GTSM San Jose

A couple years back I decided to make a trip out to San Jose to attend the GT Sports Marketing event. They host several events across the country every year. GTSM always gets the biggest names in sports. This show caught my eye due to the fact Dan Marino was one of the headliners. I usually stay away from signings were you have to pay, because there are so many free signings out there. But I was definitely willing to pay to meet #13.  The one advantage to going to signings where you have to pay is the lines are shorter. Not in the case though. Having 49 HOF'ers at one show drew a big crowd. I've been a huge Dan Marino/Dolphins fan for many years. I'm a rare Miami fan in SoCal, but I think the movie Ace Ventura had alot to do with it. Me and my Dad made it into a weekend in the bay area. We spent one day at the event and the other sight-seeing through San Fransisco. My two goals were to meet Dan Marino and the other wasto see the house from the show Full House (lol). The event and the whole weekend turned out great. I met Marino and had him sign a F/S Helmet. While I was there I also couldn't pass up on meeting HOF'ers Jim Brown and Eric Dickerson. I had them both sign footballs. All three guys were all down to earth. Marino was Great and Dickerson carried a conversation with me for a while. Jim Brown was alittle grumpy but hey that's just Jim Brown. I do regret not paying to meet Don Shula. But I was already reaching deep into the pockets and still needed to pay for the flight home. We actually saw Jim Brown at the airport. It was alittle sad to see him at the airport and nobody recognized him and he was flying SouthWest. But then again he probably was happy not to be bothered. I recommend the GTSM events to all collectors, just be prepared to fork over a pretty penny.

Dan Marino

Jim Brown

Eric Dickerson