Tony Zale Autographs
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.
The 1941 bout between Zale and Billy Pryor at Juneau Park, Milwaukee, attracted 135,132 spectators, a figure that remains the highest attendance in boxing history.
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.
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Traded items with a signature of Tony Zale
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 November 2009 with an average selling price of $19.25 for an autographed item of Tony Zale. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2024 with $143.76 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 |
 | 1948 Leaf - Tony Zale #15 with Signature (guarantee) | $59.99 |  |
| 1948 Leaf - Tony Zale #15 with Signature (guarantee) | $59.99 | |
| 1991 Victoria Gallery Boxing Signed Autograph Tony Zale Card PSA Authenticated | $15.50 | |
| 2013 Leaf Legends of the Ring Cut Signature Edition /18 Tony Zale | $53.38 | |
| 2013 Leaf Legends of the Ring Cut Signature Edition /18 Tony Zale Auto | $53.38 | |
| Tony Zale 2013 Leaf Legends of the Ring Cut Signature Boxing HOF Auto 15/18 | $14.94 | |
| Tony Zale autographed 3x5 card-JSA COA-1940s Middleweight Boxer Champ D-1997 | $14.95 | |
| Tony Zale Autographed Boxing Program Signed w. Boxing Clippings from Scrapbook | $39.99 | |
| Tony Zale Autographed Signed 1991 Victoria Gallery Card PSA/DNA #83317482 | $59.00 | |
| Tony Zale Boxing Autographed Signed 8x10 Framed Photo (JSA COA #CE61115) | $89.99 | |
| Tony Zale signed 3x5 Index Card JSA COA Inscribed Boxing Auto I236 | $25.89 | |
| Tony Zale Signed Autograph 5.5x8.5 Photo Boxing PSA d.1997 | $36.00 | |
| Tony Zale Signed Autographed 5.5X8.5 Photo Boxing Legend JSA II44346 | $59.99 | |
| Tony Zale World Middleweight Boxing Champ Signed Autographed Index Card | $20.00 | |
| ~TONY ZALE (D. ’97) 1951Topps Signed Autographed #44 PSA/DNA~ | $143.76 | |
