kristopher | November 9, 2009
Player: Bobby Mitchell Card: 1959 Topps Football Card #140 Team/Position: Halfback, Flanker / Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns Cost: $9.00 Bobby Mitchell was yet another incredible athlete from the prestigious Big-10 conference. This time, rather than ranting and raving about Ohio State, we’re taking a trek westward to visit Champaign, Illinois, and their Fightin’ Illini. Mitchell [...]
kristopher | November 9, 2009
Player: Dwight Stephenson Card: 1984 Topps Football Card #129 Team/Position: Miami Dolphins / Offensive Center Cost: $5.00 When it comes to offensive linemen, induction into the Hall of Fame is almost always preceded by a lengthy NFL career. Linemen almost always gather enough information or dirty tricks to balance the erosion of their athletic ability. [...]
kristopher | November 8, 2009
Player: Warren Moon Card: 1985 Topps Football Card #251 Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Quarterback Cost: $4.00 Topps 1985 football endeavor was a masterpiece, at least in my books. I love the dark black borders and horizontal layout: the cards are quite sharp. It’s not in the same league as the Godfather of black bordered cards, [...]
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 [...]
kristopher | November 7, 2009
Player: Bo Jackson Card: 1987 Topps Football Card #327 Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Halfback Cost: $5 Bo Jackson was absolutely one of the best football players of all time, if you’re basing the list solely on talent. Unfortunately, Jackson’s career, in both football and baseball, was cut far too short by a devastating hip injury. [...]
kristopher | November 6, 2009
Player: Joe Schmidt Card: 1956 Topps Football Card #44 Team/Position: Detroit Lions / Middle Linebacker . Halfback. Cost: $13 I got a little bit excited bidding on this card, so I probably overpaid a little bit. If condition isn’t a priority, you can have this card for under five dollars. When I purchased the card, the [...]
kristopher | November 3, 2009
Player: Mike Singletary Card: 1983 Topps Card #38 Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Tackle Cost: Almost Free! I ended up grabbing this Singletary in an ’83 Bears lot; so it came cheap. It’s brutally off-center and it’s pretty freakin’ ugly to boot. Something definitely happened to Topps’ design team when the clock struck 1980. Green and Purple [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
