kristopher | January 3, 2010
Player: Larry Little
Card: 1972 Topps Football #240
Team/Position: Miami Dolphins / Guard
Cost: $2.00
With the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts recently losing, what better time than to feature a member of the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins remain the only team in the history of the NFL to complete a perfect season, although they only won fourteen [...]
kristopher | November 29, 2009
Player: Earl Campbell
Card: 1979 Topps Football Card #390
Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Runningback
Cost: $2.80
I knew this deal was too good to be true, I knew it. I purchased this Earl Campbell with a Dan Fouts Rookie Card because the seller agreed to ship it via standard airmail.
Rant Ensues, Feel Free To Skip
I didn’t feel like spending [...]
kristopher | November 28, 2009
Player: Ken Houston
Card: 1971 Topps Football Card #113
Team/Position: Houston Oilers, Washington Redskins / Safety, DB.
Cost: $2.00
Ken Houston doesn’t get much love outside of Washington, it seems. I actually ended up with a couple of his rookie cards; If you’d like a free one, leave a comment with your email address and I’ll get it out [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Steve Largent
Card: 1977 Topps Football Card #177
Team/Position: Seattle Seahawks / Wide Receiver
Cost: $3.75
Largent finished up his career at Tulsa as an All-American, yet slipped into the fourth round of the NFL Draft. The Houston Oilers originally planned on cutting the great white hope, until the expansion Seahawks traded an 8th round pick for his [...]
kristopher | November 8, 2009
Player: Alan Page
Card: 1970 Topps Football Card #59
Team/Position: Minnesota Vikings / Defensive Tackle
Cost: $9.00
Alan Page might be the most interesting man to ever play the game of football. As a member of the Vikings, Page was a key part of the Purple People Eaters that lead the Vikes to 4 Superbowl Appearances.
Page’s rookie card was [...]
kristopher | November 1, 2009
Player: Art Shell
Card: 1973 Topps Card #77
Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Tackle
Cost: 1 Buck
Once again, we’ve got an offensive lineman that doesn’t get a card until his 5th season. As a player, Shell was as good as they came in Oakland. Art Shell grinded it out as a Special Teamer for two seasons with the Raiders before [...]
kristopher | October 31, 2009
Player: Jack Ham
Card: 1973 Topps Card #115
Team/Position: Pittsburgh Steelers / Outside Linebacker
Cost: About 3 Bucks (brutally off center)
When discussing the Steel Curtain of the seventies, where the hell to start is a great question. The entire defense consisted of talents ranging from well above average to sure-fire Hall of Famer. Neither Jack Lambert nor Jack Ham, [...]
kristopher | October 31, 2009
Player: Jack Tatum
Card: 1973 Topps Card #288
Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Safety
Cost: $4.00
Continuing with the Ohio State trend, here we have Jack Tatum’s ‘73 Rookie Card. The Oakland Raiders selected Tatum in the first round of the 1971 Draft with the 19th overall pick. Tatum quickly took over the starting free safety job and as they say, [...]
kristopher | October 28, 2009
Player: John Stallworth
Card: 1978 Topps Football Card #320
Team/Position: Pittsburgh Steelers / Wide Reciever
Cost: Purchased In Lot (About 2 Bucks)
Johnny Lee Stallworth didn’t get a card until 1978 after the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him in the fourth round of 1974. By the time Topps had produced him a card, Stallworth had already been to two Super [...]
kristopher | October 27, 2009
Player: Tony Dorsett
Card: 1978 Topps Football Card #314
Team/Position: Dallas Cowboys / Runningback
Cost: Purchased In Lot (about 3 bucks)
What a simply gorgeous football card! Everything about this card, produced in Tony’s second year, is just beautiful. The bright yellow border with black type just makes everything pop. Of course, poor centering stands out like a bi-atch [...]
