A scholarly cause for collectibles
His collection has featured some of the most iconic rookie cards of the 20th Century: Mickey Mantle 1951 Bowman, Michael Jordan 1986-87 Fleer, Wayne Gretzky 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee, and Jim Brown 1958 Topps.
But after a half century of collecting, David Oliver has turned from an individual focus to helping high school seniors who took similar paths as he did as a young man.
Oliver, who turns 80 in October, is selling every one of his cards, jerseys and pieces of memorabilia to fund a scholarship set up for students who attend his alma maters: Versailles (Ohio) High School and Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio).
The former Ohio resident, who moved to Miami Lakes, Fla., in 1962, has sold a portion of his collection thus far and donated $52,000 for the scholarship fund through the Darke County Foundation. The scholarships are for $1,500 apiece, and the first recipient from Versailles
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