Revision as of 15:34, 13 August 2011

Description

2004 Donruss Fans of the Game is a 35-card, multi-brand, insert featuring various celebrities and sports stars. Each card is horizontal in format, and has the logo of the product it was inserted into foil-stamped in the corner. Five cards were inserted into the following products: 2004 Absolute Memorabilia, 2004 Donruss Elite, 2004 Donruss World Series, 2004 Leather and Lumber, 2004 Playoff Honors, 2004 Studio, and 2004 Throwback Threads.

Each celebrity/athlete also autographed a number of stickers, which were placed on FotG cards, and randomly inserted into packs. The set is notable as it features the first certified autographed trading cards of Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach.

Checklist

Insert Set

James Gandolfini Hawaii Promo

To promote the upcoming Fans of the Game program, Donruss-Playoff distributed this card of Sopranos star James Gandolfini at the 2004 Hawaii Trade Conference. According to D-P, only 300 copies of this card were produced, with another 50 cards bearing a Gandolfini sticker autograph.

FG1 James Gandolfini 300
FG1A James Gandolfini 50

Absolute Memorabilia

251 Landon Donovan
252 Jennie Finch
253 Bonnie Blair
254 Dan Jansen
255 Kerri Strug

Donruss Elite

201 James Gandolfini
202 Freddy Adu
203 Summer Sanders
204 Janet Evans
205 Brandi Chastain

Donruss World Series

1 Val Kilmer
2 Stan Lee
3 Apolo Anton Ohno
4 Gene Shalit
5 Leeann Tweeden

Leather and Lumber

1 John Travolta
2 Dennis Haysbert
3 Chris O'Donnell
4 Abby Wambach
5 Jules Asner

Playoff Honors

251 Charlie Sheen
252 Corbin Bernsen
253 Peter Gammons
254 Jeff Garlin
255 Larry King

Studio

216FG-1 Regis Philbin
217FG-2 Denis Leary
218FG-3 Bode Miller
219-FG4 Steve Schirripa
220-FG5 Adam Mesh

Throwback Threads

1 Emilio Estevez
2 Shannon Elizabeth
3 Joe Mantegna
4 Jamie-Lynn DiScala
5 Johathan Silverman

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: Autographs cards are NOT serial-numbered. The production figures listed were made available by Donruss-Playoff shortly after each card's release.