Football Great E. J. Holub Estate Sale by The Antiques Barn Estate Sales

**No purses or bags of any size, no children, and no strollers at this sale**    Thank you! 

**Due to the expected size of the crowd, we may need to limit the number of customers in the home at any one time. We will accommodate as many as is safe at one time, and we apologize for any inconvenience.  We appreciate your patience! **  
                                     

This is a sports collector's sale of a lifetime!  We are conducting the estate sale / downsizing sale for the widow of college and pro football great E. J. Holub of 1950s Texas Tech / 1960s Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs fame. Mrs. Holub also happens to be the daughter of Jim Parmer of the 1940s-50s Philadelphia Eagles as player / mid-1980s Chicago Bears as scout, and she is the mother of Jeff Ireland, Director of Scouting for the Dallas Cowboys under Bill Parcells, 2008-2013 GM of the Miami Dolphins, and current Vice President and Assistant GM and College Scouting Director with the New Orleans Saints.  As you can imagine, the home is FULL of terrific football memorabilia you won't want to miss. 

Emil Joseph (E.J.) Holub graduated from Lubbock High School in 1957.  At Texas Tech, where he was nicknamed "The Beast," he was Tech's first All-American as a junior in 1959 and again as a senior in 1960.  He was #10 in the vote for the Heisman Trophy that year.  Also in 1960 he was the first player (of three ever) to have his #55 jersey retired by Texas Tech.  

He was a 1960 first round draft pick for the Dallas Texans in the AFL and second round draft pick for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. 

Holub played linebacker and center for the Dallas Texans and was a member of their AFL championship team in 1962.  In 1963 the Texans moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs, where Holub continued to play linebacker and center.  He played on three AFL championship teams--1962 Texans, 1966 and 1969 Chiefs. He was a five-time AFL All Star, selected two-time First Team All-AFL, and five-time Second Team AFL. He is the only professional football player ever to have started on defense in one Super Bowl (linebacker in Super Bowl I, 1966) and started on offense in another (center in Super Bowl IV, 1969).  Holub retired in 1971 after one injury too many. 

After his pro football career ended, Holub was foreman of the Cross Bell Ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma for 20 years for the Mullendore family, where he worked with cutting horses.  He competed in the National Cutting Horse Association and the NCHA NFL Celebrity Cutting Competition.  In later years, he worked for Texas Tech as Associate Executive Director of the Red Raider Club, where he promoted and fundraised for all Texas Tech Red Raider athletics.  E.J. passed away in September 2019.     

During his lifetime Holub was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame, Texas Tech Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, was an inaugural inductee into the SWC Hall of Fame, the All American "Legend" Hall of Fame, received the Big 12 "Legend" Award, was inducted into the Lubbock ISD Hall of Honor, and was an inaugural inductee into the prestigious Texas Tech Ring of Honor.  I'm certain I missed a few! 

James (Jim) Parmer played for Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State University) in the 1940s, winning the Sugar Bowl. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and played on two world championship teams in the 1940s-50s.  When he retired from playing ball with the Eagles, he was hired as a graduate assistant coach at Texas Tech, where he met a promising young player named E.J. Holub. He helped Holub negotiate his professional contract with the Texans. Parmer scouted for the Eagles and later the Washington Redskins, and as scout for the Chicago Bears, he helped build their championship 1985 team.  Jim passed away in 2005.

Mrs. Holub proudly says that in her lifetime, there has only been one year that some member of her family was not involved in professional football.  

So, as you can imagine, we have lots of terrific football (and cowboying) memorabilia to offer, but so much more, including...

In the house...

• Too much to list it all, but highlights include--
• Super Bowl I program
• 1966 KC Chiefs game ball presented to Holub
• 1984, 1985, and 1986 Chicago Bears game balls presented to Parmer
• Walter Payton inscribed and signed framed photo
• framed Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame signed poster
• signed pictures, footballs, basketball, etc.--Chiefs coach Hank Stram, Joe Namath, Len Dawson--way too many to list, so come and see!
• replica of EJ Holub's retired Texas Tech #55 jersey, framed
• team-signed 1959 and 1960 All-American photos--Bob Lilly, Mike Ditka, etc
• Holub's scrapbooks from the 1959 and 1960 All-American trips
• framed All Stars 1961 patch
• Sports Illustrated--Holub on cover or Chiefs-related
• Lord Elgin Self-Winding watch presented by LOOK Magazine to 1959 All-Americans
• East-West Shrine Game Bulova watch presented to Holub
• Kodak camera presented to All-Americans (and a photo of a very young Bob Lilly being shown his) 
• Holub's All-American certificates
• signed photo collection albums of the 1940s-50s Philadelphia Eagles including Steve Van Buren
• scrapbooks from the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Texans, and Kansas City Chiefs
• team photographs--many signed by some or all
• vintage Kansas City Chiefs pennant
• Texas Sports Hall of Fame memorabilia
• EJ Holub's jackets--Texas Tech, KC Chiefs
• Jim Parmer’s Chicago Bears sidelines winter coat
• ostrich Chicago Bears boots
• vintage sports photos, photos, photos!
• Holub's cowboy hats
• John Wayne pocket knife
• Sammy Baugh pocket knife and pen set
• Gartman custom folding knife
• as-new vintage Bulova Automatic "Skystar -C-" with original tags from 1969
• vintage Omega DeVille pocket watch
• as-new vintage Mido "Ocean Star" Datoday watch with original tags
• Invicta watches
• Aragon watch
• Bulova self-winding watch with Tessuflex band
• jewelry--14kt, 10kt, sterling, turquoise, and costume
• quality ladies' clothing, shoes and boots, belts, and purses
• king Southwestern-style headboard/footboard
• Chanel:  Fine Jewelry book, new in box
• Artistry in Silver and Steel books, two volumes
• very nice cutting horse saddle
• steer skull and horns
• pencil named and signed framed prints by Woody Crumbo
• original oil by Mavis Murphy
• original oil by Cunningham
• nicely framed print by Kenneth Wyatt
• Beaver State Native American blankets presented by the Osage to Holub at a powwow
• blanket ladder
• Franciscan "Desert Rose" with lots of completer pieces
• GORGEOUS green-cut-to-clear crystal decanter and glasses set
• Lenox "Imperial" china
• Castleton "Sunnyvale" china
• vintage Pyrex 
• post-1986 Fiesta dishes, including many completer pieces
• pink depression glass
• cranberry and amberina glass
• Fostoria cubist
• Corning Ware Blue Cornflower
• small appliances, including Omega juicer, Kitchen Aid food processor
• Janome / New Home Memory Craft 8000 electronic sewing and embroidery machine
• mid-century Singer portable sewing machine
• vintage Necchi sewing machine in cabinet
• vintage Westinghouse sewing machine in cabinet
• vintage quilts
• modular office desk suite--desk, two cabinets, computer desk/cabinet
• laptop, tablet, TV/DVD combo, Beats wireless headphones, etc.
• Wii with Wii Fit and balance board
• two beautiful antique framed reliefs of racehorses
• vintage brass desk phone
• antique brass surveyor's transit
• antique brass Bardou rifle range telescope
• framed Coors beer ad
• books--football, horse, veterinary, etc.
• bar stools
• Christmas
• lighted Christmas tree, new in box
• house paints
• closet organizers
• linens--especially king sheets
• beauty products
• massagers and therapy tools

In the barn...

• like new Firman generator
• 10 ft fiberglass stepladder
• Origami folding shelves--large, medium, and small, and organizer baskets
• mounted horns
• painted skull
• steer hides
• 4" vise
• hand tools and wrenches
• buffer
• Husqvarna riding mower
• lawn tractor fertilizer spreader
• push mower
• branding irons
• Southwestern saddle blankets and rugs
• saltillo and ceramic tiles
• battery charger
• propane insect fogger
• compressor
• two irrigation sprinklers
• round bale hauler
• folding chairs
• painting supplies
• landscape glass rock
• yard and garden tools

AND SO MUCH MORE!