RIP John Stearns

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John "Bad Dude" Stearns was a hard-nosed football and baseball player. He was a safety at the University of Colorado and a catcher for the Mets. He backed down from no one and just played the game the way it was supposed to be played. I believe the last year he played he got into a fight with Gary Carter. R.I.P.
 

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John Stearns, former all-star MLB catcher with the New York Mets.


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I remember having this card as a kid. I had a box full of traders(journeyman players) and tossing them out during the first card boom of the late eighties to early nineties.

I didn't know he was a fringe NFL prospect and even an all star player as I only remember him as defensive catcher. Sad news, thoughts and prayers with his friends and family.
 
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