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1955 Was Swan Song for Bowman Football

September 18, 2016 By Bob D'Angelo

Tom Landry 1955 Bowman

Bowman put out its largest football set in 1955, with 160 cards. It would be the final year that the Bowman brand would compete with Topps for dominance in the market; Topps would buy out Bowman in 1956 and would not release a football product with the Bowman name on it again until 1991. There were only 12 teams in the NFL in 1955, and the New York Giants have the … [Read more...]

1964 Draft Produced the Biggest Crop of Football Hall of Fame Rookie Cards

April 24, 2016 By Drew Farmer

Charley Taylor rookie card

The 1964 NFL Draft has gone down in history for producing the most Pro Football Hall of Fame players of any draft to date. Eleven of the 280 players selected for that season’s draft have now been enshrined in Canton. On December 2, 1963, the NFL’s representatives that made up its 14 teams assembled in Chicago to divvy up that season’s prospects. At the same time that the … [Read more...]

1973 Topps Football Started New Era

January 20, 2016 By Bob D'Angelo

Franco Harris 1973 Topps football

The 1973 Topps football set was definitely a landmark product. For starters, it was the largest football set Topps ever issued — “Biggest series ever!” touted the wax packs— and with 528 cards, it more than doubled the 1972 product. This also marked the first time that Topps issued cards all at once in one series, a practice that would carry over to the 1974 baseball … [Read more...]

1951 Bowman Football Set Has Great QBs, Future Coaches

January 3, 2016 By Bob D'Angelo

One was stoic; the other was volatile. Together, two pro football Hall of Famers share top billing in the 1951 Bowman football set. Tom Landry would make his mark not as a player, but as the rarely perturbed coach of the Dallas Cowboys.  Norm Van Brocklin was a feisty quarterback and, later, the Dutchman was an even more intense coach of the Minnesota Vikings. They are … [Read more...]

1964 Philadelphia Football Cards Ushered In New Era

November 6, 2015 By Bob D'Angelo

It was a swell product while it lasted. In 1964, the Philadelphia Gum Company obtained the licensing rights to produce National Football League trading cards, ending the stranglehold Topps had held since 1956. Topps executive Sy Berger had gotten an agreement through NFL commissioner Bert Bell to produce cards starting in 1956 and continued through 1963. That pact … [Read more...]

1956 Topps Football Was Beginning Of An Era

September 7, 2015 By Bob D'Angelo

Topps is celebrating its 60th season of issuing officially licensed pro football cards this year. While its products today have a more slick look with inserts, autographs and relic cards — its 2015 football set has a 500-card base set — Topps ventured gingerly into the NFL ranks with a 120-card set in 1956. Actually, there also was an unmarked checklist, and Topps included … [Read more...]

1967 Royal Castle Dolphins Set Marks Auer’s Place in History

September 2, 2015 By Bob D'Angelo

The opening kickoff of the regular season always brings great anticipation. For the Miami Dolphins and Joe Auer, the first regular-season play in franchise history always will be special. On September 2, 1966, Auer stood in the west end zone of Miami’s Orange Bowl, waiting for the opening kickoff by the Oakland Raiders. “I knew I would do something unusual as the … [Read more...]

1965 Topps Football Set is More Than Just Broadway Joe

August 31, 2015 By Rich Mueller

Topps 1965 Football pack

Youngsters used to seeing packs in a standard size wax wrapper found something completely different on the shelves of their local drug store in the late summer of 1965.  For the second year in a row, the nation’s only baseball card maker had created a set of players from the American Football League players but this time, the packs were huge.  The 1965 Topps … [Read more...]

5 Undervalued Vintage Football Sets

February 20, 2015 By Adam Hughes

Bowman 1954 football wrapper

As sports card collectors, we love our sets and singles for the memories they evoke and the unique aesthetic of artwork cramped onto small cardboard rectangles.  Still, we all want to feel like we’re getting a good value for the time and money we invest in our collections, so we’re always on the lookout for a bargain. When it comes to vintage football card sets, you could … [Read more...]

Top 10 1950s Football Rookie Cards

September 4, 2009 By Rich Mueller

It was before the Super Bowl. Before the AFL. Long before the guaranteed contract. "Football rookie cards" wasn't even a phrase in the 1950s. In fact, football cards were still a relatively new concept, unless you're counting the handful of sets produced in the 1930s and 40s. From 1950-59, the NFL would come of age...and so would its football cards. From the little 1950 … [Read more...]

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