I'm On A Mission: My Quest To Obtain a Jeff Ulbrich Autograph

FROM GOD?

You are definitely the ONLY person on the planet who likes Ulbrich this much…

Maybe his Mom or wife, but other than that you’re it man.

he is definately on my top 10 list of favorites.

when i actually started paying serious attention to the game and not just watching it because i liked the team since i was able to walk, one of the 1st players that i noticed was Ulbrich. and the man did serious work on the defense. and i am happy that he played for us for so long.

is good luck with that one. maybe when the hawks come to the stick you can make it happen.

I actually met Jeff Ulbrich once. He grew up and went to high school in Morgan Hill, where I grew up (I went to high school elsewhere, but I was still living in Morgan Hill). Anyways, a family member of his was teaching some classes one week during the summer at my sister’s dance studio, and he came by to visit one day. No one at the dance studio really knew who he was, but my mom called me at home, told me who was there, and I jetted over. He was just chilling at the dance studio for the dance class to end, so I ended up just chatting with him for a good 15-20 minutes or so on football, the Niners, and this and that. And it was totally chill! He truly is a class act.

And to make this even more relevant to the story (and somewhat depressing), I did get his autograph that day on a Niners hat I had. Then I left for college, but I left my sports memorabilia behind at my parents’ house for safekeeping (some things are best left kept out of a college dorm). Somehow my Ulbrich signed hat got thrown into a pile of hats I had laying around at home during some housecleaning (I had kept it with some signed baseballs I had, planning on grabbing it when I moved somewhere more permanent after college). And then the hats were given to goodwill. I was pretty upset, to say the least.

So, I had an Ulbrich autograph at one point, and it was taken from me. So I say good luck in your quest, and should you succeed, take good care of it! And don’t leave it in the hands of people who don’t know what’s up and may accidentally give it away.

At least I still have a good memory of meeting him…

Any chance you can have him tackle you and post the video on youtube?

For a Merton Hanks autographed bobble-head!

When I was a young, foolish child I was a passionate fan of the Montreal Expos. Tim Wallach, third baseman of the team, was my favourite player by far. I wrote Wallach a letter and sent him my favourite baseball card so he could sign it for me (I used to collect his cards). Little did I know at the time, that Wallach was a [site decoruming] jerk. I did not receive a response to the letter, nor was the card ever returned to me (I would’ve appreciated it back w/o autograph because it was my favourite one).

I know the mailing address I used was successful for getting autographs, because a few years later I sent Felipe Alou a letter and about a week later, Alou sent me an autographed photo. Being the kind sir I was back then, I mailed him a signed card of myself from my house league days (which I’m sure someone got a kick out of).

It has a CoT and it’s from the NFL Shop so I imagine it’s the real deal. I also have Ken Williard’s autograph, he actually came and spoke at my Elementary School Graduation and I wore a 49er shirt and he made a big deal about it when I went up on stage to get my certificate or whatever and then he signed my program.

Also, I may have the chance to meet Michael Robinson sometime in the next few days. He’s holding a football camp here in Richmond this weekend and my best friend’s new girlfriend is apparently a friend of his so I’m hoping I get to go up to the camp or something and get a chance to meet him and get an autograph.