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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:21 pm 
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Lately I've been reading some of my comics from the 70s. In the mid- to late 70s I noticed a number of the ads featured sports stars. Here are the ones I've found so far...

OJ hawking footwear of assorted types.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:22 pm 
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Johnny Unitas and BB guns.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
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Pete Rose and a batting tee.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:23 pm 
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I remember the Rick Barry and Dr. J ads for Spalding too. All of those ads really take me back.


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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
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Rick Barry and Dr. J. promoting Spalding basketballs.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:24 pm 
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I have no idea who John Rakowski is beyond what this ad tells me.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:25 pm 
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This one isn't a sports celebrity, but it is a young Todd Bridges three or four years before he hit it big in Different Strokes.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:51 pm 
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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:21 am 
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Ah, this takes me back...

Actually, I used to play a bit of 'X-Wing vs Tie Fighter' - my character name was 'O.J. Dingo'.

... I believe I named it that because, as I was first tinkering with the game, the 'White Ford Bronco' drama was playing out on a TV set in the same room...

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:09 pm 
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I just ran across the Pete Rose ad yesterday while reading an old issue of Star Wars, damn 1979 was so long ago.

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 Post subject: Sports Stars and Comic Book Ads
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:38 pm 
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Cruise, I must own fifty comics with that Rick Barry/Dr. J ad on the back cover. Nice flashback, Leo!


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