Presented here are a pair of baseballs signed by two of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Joe Montana and Dan Marino. One could only assume that Joe Montana, arguably the greatest quarterback of all-time and owner of four Super Bowl titles, would have been pretty decent at delivering a baseball professionally. Montana’s ties to America’s Pastime only date to his days as a scholastic player at Ringgold High School in Pennsylvania. Named to the NFL’s 100 All-Time Team as one of the 10 greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Dan Marino shattered NFL records during his 17-year career with the Miami Dolphins. Marino held over 40 single season NFL records at the time of his retirement and was the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 50,000 and 60,000 career passing yards, as well as the first quarterback to reach 400 career passing touchdowns. Named the NFL MVP in 1984, Marino was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection, and led the Dolphins to 10 postseason appearances during his highlight-filled career.

The first item in this lot is an Official American League Bobby Brown baseball signed by Hall of Famer Dan Marino. The baseball features “RAWLINGS” stamped in blue on the west panel. “CUSHIONED CORK CENTER RO-A” is stamped in blue on the east panel. Marino signed and inscribed the number “13” with a blue ballpoint pen on the sweet spot of the baseball. The signature is gorgeous and bold, and the baseball features bright-red stitching and some early elements of toning but is still bright white. The baseball signed by Dan Marino comes with a COA from Upper Deck Authenticated (BAB76962) for the signature.

The second item is an Official American League Bobby Brown baseball signed by Hall of Famer Joe Montana. “RAWLINGS” is stamped in blue on the west panel of the baseball. “CUSHIONED CORK CENTER RO-A” is stamped on the east panel. Montana signed the sweet spot of the baseball with a blue ballpoint pen. The signature is bold, and the red stitching on the baseball is bright. The baseball exhibits very early elements of toning but is otherwise bright white. The baseball signed by Joe Montana comes with a COA from Upper Deck Authenticated (BAA76068) for the signature.

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