Another former Mountain View
Toro that I picked up during last year's COMC’s Black Friday sale, Todd Shell.
Todd spent 4 seasons with the
San Francisco 49ers but because he was a linebacker, he didn’t appear in any
major releases, so this 1986 McDonald’s Play & Win game card was my only
option as far as I know. Mountain View opened in 1976 but because of the high
school rules at the time a new school had to play two years of a non-varsity
schedule before being playoff eligible, well Todd was on the 1978 team that
went undefeated and won the Arizona AAA State Title the first year the team was
eligible. He played college ball at BYU before being drafted by the 49ers in
1984 and was part of the Super Bowl XIX winning team.
This is another personal
connection, as a football powerhouse team in Arizona we trained year-round and
during the summer of 1989 Todd was my linebackers’ coach, so I worked one on
one with him often.
That's pretty cool that you got to work with Mr. Shell. As for the card, I remember going to McDonalds and getting these game pieces back in the day.
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