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I was reading Chris Willis' article about Joe Carr and NFL Courtesy passes, http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/ ... asses.html and remembered that my father was given a life-time pass to all NFL games, which I always assumed was his sole retirement perk from the NFL until the pre-1959 pension plan was instituted. I assume my father's was signed by Carr, although I don't remember. Somewhere along the line that got lost, but I did find another example of such a pass given to Andy Lotshaw, long time trainer for the Bears. I wondered if this was a standard retirement benefit from the NFL and if there are other examples out there.

Very interesting. I'm curious what the conditions are on the back of the card.

I'm reminded of the Beano Cook quote in 1981 after the Iran hostages were released. MLB gave them all lifetime passes and Beano's response was, "Haven't they suffered enough?"

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