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The CardFather
IThe story

Meet
The CardFather.

A lifelong sports card collector, enthusiast and philanthropist. Seventy-five plus years and no sign of stopping.

The CardFather, a bat over his shoulder.

It started with a 5 year old boy whose parents had recently divorced, and whose grandfather bought him a baseball glove, a ball, and a pack of baseball cards. His grandfather was trying to comfort a young boy whose friends' parents had insisted they could not play with him because of the divorce.

It continued as a 10 year old boy who hitchhiked with a few of his friends to Red Sox games at Fenway Park. That is where the passion for baseball and cards began.

Everybody needs a hobby.
The CardFather
IIThe collection

For most of those years,
it was hidden away.

Shelves in an unfinished basement. No cases, no lights, nothing anybody would call a display. Seventy years of collecting sitting in boxes because there was nowhere to put it.

So he built the room he had always dreamt of. Custom cabinets, proper lighting, and cards that deserved to be properly displayed. He still spends four or five hours a day sorting, alphabetizing and filing, usually alone, but sometimes with the help of his wife, daughter and grandson.

The card room, shelves of boxed and graded sports cards.
IIIThe impact

It has always been
more than the cards.

He always carries cards with him. Not for trading. For giving. Kids know him, and they line up. He hands them out at ballgames, at church, and mails them overseas to the troops.

That is where the name ‘The CardFather’ came from.

A pack of cards changing hands to a kid.
The CardFather watching somebody roll for a card.
Somebody holding up the card they just won.
The dice game board set up with sports cards laid out.

He built a game to make sharing the collection more of a thrill. Three dice and a game board he designed in his head, which came to life with the help of a good friend. Whatever you roll is what you take home.

IVThe legacy

So, we started
CardFather Sports.

Cards can be catalogued, but a person cannot. The stories, the knowledge, and the joy of putting a card in somebody's hands do not fit in a binder.

We are on a mission to preserve the legacy, and to pay it forward.

Service members holding packs of sports cards.

  • The stories

    Where every card came from and why it mattered, written down while he is here to tell them.

  • The collection

    Seventy-five years of it, catalogued and cared for so that it outlasts the man who built it.

  • The impact

    The habit of putting cards into other people's hands, kept going for whatever comes next.

VThe vision
The CardFather showing a card to visitors in the card room.

The collection
is still growing.

Nearly 80, and today you will still find him sorting, filing, and building packs. Still sending cards overseas to the troops. Still putting packs together for kids at ballgames. Still doing what he calls his ‘knitting’.

We are just doing our part, documenting it as it happens. A collection built over a lifetime, and a story we would like to last forever.

Our values

  • Integrity

  • Passion

  • Tradition

Follow the journey

Connect with us through the following channels.

Instagram

@cardfathersports

Whatnot

@cardfather_sports

Email

info@cardfathersports.com

At 5,000 followers

The 5K Giveaway.

Three cards, three spins, drawn in order: a Freddie Freeman jersey medallion, the Bristol Home Run Car, and a Shohei Ohtani PSA 10 to cap it. Spin it yourself in the meantime.

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At 10,000 followers

Full museum tour video.

A full tour of the room, filmed end to end, with The CardFather's commentary and the stories behind the cards and the collection.