Vintage Fred A. Kail Jr Football Player Coin Bank

Large ceramic coin bank, standing 10” tall. Great condition. Minor scratches on back jersey area. Vintage-1960’s. Fred Kail the sculptor who is thought to have created the very first NFL figure with his pot-bellied Joe Jolter that came into being more than 50 years ago. His colorful Joe Jolter statues were launched in1956, then he came up with his 3-point lineman ("Bruce Bruiser") football figure, and then a first-ever baseball figure in 1957. Part of the lorethat surrounds the affable Kail is the notion that the figure was inspired by the equally legendary NFL Hall of Famer Art Donovan.