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Tony Zale Autograph

Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win. Zale, who held the world middleweight title multiple times, was known as a crafty boxer and punishing body puncher who wore his opponents down before knocking them out. In 1990, Zale was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George. H. W. Bush. More about Tony Zale

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Current items with a signature of Tony Zale

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Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail2020 1/1 Enshrined Papercuts TONY ZALE autograph President's Choice RARE$200.00logo
thumbnailGEORGE FOREMAN TONY ZALE GENE FULLMER TRIPLE SIGNED OVERSIZED 5X8 CARD JSA COA$79.99logo
Zale met Georgie Abrams in Madison Square Garden in a world middleweight championship match on November 28, 1941, before a crowd of nearly 10,000. Despite knocking Zale down in the first round, a poke in the eye from Zale's glove left him with pain and blurred vision. From the fourth round on, Abrams fought with his left eye nearly closed. Blood from a cut opened above his right eye in the third from an accidental head butt from Zale caused additional vision problems from blood that dripped from the wound. Despite fighting half blind, Abrams fought courageously for fifteen rounds. Abrams lost in a close match, due to the incessant body attacks of Zale in the late rounds, particularly the ninth where he received a severe two handed attack to the midsection. The Associated Press judged Abrams the winner with eight rounds to Zale's seven.

Zale was a two-time world middleweight champion and made The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Zale is best remembered for his three bouts over a 21-month period with Rocky Graziano for the middleweight crown. These three bouts were among the most brutal and exciting middleweight championship matches of all time. The first match took place in Yankee Stadium, New York City. Zale had served in World War II, was thirty-three years old, and had been inactive for about four years. Graziano was on a winning knockout streak and seemed to be in his prime. In their first match (September 27, 1946), after flooring Graziano in the first round, Zale took a savage beating from Graziano, and was on the verge of losing the fight by TKO. However, he rallied and knocked out Graziano in the sixth round to retain his title. The rematch, a year later in Chicago (July 16, 1947), was a mirror image of their first fight. Graziano was battered around the ring, suffered a closed eye and appeared ready to lose by a knockout, then rallied and knocked Zale out in the sixth round, becoming middleweight champion of the world. Read even more about Tony Zale at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Tony Zale

In total, we tracked 139 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Tony Zale (ROCKY GRAZIANO TONY ZALE JSA COA HAND SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH) was sold in November 2016 for $199.00 while the cheapest item ( Tony Zale Hand Signed Index Card Man of Steel) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2014. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2016 with an average selling price of $15.99 for an autographed item of Tony Zale. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2020 with $100.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tony Zale is worth $20.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Tony Zale were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1991 Victoria Gallery Boxing Signed Autograph Tony Zale Card PSA Authenticated$15.50logo
thumbnailGreat Boxer TONY ZALE Vintage Signed Photo in Boxing Stance - Portrait with Belt$60.00logo
thumbnailTony Zale : The Man of Steel by Clay Moyle and Thad Zale (2014, Hardcover)signed$13.00logo
thumbnailTony Zale Authentic Autographed Signed Magazine Page Photo PSA/DNA COA S48753$37.00logo
thumbnailTONY ZALE Autograph 1991 VICTORIA GALLERY Boxing Card #6 HOF Died-1997 $14.99logo
thumbnailTony Zale Autographed 3x5 Card Professional Boxing Champion PSA COA dec 1997$12.99logo
thumbnailTony Zale Autographed Signed 1991 Victoria Gallery Card PSA/DNA #83317482$59.00logo
thumbnailTony Zale Signed Autograph 5.5x8.5 Photo Boxing PSA d.1997$36.00logo
thumbnailTony Zale Signed Autographed 5.5X8.5 Photo Boxing Legend JSA II44346$59.99logo
thumbnailTony Zale World Middleweight Boxing Champ Signed Autographed Index Card$20.00logo