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ok soo i read around on diff forums if there is anyway to send players autograph requests, and i found out that you can send to individual players at redskins park in ashburn,, i wanted to know has anyone tried this ? i have 14 letters ready to send out to diff players, someone actually said that midway through the season sent marcus washington a request for an autograph and got back a pair of gloves signed by him, now i dont know how true that is but i'm thinking what the hell why not.. so does anyone else know anything about this?

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I got an autograph from Darrell Green like that...it was a long time ago, and it took 3 years for him to return my card. I had given up and was shocked to get it back!

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Send them out and see what happens. My question for you is where are you sending them to the skins or to the players home?

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to the redskins, LOL i wish i had their home address but no this is what i found from the redskins website

[B]Individual Autograph Requests[/B]

Please note, the Washington Redskins cannot accommodate requests from individuals for player autographs. Please do not send the Washington Redskins items such as footballs, jerseys, photos, and trading cards to be signed by Redskins players. Although we will attempt to return these items to the sender, we are not responsible if these items are lost, misplaced or damaged.

Please send fan mail and individual player autograph requests to:
[B] Player's Name
Washington Redskins
21300 Redskin Park Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147 [/B]

If you have an irreplaceable item, we suggest that you keep it in your possession. We cannot guarantee that any items sent to players or coaches will be returned. It is up to the individual player or coach to respond to his personal requests and fan mail. All requests should include a self-addressed stamped (unsealed) envelope. Please do not send items to more than one player in the same envelope.

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[QUOTE=Frost;403699]ok soo i read around on diff forums if there is anyway to send players autograph requests, and i found out that you can send to individual players at redskins park in ashburn,, i wanted to know has anyone tried this ? i have 14 letters ready to send out to diff players, someone actually said that midway through the season sent marcus washington a request for an autograph and got back a pair of gloves signed by him, now i dont know how true that is but i'm thinking what the hell why not.. so does anyone else know anything about this?[/QUOTE]

I have sent out quite a few requests this year to the team and have had pretty good success. There were a few that I haven't heard back from but overall probably 80% return rate. In all the years I have been collecting I have never asked for anything from them other than the signature.

A few months back I sent a couple pictures to Len Hauss to sign and enclosed a few for him to keep. He was nice enough to add a signed picture of his own when he sent it back. Keep us posted if you have success..

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I sent out 2 cards to Mark Rypien after the Redskins won the 91 super bowl, and I got both of them back that summer autographed by him, that was really cool for a 13 year old boy...

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sounds like some of you had success, hopefully it will work for me too, i'll definitely keep you guys updated if i get anything back, im moving to Burke so i'm trying to get a start on my redskins collection

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Would this be something to risk with a jersey, or do you think we should limit it to small items?

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[QUOTE=hagams;405061]Would this be something to risk with a jersey, or do you think we should limit it to small items?[/QUOTE]


Well that depends on who you plan on sending it to.. there are some high profile players that could care less and you will never hear from them again. Others that are not as popular are glad to sign for you.

I would not chance it. If its an older player drop me a line I have addressess for quite a few.

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[QUOTE=72SKINS;405149]Well that depends on who you plan on sending it to.. there are some high profile players that could care less and you will never hear from them again. Others that are not as popular are glad to sign for you.

I would not chance it. If its an older player drop me a line I have addressess for quite a few.[/QUOTE]

In other words, if they make jerseys for them, they'll probably be hard to get a hold of

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This is how I got my Gibbs autographs when I was a kid. :)

Wrote a bunch of NASCAR guys and got responses too: Cale Yarlborough, Bill Elliott, Dave Marcis, Kyle Petty (hey, once upon a time he had some promise...) and a couple of others.

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[quote=hagams;405061]Would this be something to risk with a jersey, or do you think we should limit it to small items?[/quote]

Get some cheap trading cards. That's all I ever sent. Also, include a return envelope with a stamp on it.

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[QUOTE=porculator;405274]In other words, if they make jerseys for them, they'll probably be hard to get a hold of[/QUOTE]

I have sent out Mini helmets and 11x14 team pictures with quite a few signatures already on them to the older players and have always gotten them back. Well I wont say always I have a 1952 team picture I sent a guy a couple weeks ago and I am still waiting on that. :) the older players seem to enjoy hearing from the fans and are usually pretty quich about turning around the cards or whatever.

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ok soo i got my first answer back from reed doughty... yes i wrote him too and told him that he did a really good job this season under the circumstances .. and he sent me a signed glove... pretty cool of him. I'll post a picture of it a little later

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[quote=Frost;410127]ok soo i got my first answer back from reed doughty... yes i wrote him too and told him that he did a really good job this season under the circumstances .. and he sent me a signed glove... pretty cool of him. I'll post a picture of it a little later[/quote]
That is really cool to get a signed glove

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[QUOTE=Frost;410127]ok soo i got my first answer back from reed doughty... yes i wrote him too and told him that he did a really good job this season under the circumstances .. and he sent me a signed glove... pretty cool of him. I'll post a picture of it a little later[/QUOTE]

Did you ask him for anything or was it just a letter of support? Either way very cool

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it was both, but i was expecting a signed pic, didnt think he would send a glove but yea it was really cool of him.. here is a pic. i'll keep updating if i receive anything else
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ooooo nice i just got in the mail a signed picture from marcus washington woohoo

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my son sent joe gibbs a request for a autograph at the begining of training camp this past year telling him how long we had been a fan of the skins 29 years for me and ever since my son was born all he wore were redskins cloths anyway he ended up sending us 2 color photos of himself he also signed go skins at the bottom what a great addition to our redskin room

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I've got a press plate from a beckett magize with gibbs and parcells on the cover...i would love to have both of them outgraph that for me..BUT id be pissed if either didnt return it!

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[quote=JoeyHeismann7;413125]I've got a press plate from a beckett magize with gibbs and parcells on the cover...i would love to have both of them outgraph that for me..BUT id be pissed if either didnt return it![/quote]

I got the same plate, with the original Beckett Magazine (and the CoA from Beckett) and the 9 card proline set of Joe Gibbs all Matted (Burgundy of course) in a Gold Frame. will see if i can snap a photo and not get too much glare from the flash.

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Gentlemen!

I would like to start by thanking Frost for starting this post. When I originally read this about 1 1/2 months ago I decided, what the heck, I will put together a letter for my favorite player, CHRIS COOOOOLey, and thank him for being a great Redskin and having an amazing season for us.

To my surprise I brought the mail in last night and handed it to my wife like always, she pays the bills, and she spits off: "Chris Cooley, yea right"! So, it took a few brief seconds for it to sink in with me and I yelled OMG give it to me. She thought this was some sort of joke as I never told her that I had written to him. I kind of starred at the outside of the letter, as it was clearly a mans hand writing as he seemed to put this together himself as you will notice on the picture. I slowly and gently opened it up and to my surprise received a signed pro bowl picture of Cooley, with a hand written note on the back that said " Andrew, thanks for being such an amazing fan, hope to have a great season" then his name signed again on the back of the pic.

I know my explanation may sound a little over the top but it is just truly amazing that an NFL player of his stature is willing to take time on his off-season to get pictures, sign them and personally address envelopes and mail them out to fans. This was bigger then just getting the picture, it was another part and reason why I love my skins so dearly. Anyways, I will stop there before I make anyone barf on there monitors..haha! Top to bottom classy guy.


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That's cool... and now that we can all see your mailing address, we can sign you up for every piece of junk mail we can think of.:cheeky-sm

Seriously.... very cool

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[QUOTE=Redskin Rich;426116]That's cool... and now that we can all see your mailing address, we can sign you up for every piece of junk mail we can think of.:cheeky-sm

Seriously.... very cool[/QUOTE]

Yea i was a little iffey about that but oh well I get enough of that junk anyways! Plus, I know this is a pretty strong group of classy guys here!

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[quote=Cooley1;426117]Yea i was a little iffey about that but oh well I get enough of that junk anyways! [B]Plus, I know this is a pretty strong group of classy guys here[/B]![/quote]


What???? Who you talking about on here???????? :doh:

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haha awsome coooley1 im really glad you went for it, you wanna hear a funny thing ? I got the same pic signed by cooley yesterday too LOL, no joke i got it yesterday in the mail, he wrote on it To Andre , Chris Cooley 47. I wanted to take a pic and post it but my cam is out of battery and i cant find the damn charger, but i'll post it soon as i find the cam. Yea how cool of him to do that, doesnt the pic look like it was printed on a computer ? mine is kinda blurry,, but either way very cool of him to take his time and send us the signed pic

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[QUOTE=Frost;426212]haha awsome coooley1 im really glad you went for it, you wanna hear a funny thing ? I got the same pic signed by cooley yesterday too LOL, no joke i got it yesterday in the mail, he wrote on it To Andre , Chris Cooley 47. I wanted to take a pic and post it but my cam is out of battery and i cant find the damn charger, but i'll post it soon as i find the cam. Yea how cool of him to do that, doesnt the pic look like it was printed on a computer ? mine is kinda blurry,, but either way very cool of him to take his time and send us the signed pic[/QUOTE]

The print seems ok, but you can tell he cut it out himself because the line where he cut my picture is all kinds of crooked. Like I was trying to say earlier, I enjoyed the fact that he personally took time to do this himself even more so then the autograph because it shows what kind of guy he is. I have a jersey signed by him as well that I have posted below. One of these days I will tell the story as to how I got this........(very funny)!

PS: I personally built the case and am going to be selling them soon! You will also notice in the background that I have custom painted my whole basement with this design.

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