RARE 1940s, 50 BILL MILLER OHIO STATE FOOTBALL, WRESTLING HOF LETTER AWARD BLANKET
Item History & Price
The winning bidder is responsible for $15.00shipping\processing\tracking\insurance fees associated with this auction. AUCTION PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED IN FULL EXACTLY 24 HOURS AFTER AUCTION ENDS-NO EXCEPTIONS. OFFEREDFOR AUCTION IS A VERY RARE OHIO STATE FOOTBALL & OHIO STATE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CAREER BILL MILLER VARSITY LETTER AWARD BLANKET. THIS RARE COLLECTIBLE IS 100% AUTHENTIC AND WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MILLER FAMILY MANY YEARS AGO. YOU SIMPLY DO NOT SE...E OHIO STATE PRE-1950 LETTER VARSITY AWARD BLANKETS WITH "OHIO STATE" SPELLED ON THE BLANKET. THIS WAS MILLERS OHIO STATE ATHLETIC CAREER SENIOR AWARD BLANKET. MILLER EARNED NINE (9) VARSITY LETTERS WHILE AT OHIO STATE. HE LETTERED IN FOOTBALL (1948, 1949, 1950), WRESTLING, AND TRACK. HE WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN IN WRESTING AND TRACK AND LATER BECAME A PROFESSIONAL WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPION. HE WAS ALSO DRAFTED BY THE GREEN BAY PACKERS IN 1951. THE LETTER BLANKET IS EXTRA LARGE SIZE AND IS FEATURES IS NAME THICKLY STITCHED INTO THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER AND "OHIO STATE" IS SPELLED OUT WITH BIG, THICK, RAISED CHENILLE LETTERS. IT ALSO HAS THE ORIGINAL MFG. TAG "ST. MARYS" WHICH PRODUCED THE OHIO STATE VARSITY AWARD BLANKETS FOR MANY YEARS FOR OHIO STATE. Miller grew up on a farm in Ohio and set out to earn a college degree and become a veterinarian. Miller was a great college athlete, winning a total of nine letters at Ohio State University, three each in football, wrestling, and track. He was a two-time Big Ten champion in wrestling in the heavyweight division and he also placed fourth in the NCAA tournament in 1951. When his college career ended, he took up professional wrestling and became a huge star (literally as well as figuratively), under the names of Big Bill Miller, Dr. X and Mr. M. As Dr. X, he held the world championship several times from 1959 through 1961. As a major attraction of the AWA, he won numerous titles and had a number of classic matches with Verne Gagne, whom he also wrestled in college. In the summer of 1965, Bill and his brother, Dan Miller, defeated Gorilla Monsoon and Bill Watts to claim the WWWF world tag-team title. STATE SALES TAX RULES-THIS AUCTION MAY INCLUDE FINAL AUCTION SALESTAX. We do combineshipping fees for auctions that end on the same day only. But, the finalauction shipping fee depends on the total material weight & traveldistance. We do our best to keep shipping fees as close to the actual amount.We typically ship within 2 business days of Paypal payment. AUCTION PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED IN FULL EXACTLY 24 HOURS AFTERAUCTION ENDS-NO EXCEPTIONS. All auction material will be shipped via USPS andoccasionally UPS for much larger items. *We DO NOT offer local pick up orspecial delivery service* UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE ON THE AUCTION TERMS &CONDITIONS: WE DO NOT SHIP OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. Accepted auction paymentis: ***PAYPAL ONLY***
