About Me
I retired in 2013 after 38 years working in the LDS Church Historical Department. I grew up in Southern California in the 1950s and 1960s. Now I divide my time between homes in Utah and the Oregon coast. I like to say, "I'm a beach bum in the summer and a ski bum in the winter. In other words, I'm just a bum."
I still have my foot in the history business, publishing articles and writing books, but not at the same frenetic pace I kept up back when I was a working schmuck. I also like to produce websites focusing on my interests in drag racing and autograph collecting. AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING WEBSITES
Football Autographs from the Golden Years Vintage Baseball Autographs Vintage Basketball Autographs Vintage Golf Autographs Vintage Tennis Autographs Vintage Track & Field Autographs Autographs for Sale from the Collection of Mel Bashore FOOTBALL and AUTOGRAPH-RELATED ARTICLES
"Boys Join Dad in Autograph Pursuit," Autograph Collector's Digest 5, no. 6 (September 1990): 55. "'Cup of Coffee' Players: Jack Shapiro," Coffin Corner 21, no. 4 (1999): 19. "'Cup of Coffee' Players: John Stock," Coffin Corner 21, no. 4 (1999): 2,8. "Dead Ends and Goof Ups," Autograph Collector's Digest 6, no. 6 (June-July 1991): 52,54. "I Did Not Play: Team Roster Errors in Pro Football," Coffin Corner 14, no. 6 (December 1992): 7,16. "'I Played With Jim Thorpe': Football Memories of Guy T. 'Zeke' Roberts (1900-1993)," Coffin Corner 15, no. 5 (winter 1993): 3-4. "More Crimson Giants," Coffin Corner 15, no. 1 (February 1993): 22. "The Salt Lake Seagulls," Coffin Corner 14, no. 2 (spring 1992): 3-9. “The Salt Lake Seagulls Professional Football Team,” in Stanford J. Layton, ed., Red Stockings and Out-of-Towners (Signature Books, 2003). "The Salt Lake Seagulls Professional Football Team," Utah Historical Quarterly 61, no. 1 (winter 1993): 4-21. "The Smallest Player Ever in the NFL," Coffin Corner 20, no. 6 (1998): 7-8. "Sports Graphic Drawings," Autograph Collector's Digest 6, no. 1 (January 1991): 46-47. "'This Young Kid from Down South': Bert Milling," Coffin Corner 24, no. 3 (2002): 17-18. "Wit and Whimsy in Sports Autograph Collecting," Sports Collector's Digest 6, no. 8 (October 1991): 54-55. AWARDS / RECOGNITION
Ralph E. Hay Award, for Career Achievement in Pro Football Research and Historiography, Professional Football Researchers Association, 2001 |