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Classic Sports Card of The Day

10 Feb

2004 Fleer Tradition football card of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who enjoyed a 16 year career in the league with the New York Giants. He was a 4 time Pro Bowler and won the Walter Payton Man of The Year Award in 2016. The younger brother of Peyton Manning, he matched his brother in Super Bowl wins with 2, both coming against Tom Brady’s New England Patriots. He was the MVP in both of those games also. Since retiring, Eli appears on an alternate Monday Night Football broadcast with his brother dubbed the Manningcast.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

09 Feb

1968 Topps football card of former pro football quarterback Bill Nelsen, who was an NFL signal caller for  10 years, sharing time with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. Known for being a tough-as-nails player who battled through knee injuries, he was a Pro Bowler in 1969 and a second team All Pro in 1968. Nelsen retired as a player in 1972 following his fifth knee operation, and after his playing days worked in coaching with 6 different NFL clubs, including a 6 year stint as quarterbacks coach in Tampa Bay and as the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator. Nelsen passed away in 2019 at the age of 78.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

08 Feb

1983 Topps football card of former pro football receiver Drew Pearson, who played 11 years in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. He was a three time All Pro, three time Pro Bowler, a member of the NFL’s 1970s All Decade Team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021. Pearson was a member of the Cowboys’ Super Bowl XII-winning club and was on the receiving end of Roger Staubach’s “Hail Mary” pass in the 1975 playoffs. Pearson, along with Michael Irvin, Dez Bryant and current Cowboy CeeDee Lamb, compose the “88” club, since all 4 wore that jersey number in Dallas.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

07 Feb

1998 Upper Deck rookie football card of former NFL wide receiver Hines Ward, who played 14 years in the league, all with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a four-time Pro Bowler and helped the Steelers to a pair of Super Bowl wins, capturing the game’s MVP award in Super Bowl XL. Ward was named to the Steelers’ Wall of Honor and also the franchise’s All Time Team. Since retiring as a player, the borderline Hall of Famer has dabbled in coaching at both the pro and college level, and is currently the head coach and general manager of the San Antonio Brahmas of the revived XFL.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

06 Feb

1974 Topps football card of former pro football quarterback Roger Staubach, who enjoyed a stellar 11 year career in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys. After winning the Heisman Trophy at Navy and serving his 4 year military commitment, he joined the Cowboys and led them to 4 Super Bowls, winning a pair. “Captain America” was a six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl VI MVP, NFL Man of The Year in 1978, and was voted to the NFL Team of The Decade for the 1970s and the NFL’s 100th Anniversary All Time team. He was also dubbed “Captain Comeback” for his many come-from-behind victories, and his late game throw against the Vikings in the playoffs was the first to be coined a “Hail Mary”. Also known as “Roger The Dodger”, Staubach was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

31 Jan

1979 Topps football card of former pro football linebacker Merv Krakau, who played 6 seasons in the NFL, 5 of them for the Buffalo Bills. His best season was in 1976 when, as the Bills’ starting middle linebacker, he led the team in tackles and was second in the entire NFL in fumble recoveries with 6. Krakau was out of the game for 5 years when he came out of retirement in 1983 to play a season in the USFL for the Tampa Bay Bandits.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

30 Jan

1967 Topps football card of former pro football defensive end Howard Kindig, who played 10 seasons in the AFL and NFL. Half of that career was spent with the Buffalo Bills during their lean years of the late 1960s, but he was a member, the long snapper, of the undefeated Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins in 1972. He also played briefly in the World Football League. After retiring as a player, Kindig ran a real estate and appraisal company.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

27 Jan

1966 Topps football card of former pro football back Keith Lincoln, who played 8 seasons in the American Football League, mostly with the San Diego Chargers. He was one of the AFL’s brightest stars, a five-time league All Star and championship game MVP when the Chargers won the title in 1963. Lincoln was the victim of the “Hit Heard ‘Round The World” when he was tackled by Buffalo’s Mike Stratton in the ’64 title game, but then played briefly with the Bills at the end of his career.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

25 Jan

2021 Panini Prestige Xtra Point college football card of current Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, who recently gained national attention for his miraculous recovery from collapsing on the field during a game suffering from cardiac arrest. Hamlin was a mid-round draft pick from Pitt who took over the starting safety position when Micah Hyde was injured. Whether he is able to continue his football career remains to be seen, but his survival from the incident is nothing short of a miracle.

 

Classic Sports Card of The Day

05 Jan

2003 Bowman Chrome football card of former pro football wide receiver Anquan Boldin, who enjoyed a 14 year career in the NFL for 4 different teams. He spent the first 7 of those seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, where he was named offensive rookie of the year in 2003 and was selected to 3 Pro Bowls. He won the prestigious Walter Payton Man Of The Year Award in 2015 while with Baltimore, and was a member of the Ravens’ 2012 Super Bowl winning team.