Randy Blocker

  


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Randy Blocker was guard for the Panthers basketball team for two seasons (1992-93, 1993-94), earning All Missouri Valley Conference* recognition his senior year.  Blocker transferred to UNI after two years at Western Nebraska Community College.  Blocker was drafted** by the Hartford Hellcats*** of the CBA****.

* Notable from team: Anthony Parker of Bradley 

** Iowa players from this CBA draft: James Winters (Iowa)

*** Notable Hellcats that year: Les Jepsen (Iowa) and Bo Kimble

**** Scrolling the draft class I saw this footnote. "Campos not eligible for draft and was picked for publicity purposes"  Jorge Campos was a Mexican goalkeeper, and I have no idea why the CBA drafted him, only that he is awesome, and who doesn't want that!

Historical Significance

Northern Iowa has a rich basketball history, most notably their Sweet 16 run in 2010.  However, they have yet to place a player in the NBA, which makes finding a player in his UNI jersey on a major brand card nearly impossible.  Randy Blocker did not reach the NBA, but he did get his UNI cards.  With  little research the author of this blog can declare that:

🔔1994 Classic Randy Blocker was the first UNI Panther basketball player in a Panther uniform in a set.🔔



Exciting, I know.  You as one of the few lucky readers of this blog can take this gem of knowledge and gather up as many Randy Blocker Classics as you can before the rest of the community discovers its historical significance.  

Collection Notes

I have 3/4 (75%) Randy Blocker cards in my collection.  

#1 Want : 1994 Classic Printer's Proofs

How do I not have this? 1994 Classic Printer's Proofs


Rest of the needs:

1994 Classic Printer's Proofs

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