Checklist Update

Yes! We have a checklist update. Please see the links on the left under Cougar Collectible Checklists.

It's been over a year and there are tons of updates. On top of adding new cards and new players, I've added assistant coaches plus UH alum Tom Landry.

It has been a year so what has been added?

• 9 former players


• 1 former basketball coach


• 20 assistant football coaches


• 1845 cards

As usual, cards that have been added are highlighted on the card list. Players/coaches that have been added are highlighted in blue and players/coaches that have new cards are highlighted in orange/yellow (depending on your version of Excel) on the player list.

One other change, I am using a different file host. Previously I was using fileden which allowed direct linking with their free account. Unfortunately I was unable to upload some of my files this time AND I have security concerns since McAfee blocks the site due to exploits. So now I am using PutLocker. I don't appear to have the security concerns now and I was able to upload my files, but direct linking isn't allowed. Hopefully you'll be patient and go through the 10 second pause and 2 additional clicks. If this file host gives you trouble, please leave a comment for me.

Checklist Update

We have a checklist update. Please see the checklist section to the left.

Since it has been so long since the last checklist update, 695 cards have been added. But not only do we have new cards, but 26 players have been added. 45 players had cards added to the list. New cards are highlighted on the card list. Newly listed players and players with additional cards are highlighted on the player list.

2 baseball players were added: Donnie Joseph and Bryan Pounds. 24 golfers were added. I won't list them all here.

Enjoy, and as usual, if you know of any players or cards not listed, please let me know and I will get them added.

New Checklist November 18, 2009

OK... The checklist hosting issue has been solved. Please use the links to the left to access the player and card checklists in both PDF or Excel format.

As part of resolving the issue, I have updated the checklist itself. I know it has been 5 months, but fear not, I have been keeping the list updated this entire time. I just need to post it online more often.

We have a new player on the list, Sebastian Vollmer. Look for a post about his cards soon.

Lots of cards were added. In total 400 cards were added to the checklist.

The biggest additions:

• Donnie Avery - 158


• Hakeem Olajuwon - 96


• Clyde Drexler - 87


• Michael Bourn - 18


• Kevin Kolb - 12

Other players with new cards include Fred Couples, Jesse Crain, Elvin Hayes, and Chris Synder. As usual, you can tell the newly added cards by their highlighting.

So get to work Cougar fans. 400 new cards should keep you busy for a while.

And if you know of a card missing from the checklist, please let me know. If you want to send a scan of it too, even better.

Checklist Update

Yes! We have new cards listed. To be more precise, we have 95 new cards listed. Please see the checklists section to the left.

In baseball, five players have 2009 cards.
Michael Bourn - 9 new cards
Jesse Crain - 2 cards
Garrett Mock - 2 cards
Chris Snyder - 11 cards
Doug Drabek - Here's a surprise, an Upper Deck 20th anniversary autographed buy back

In basketball, four players had additional 2008 cards. There are some all time greats here including autographs.
Otis Birdsong - 5 new cards
Clyde Drexler - 18 cards
Elvin Hayes - 4 cards (More Big E!!!!)
Hakeem Olajuwon - 33 cards

And 2009 football cards are already hitting the shelves
Donnie Avery - 8 new cards

As usual, there are two lists, players and cards. They are also in Excel and pdf formats. Plus players and cards that are highlighted indicated cards added since the last update.

Checklist Update - New players and cards

The checklists have been updated. I thought I had a comprehensive list and it was going to be easy to keep up with it... just check some Cougar legends like Olajuwon and Drexler and some of the more recent players to make the pros like Alridge and Avery, and the list is complete. Boy was I wrong.

This update includes 342 new cards. Donnie Avery has the most new cards with 77. Some other existing athletes with new cards include Anthony Alridge (15), Otis Birdsong (7), Michael Bourn (4), Clyde Drexler (20), Elvin Hayes (8), Brad Lincoln (40), Hakeem Olajuwon (33), and Chris Snyder (2).

But this checklist update is about more than athletes previously on the list. This update includes the addition 35 baseball players who never made it to the major leagues. So who is the ultimate University of Houston collector? These 35 players have 133 minor league and prospect cards.

The checklist now includes 269 Cougar athletes and 14,336 cards and collectibles. There's something for everyone. As usual, newly added cards and players are highlighted in color so they're easy to spot.

Updated Checklist

True to my word, I am regularly updating the checklist. Unfortunately I'm not doing as well at posting frequently.

As usual checklists are provided in Excel and pdf on the left. New additions are highlighted in orange.

127 cards were added with this update. Most of the cards (108) were of Donnie Avery. Elvin Hayes also had multiple additions.

Even though I just updated the list, I know that there are already several more to be added including several Mayo cards of Anthony Alridge that I'm excited about. Maybe you'll see a post on those soon.

If you know of any missing cards or players, especially players, please let me know. I could especially use help with baseball players, minor or major league. I'm not a huge baseball fan, college or pro, so if you know of any players I'm missing, e-mail me at cougarcards@yahoo.com

Updated Checklist - All Sports

Before I talk about the updated checklist, why didn't anyone tell me that the links haven't worked for almost two months? Evidently AOL dropped their file hosting with minimal notice. Oh well. Sometimes with free service, you get what you pay for. I was working on an updated checklist anyway.

Links to the new checklists are on the left. As usual, they are available in Excel and pdf formats.

Here's what is new on the updated list:

• First, I have combined all sports instead of having separate checklists for each sport.


• Second, I have created a player list so you can quickly check what players have cards and how many there are.


• Third, several sports have been added including golf, track, volleyball, and women's basketball.


• Fourth, print runs have been listed in the Comment column when available. Now with some cards you can find out if the card is a 1 of 1 or if there are 100,000 copies.


• Fifth, some football players including Anthony Alridge and Donnie Avery have been added. Alridge has 93 cards and Avery has 719 cards already so get started on that collection.


• Sixth, tons of cards and collectibles have been added. There are now 13,864 collectibles listed. Collectibles that have been added since the last update are highlighted. 2,531 new collectibles have been added to all lists since the last update.

If you know of players or collectibles that need to be added, please e-mail me at cougarcards@yahoo.com.

Now that the checklist is updated, what are my next blog/checklist steps? Here are my 2009 Cougar Cards blog resolutions:
1) Post more frequently, at least two to three times a week. Sometimes I get lazy and post as often as I'd like. That was especially true when I was working on updating the checklist.
2) Update the checklist frequently. Now that I think the checklist is fairly complete, updates should be pretty easy. I plan on updating monthly.
3) Gather more images of cards. I currently have 1,414 card images. With 13,864 collectibles listed and front and back images available, I have a long way to go. Anyone want to help?
4) I would LOVE to create a website with search and image capabilities similar to this Duke basketball card site. I'd want to add links to the images so you could see the cards too. Of course I only have basic Visual Basic skills and no web VB skills, but it will be good for me to learn. Those skills could probably help me at work too.

That's a pretty ambitious set of resolutions, and that's only for this blog. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks to all of you who visited this blog in 2008. I hope you visit and comment frequently in 2009.

Football Card Checklist

A list of Cougar football players and coaches collectibles is now available. It is available in both pdf and Excel versions. Besides the links in this post, they will also be available on the left under checklists.

There are 4386 cards/collectibles for 142 players/coaches. The list is based on November's Beckett so I'm sure there are already plenty of cards to be added later.

That's one step closer to my comprehensive list. A list of golf cards is still needed. Baseball, basketball, and even football need to be updated. And I'm working on my programming skills so hopefully my dream of creating UH collectibles software/website will become a reality.

Baseball Card Checklist

Finally an addition to the UH collectibles checklist. Previously I did a checklist for basketball (which I'm sure needs updating by now). This time, I have a list of UH baseball collectibles. The list is available both in Excel & pdf formats. If you know of any missing players or collectibles, please let me know.

Baseball Checklist Highlights:

• There are 3313 collectibles for 38 ex-UH players
• The player with the most cards is Ryan Wagner with 602. That does include all card variations.
• The oldest card listed is from 1954 for Bill Henry on a Red Sox Team Issue card. 1955 Bowman card of Bill Henry was released the next year.
• Plenty of minor league cards are included on the list

Click here for the pdf version (178 kb)
Click here for the Excel version (730 kb)

The checklist will also remain available in the navigation on the left for your future reference.

Next checklist... football

Basketball Checklist

I've been doing very poorly on keeping up with my blogging, but it's time to get back into it. Thanks to all of you that have been checking back. I'm going to get back into the habit of posting a couple times a week.

The good news... I have completed a fairly comprehensive list of basketball cards with UH players and coaches. It includes 3,646 collectibles, and it will be useful for collector's all of levels.

For the beginning collector, you can see what players are available. From the big names like Drexler, Hayes, and Olajuwon to Cougars that never made it to the pros like Rafael Carrasco and Tyrone Evans.

For the serious collector, see all the variations including very rare inserts. You can also use this as a checklist or wish list.

I have included links to both pdf and Excel versions of the list. If you have any questions, comments, or additions, please let me know.

Excel version 552K

pdf version 141K

My goal is to have a comprehensive list of all UH athletes. Now that basketball is done, I have baseball, football, golf, and Olympic sports to go. My dream is to create software for the UH collector. Completing these lists is the first step.