state from chronic traumatic encephalopathy by the time he died in 2011.[3] Pyle died on July 29, 2015 from a brain hemorrhage.[4][5] Lifetime guarantee in regards to the authenticity of this autographed football card which is being brought to you by Gearhart Enterprises, Inc. Member of the UACC. UACC Registered Dealer #RD189. Be sure to check out our other auctions. Thanks for bidding and enjoy! Winning bidder to pay thru PayPal. Payment must be received ten days from the end of the auction, or negative feedback will be left. To all winning bidders, positive feedback will be given shortly after receiving payment. Thanks!!
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