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Connellsville autograph hunter writes what he knows
boxers Evander Holyfield and Leon Spinks, hockey's Luc Robitaille and Mario Lemieux, swimming's Michael Phelps, speed skater Dan Jansen, U.S. presidents (seven, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama) and celebrities (28, including Alice Cooper, Clint Eastwood and Donald Trump). In his book, "Hooked on Autographs," Galiardi writes that it took him five years to get actor Jack Lemon's autograph, and that the challenge is first finding the celebrity and then trying after they say "no." "If you're serious about it, don't give up, but don't get too aggressive," said Galiardi, who once returned a ball to Donald Trump because the signature was too sloppy. Trump gave him a second, n...
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