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 appearance of the card. [...]
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 | 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 that said, I have no [...]
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 best of the best. Dick [...]
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 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, Don Hutson, Curly Lambeau, [...]
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 Marcus Allens of the [...]
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. The ‘56 set holds [...]
