Description: @ 5" wide by 4" tall invitation card, envelope & graduates card from the 1924 graduation exercises of the Oliver P. Morton High School in Wayne County & Richmond, Indiana and one of it's most famous graduates, Weeb Ewbank, who was the head coach of the AFL New York Jets when they won the 1969 NFL Championship over the Baltimore Colts-The embossed invite features the planned program and the graduation card has the name of "Wilbur C. Ewbank" which is Weeb's full name- The set is in great condition with the light wear and soiling expected from age and normal use, but still would display so nicely- I only have the one, so grab it while you can! How many of these fragile throwaway items survived? Great historic dual collectible set! ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRODUCTION! $ 4.95 postage is required. 1924 Richmond Indiana Morton High School New York Jets Weeb Ewbank personal set- Click image to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's a unique original @ 5" wide by 4" tall invitation card, envelope & graduates card from the 1924 graduation exercises of the Oliver P. Morton High School in Wayne County & Richmond, Indiana and one of it's most famous graduates, Weeb Ewbank, who was the head coach of the AFL New York Jets when they won the 1969 NFL Championship over the Baltimore Colts-The embossed invite features the planned program and the graduation card has the name of "Wilbur C. Ewbank" which is Weeb's full name- The set is in great condition with the light wear and soiling expected from age and normal use, but still would display so nicely- I only have the one, so grab it while you can! How many of these fragile throwaway items survived? Great historic dual collectible set! Here's some info on Mr. Ewbank: Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank (May 6, 1907 – November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach. He led the Baltimore Colts to NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in 1969. He is the only coach to win a championship in both the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Ewbank grew up in Indiana and attended Miami University in Ohio, where he was a multi-sport star who led his baseball, basketball and football teams to state championships. He immediately began a coaching career after graduating, working at Ohio high schools between 1928 and 1943, when he entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. While in the military, Ewbank was an assistant to Paul Brown on a service football team at Naval Station Great Lakes outside of Chicago. Ewbank was discharged in 1945 and coached college sports for three years before reuniting with Brown as an assistant with the Cleveland Browns, a professional team in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns won the AAFC championship in 1949 and the NFL championship when they joined that league the following year. Ewbank left the Browns in 1954 to become head coach of the Colts, a young NFL team that had struggled in its first season. In 1956, Ewbank brought in quarterback Johnny Unitas, who quickly became a star and helped lead a potent offense that included wide receiver Raymond Berry and fullback Alan Ameche to an NFL championship in 1958. The Colts repeated as champions in 1959, but the team's performance slipped and Ewbank was fired in 1963. He was soon picked up by the Jets, another struggling team in the AFL. While his first few years were unsuccessful, Ewbank helped build the Jets into a contender after signing quarterback Joe Namath in 1965. The Jets won the AFL championship in 1968 and went on to win Super Bowl III. Ewbank, who was known as a mild-mannered coach who favored simple but well-executed strategies, retired after the 1973 season and settled in Oxford, Ohio. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978. He died in Oxford on November 17, 1998, the 30th anniversary of the "Heidi Game". Ewbank was born in Richmond, Indiana, the son of a grocer who owned two stores in the small city. He attended the local Morton High School, where he played quarterback on the football team, was an outfielder in baseball and was a member of the basketball team. He captained the football and basketball teams when he was a senior. As a teenager, Ewbank and his father drove to Dayton, Ohio see early football star Jim Thorpe and the Canton Bulldogs play. One of his younger brothers could not pronounce his name correctly and called him "Weeb", the nickname he was known by for the rest of his life. After graduating from high school in 1924, Ewbank attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He played on the school's football team as a quarterback under head coach Chester Pittser. He was also the center fielder on the baseball team and a forward on the basketball team. While Ewbank was small in stature – he was only 5 feet 7 inches and weighed 146 pounds – he was one of Miami's best athletes. He shared quarterback duties with Eddie Wohlwender on a squad that finished with an 8–1 win–loss record and won the Ohio Athletic Conference championship in 1927, his senior year. Miami's baseball team also won the Ohio Conference when he was a sophomore and took the Buckeye Athletic Association title when he was a senior. The basketball team won a state title when he was a junior. Ewbank was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity while at Miami. This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. 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Location: Noblesville, Indiana
End Time: 2024-12-28T00:16:03.000Z
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