kristopher | January 15, 2010
Player: Buck Buchanan Card: 1964 Topps Football #92 Team/Position: Kansas City Chiefs / Defensive Tackle Cost: $6.00 There’s so much history wrapped up in this card I’m just not sure where to start. Rather than digging into the history of Topps, the AFL, or Buck Buchanan right off the bat; I’ll just discuss the overall [...]
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 [...]
kristopher | December 16, 2009
Player: John Elway Card: 1984 John Elway, Card #63 Team/Position: Denver Broncos / Quarterback Cost: $8 for this terribly off-centered beauty. 1984 is one of the few years in the modern era that can compete with the big-boys of the 1950′s. Marino and Elway alone keep the year amongst the greatest of all time. With [...]
kristopher | December 14, 2009
Player: Richard Lane Card: 1957 Topps Football Card #85 Team/Position: Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions / End, Defensive Back Cost: $8.50 After a brief hiatus, I’m back with one of my favourite cards. While the posts stopped; the cards just kept filling tiny apartment mailbox. When it comes to defensive backs, Night Train Lane is the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
kristopher | November 17, 2009
Player: Mel Hein Card: 1955 Topps All Americans, Card #28 Team/Position: Washington State (New York Giants) / Center, Linebacker Cost: $18.00 Mel Hein was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the first ever class in 1963. Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, George Halas, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, [...]
kristopher | November 16, 2009
Player: Eric Dickerson Card: 1984 Topps Football Card #280 Team/Position: Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders / Runningback Cost: $5.00 For some reason, I feel that runningbacks of the 80′s definitely get lost in the wash. Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders went about destroying records at such a frequency that the Eric Dickersons and [...]
kristopher | November 13, 2009
Player: Lenny Moore Card: 1956 Topps Football #60 Team/Position: Baltimore Colts / Halfback Cost: $9.00 Lenny Moore was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1956 draft out of Penn State. Lenny ended up being one of the few players to get his rookie card in his draft year. [...]
