Don Tarr Autographs
Donald James Tarr (11 March 1910 – 4 June 1980) was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Swansea and Cardiff, county rugby for Hampshire and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. Tarr was a career naval officer, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy.
Tarr began his rugby career as a school boy, representing the Welsh Secondary Schools team. In the 1927 secondary school game against France, Tarr was one of seven Welsh players that would later represent their country at senior level. Tarr joined Cardiff in 1931 and soon found himself in the squad to face the touring South African team. In 1933 Tarr joined Swansea alongside one of his school boys teammates, Claude Davey, and both lined up for Swansea against the touring New Zealand team in 1935. Both men were last minute substitutes, as Tarr was a replacement for the injured Tom Day and Davey was brought from Sale to cover for Idwal Rees. When Swansea beat the All Blacks, they became the first club team to beat all three major Southern Hemisphere teams. Tarr would face the same touring All Blacks another two times at club level; the Combined Services team at Aldershot and a joint Hampshire/Sussex county team.
Later in 1935, Tarr was selected to face the same touring New Zealand team, but this time for Wales. This was Tarr's one and only cap for the senior team because of an injury so serious that rugby journalist Huw Richards would say in 2010 that Tarr "probably came closer to dying on the pitch than anyone else ever has in an international match." With ten minutes of the match remaining, a loose scrum broke up to reveal Tarr laying motionless on the ground, and the referee, Cyril Gadney, called for a stretcher. Gadney ensured no-one moved Tarr before medical aid arrived and Tarr was lifted still face down onto the stretcher and was removed from the pitch. This action is thought to have saved his life as Tarr had suffered a broken neck. Although Wales were 12-10 down at the time, and now a man light, they recovered strongly and after Rees-Jones scored a try, Idwal Rees kept a strong defence to allow Wales a 13–12 victory.
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Traded items with a signature of Don Tarr
The most expensive item with a signature of Don Tarr (SIGNED ORIGINAL 1970 DON TARR #37 DODGE 5.5X7 NASCAR POSTCARD EX-MT COND.) was sold in January 2022 for $21.51 while the cheapest item (NASCAR Dr. Don Tarr autographed postcard) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2008 with an average selling price of $1.12 for an autographed item of Don Tarr. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2022 with $21.51 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2009. In average, an autographed item from Don Tarr is worth $1.40.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Don Tarr were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | DON TARR *AUTOGRAPHED* HERO CARD,NASCAR 60'S, L@@K! | $13.38 |  |
| DON TARR *AUTOGRAPHED* HERO CARD,NASCAR 60'S, L@@K! | $0.99 | |
| DON TARR AUTOGRAPHED HERO CARD,LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS!! | $0.99 | |
| Dr Don Tarr #32 Signed Postcard | $0.99 | |
| Dr Don Tarr Autographed Driver Postcard | $5.50 | |
| DR DON TARR Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo, NASCAR Legend, Grand National, Donald | $15.99 | |
| DR DON TARR Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo, NASCAR Legend, Grand National, Donald | $15.99 | |
| Dr. Don Tarr Autographed Business Card | $0.99 | |
| DR. DON TARR SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 4X9 PHOTO CARD | $4.99 | |
| Dr. Don Tarr Signed Hero Card 9 1/2 x 4 | $1.00 | |
| DR. DON TARR THEN & NOW WORLD'S FASTEST PHYSICIAN POSTCARD! SIGNED | $3.00 | |
| DR. DON TARR THEN & NOW WORLD'S FASTEST PHYSICIAN POSTCARD! SIGNED | $3.00 | |
| NASCAR Dr. Don Tarr autographed postcard | $0.99 | |
| Nascar Grand National Driver Dr. Don Tarr Autographed Postcard | $2.25 | |
| SIGNED ORIGINAL 1970 DON TARR #37 DODGE 5.5X7 NASCAR POSTCARD EX-MT COND. | $21.51 | |
