A 50th birthday calls for more than a card and a cake, and for a lifelong sports fan, fifty years means fifty seasons of their team. Whether they were born in 1976 or any other year, every gift here starts from the real game records of their own lifetime. The same ideas work for a 40th, 60th or 70th.
The Year You Were Born, Sports Edition
The Year You Were Born, Sports Edition shows the sports year they arrived in: the year in giant scoreboard numbers, their team's whole season game by game with the day they were born marked, the real game that day, the champions crowned that year in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and college, and everything their team has done since. It covers every sport. For a 50th, it answers the question everyone asks at the party: what was going on the year you were born? From $45.
The Lifetime Birthday Record
Fifty birthdays, fifty games. The Lifetime Birthday Record puts their team's game on every birthday of their life on one print (or the first game after it, for football), with the score, the opponent, their lifetime birthday record, their best birthday, their longest streak and every title won along the way. The longer the life, the better it reads, which makes a milestone birthday the right time. From $45.
The Sports Page From the Day You Were Born
For the fan who grew up reading the morning paper, The Sports Page turns their birthday game into the front of a newspaper sports section: the headline, the story, the full box score, the standings that morning, the rest of the day's scores and the champions of that year. Every fact comes from the real game records; the paper is our own, The Game Day Gazette. It has the look of something found in an attic, made new. From $45.
Greatest Moments Since You Were Born
Greatest Moments Since You Were Born picks the ten biggest games their team has played in their lifetime, chosen from every win since the day they were born by a scoring system printed right on it: titles, playoff rounds won, win-or-go-home games, walk-offs and comebacks. Number one gets the big scoreboard; the other nine are set as line scores with a one-line story and their age that day. At fifty, there is a lot to choose from. From $45.
Every Title in My Lifetime
For the fan who loves their city as much as their team, Every Title in My Lifetime lists every championship their city's teams have won since the day they were born, across baseball, football, basketball, women's basketball and hockey: the year, the team, who they beat, the series or final score, and how old they were. If the city is still waiting, the print says so with style and shows the near misses. From $45.
The Party Sign-In, for the 50th birthday party
If there is a party, The Party Sign-In is a guest book poster with a big headline of your choice and the real scoreboard from the day the guest of honor was born, with a lineup left blank for 42 guests to sign in and pick a position. It is matte 18 by 24 inch paper that takes a marker, ready to frame after the party. From $59.
Crystal Award, for a gift with some weight to it
For a more formal milestone gift, the Crystal Award is optic crystal on a clear base, engraved with their name, birth date, the final score of their team's game that day and the story of the game. It comes gift boxed and sits well on a desk or mantel. From $139.
Ordering tips
- What we need: their name, birth date and team. For Every Title in My Lifetime, their city. For The Party Sign-In, the headline you want.
- Checked by hand: every order is checked by hand before it prints.
- Timing: prints ship in 3 to 7 business days and keepsakes like the Crystal Award in 5 to 10, all made to order with free US shipping. Plan the Party Sign-In to arrive a few days before the party.
- Christmas: for a December birthday or a gift under the tree, order framed pieces by December 8.
See more lifetime and family prints in the Family and Retirement collection.