{"product_id":"dan-marino-signed-pittsburgh-panthers-rawlings-white-football-bas-authenticated","title":"Dan Marino Signed Pittsburgh Panthers Rawlings White Football BAS Authenticated","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdd the college-origin signature of one of the greatest \nquarterbacks in the history of professional football — \non a football in the colors of the program \nhe grew up next door to — \nto your collection with this \n\u003cstrong\u003eDan Marino Autographed Pittsburgh Panthers \nRawlings White Football — Beckett BAS Authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e. \nDan Marino grew up on Parkview Avenue \nin the South Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh — \na street a few blocks from the University of Pittsburgh campus. \nHe attended Central Catholic High School \nin the same Oakland neighborhood. \nWhen the Kansas City Royals drafted him \nin the fourth round of the 1979 MLB Draft, \nhe chose football. \nWhen recruiting offers arrived \nfrom major programs across the country, \nhe chose to stay home. \n\u003cstrong\u003eAcross four seasons (1979-1982) \nat the University of Pittsburgh, \nMarino set the program's career records \nfor passing yards (8,597) and touchdowns (79), \nrecords that still stand 43 years later. \nHe led Pitt to three consecutive 11-1 seasons \nin his first three years, \nfinished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1981, \nwon first-team All-American honors that same season, \nand threw the most memorable pass of his college career — \na 33-yard fourth-down touchdown to tight end John Brown \nwith 35 seconds remaining \nin the 1982 Sugar Bowl \nto defeat No. 2 Georgia 24-20 \nin one of the most celebrated bowl upsets \nin college football history.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nThe Pitt Panthers Rawlings white football signed by Marino \nis the game-object credential \nof the four-year college chapter \nthat produced the foundation of his Pro Football Hall of Fame career — \nin the colors of the program \nhe could have played on the schoolyard for \nsince he was a kid in the neighborhood, \ncertified authentic by Beckett Authentication Services \nwith a tamper-proof hologram \nverifiable at Beckett's official website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003ePittsburgh Panthers Rawlings White Football\u003c\/strong\u003e \nhas been \u003cstrong\u003ehand-signed by Dan Marino\u003c\/strong\u003e. \nThe autograph has been certified authentic by \n\u003cstrong\u003eBeckett Authentication Services (BAS)\u003c\/strong\u003e \nwith a tamper-proof hologram verifiable \nat Beckett's official website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-signed by \u003cstrong\u003eDan Marino\u003c\/strong\u003e — \nPittsburgh Panthers quarterback (1979-1982); \nMiami Dolphins quarterback (1983-1999); \nPro Football Hall of Fame 2005; \nCollege Football Hall of Fame 2002; \n1984 NFL MVP; 9 Pro Bowls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePittsburgh Panthers Rawlings White Football\u003c\/strong\u003e — \nPitt branding; the game-object credential format; \nthe college-origin signed football of one of the greatest \nquarterbacks in the history of the sport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBAS Authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e — \ntamper-proof Beckett hologram verifiable \nat Beckett's official website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePitt all-time records still standing\u003c\/strong\u003e: \ncareer passing yards (8,597); \ncareer touchdown passes (79); \nsingle-season touchdown passes (37, 1981); \nsingle-game touchdown passes (6, vs. South Carolina, 1981); \n#13 retired by Pittsburgh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1982 Sugar Bowl\u003c\/strong\u003e: \n33-yard touchdown pass to TE John Brown \non 4th-and-5 with 35 seconds remaining; \nPitt won 24-20 over No. 2 Georgia; \n\u003cstrong\u003eMarino's own stated favorite throw\u003c\/strong\u003e \nof his college career; \nplay call: \"69-X\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree consecutive 11-1 seasons (1979-1981) — \ncombined 33-3 record; \nPitt was 29-5 with Marino as starter; \n22 Panthers drafted in four years after the 1982 Sugar Bowl \nincluding six in the first round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHometown hero\u003c\/strong\u003e: \ngrew up on Parkview Avenue in South Oakland; \nattended Central Catholic High School (Oakland); \nturned down MLB Draft (Kansas City Royals, 1979) \nto stay home and play for Pitt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacked by our \u003cstrong\u003eLifetime Authenticity Guarantee\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Pitt Football — The Hometown Hero's College Credential\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most personally specific available framing \nfor any college signed memorabilia \nis the player who grew up next door to the campus. \nDan Marino did not commute to Pittsburgh \nfrom another city or another state. \nHe walked from his neighborhood. \nParkview Avenue, where Marino grew up, \nsits in the South Oakland section of Pittsburgh — \na few blocks from the University of Pittsburgh, \na few blocks from the football stadium, \na few blocks from where the most celebrated quarterback \nthe program would ever produce \nwent to school in the same neighborhood \nhe grew up in. \n\u003cstrong\u003eMarino was a hometown hero in the most literal available sense — \nnot the player who chose a school and adopted its colors, \nbut the player whose colors had always been \nthe program at the end of his street. \nThe Kansas City Royals drafted him in 1979 \nin the fourth round as a baseball prospect \n(Marino was a legitimate MLB prospect \nas both a pitcher and an infielder). \nMajor college programs from across the country \nrecruited him aggressively. \nHe chose Pitt. \nHe chose the school he could see from his front yard.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nThe Rawlings Pitt Panthers football signed by Marino \nis the game-object credential \nof the chapter that began on Parkview Avenue \nand ended four years later \nwith the most decorated college quarterback career \nin Panthers history — \nin the colors of the program \nthat has always been, \nin the most direct available sense, \nhis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e1982 Sugar Bowl — Marino's Favorite Throw\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 1, 1982, \nin the 48th Annual Sugar Bowl \nat the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, \nthe No. 8 Pittsburgh Panthers \nfaced the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs \nin what would become \none of the most celebrated bowl upsets \nin the history of college football. \nPitt trailed 20-17 with 35 seconds remaining, \nfacing fourth-and-five at the Georgia 33-yard line. \nPitt head coach Jackie Sherrill considered \nattempting a 50-yard field goal \nthat would have produced, at best, \na 20-20 tie. \nHe asked Marino. \n\u003cstrong\u003eMarino chose to go for the win. \n\"It comes down to this,\" \nMarino explained to Sherrill at the timeout. \n\"It's a 50-yard field goal and, \neven if we don't make it, \nwhich is a longshot, \nit's still going to be a 20-20 score. \nIf we go for it and make the first down, \nthen we have a shot to win the game. \nAnd if we don't make the first down, \nthen we don't deserve to win the game.\" \nThe play was called: \"69-X\" — \na play Pitt had taken out of mothballs \nspecifically for this drive. \nGeorgia called an all-out blitz. \nMarino threw a 33-yard touchdown \nto tight end John Brown \nto win the game 24-20.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nMarino has cited this throw \nas the most memorable pass of his college career — \nnot the touchdown passes he threw \nin three consecutive 11-1 seasons, \nnot the six-touchdown game against South Carolina, \nnot the dozens of clutch fourth-quarter throws \nthat built his Hall of Fame résumé — \nbut the specific 33-yard touchdown \nin the 1982 Sugar Bowl \nthat beat the No. 2 team in the country \nin his final available bowl game \nin Pitt colors. \nThe Rawlings Pitt football signed by Marino \nis the game-object credential \nof the player who threw that pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Records That Still Stand — 43 Years Later\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe University of Pittsburgh has produced \nsome of college football's most accomplished quarterbacks \nacross more than a century of football history. \nAmong them: Mike Reid, Larry Fitzgerald (as a wide receiver, \nnot a quarterback, but as the program's most recent \nmodern offensive star), \nTony Dorsett (running back, Heisman winner), \nand the long line of Panthers who passed through \non their way to the NFL. \n\u003cstrong\u003eForty-three years after Dan Marino's last game in Pitt blue, \nhe still holds the program's records for: \ncareer passing yards (8,597); 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