Wayne Gretzky, Roberto Clemente and...Gary Beban? All three were nicknamed "The Great One" for their talent and heroics. Beban is best remembered among UCLA die-hards for a comeback victory against USC in 1965. Any other football buff likely only knows him as a Heisman winner. For our purposes here, the most important piece of information is that Beban played in the East-West Shrine Game on December 30, 1967, and then a month later he entered the NFL draft. Essentially, Beban's entire West squad of All-Americans is represented here by their ballpoint "5-7" signatures on a GD/VG ball. Accompanying is the unsigned 12/30/67 East-West Shrine Game program from Candlestick Park. Auction LOA from JSA.
Below Wilson Panel (All West, 11)
Jim Smith, Haven Moses, Curley Culp, Cam Molter, Bob Richardson, Lee White, Harry Cheatwood, Neal Starkey, Blaine Nye, Ernest Ruple, Skip Vanderbundt, 1 other.
Wilson Panel (All West, 8)
Bob Smith, Mike Sweatman, Danny Holman, Jack Root, Gary Beban, Harry Gunner, 1 Stanford equipment manager, 1 other.
Below White Panel: Ed Mooney, Ben Martin (coach), Ray Richardson (ball boy), John Erquiaga, Bob Lee, Steve Thompson, Larry Slagle, Dave Middendorf, Ron Hudson, Phil Odle, Joe Koontz, Don Hass, 1 Stanford trainer.