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When Did You Get Your First Football Figures?

Are you a collector of football memorabillia?

Do you have any football figures?

Trading cards and autographs of the top players and stars of the NFL have always been popular collectibles but it was not until fairly recently that football figures have become both acceptable and desirable collectibles.

There are several reasons for this switch in attitude as the hobby becomes more popular among fans.

In fact as sales of sport trading cards continue to drop alarmingly sales of action figures continues to grow despite the current economic crisis.

But where did it all begin?

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Who Was Johnny Hero?

Johnny Hero was THE very first of the American Football figures. In fact he is the granddaddy of ALL sports figures, although many may refute his claim to being the first.

Why?

Because technically he was a generic action figure and not just a Football figure.

Produced by Rosko Industries of New York only a year after Hasbro's G.I. Joe was released he came packaged in a cardboard box featuring a track and field runner and was dressed in silk track shorts and a short-sleeved shirt with trim (piping).

But despite this Rosko Industries also produced 22 NFL team kits for him.

However he had a short career and only lasted two seasons in the Sears catalogue, i.e. 1966 and 1967.

Many believe he was "born" before his time but whatever the reason for his demise many collectors and fans still fondly remember the hours of fun he provided.

Since then he has largely been neglected and forgotten by many in the collecting community but now it's time he claimed his rightful place in the history books of the hobby.

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