Classic Sports Card of the Day

1972 Topps football card of former Cincinnati Bengal back Paul Robinson, who was a fourth round pick in the team’s inaugural college draft class. He was an immediate success, as he rushed for 1,023 yards in his first season,1968,  for the Bengals, the first rookie to rush for over 1,000 yards for an expansion team … Read More

1962 Fleer football card of former Buffalo Bills fullback Art Baker, who played 2 seasons, 1961 and ’62, with the team. Baker played his college ball at Syracuse, where he was a backfield mate of  Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis. He also was an NCAA wrestling champion. He followed up his AFL career with four … Read More

1961 Fleer football card of one of the original American Football League quarterbacks, Frank Tripucka, who recently passed away. He was a veteran journeyman quarterback who had floated around the NFL and the Canadian league, with six different teams, since 1949 before deciding to join his old CFL coach, Frank Filchock, with the new AFL … Read More

1972 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills’ defensive back Robert James. James joined the Bills in 1969 after graduating from tiny Fisk College, and played 6 seasons for them before a serious knee injury derailed his career. That career, though short, was a successful one, as he was named to 3 Pro Bowls and … Read More

1963 Topps football card of former Minnesota Vikings’ tight end Jerry Reichow, who was a member of the team in its’ inaugural season in 1961, and was one of only 2 players from the expansion team to be named to the Pro Bowl that season. Reichow entered the NFL in 1956 when he was drafted … Read More

1961 Fleer football card of one of the standout defensive players in the old American Football League, Harry Jacobs. He started out as a defensive end with the Boston Patriots in 1960, but his pro career really flourished when he moved to the Buffalo Bills in 1963 and was switched to middle linebacker. There he anchored … Read More

1966 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills’ defensive back George “Butch” Byrd, who was a star cornerback on the Bills’ American Football League championship teams in the 1960s. He played 8 years in the AFL, and was a league All Star 5 times. He also returned punts for the club. Byrd still holds the … Read More

1978 Topps football card of former Oakland Raider tight end Dave Casper, who was involved in 2 famous plays in NFL history – the “Ghost to the Post” pass in 1977 and the “Holy Roller” forward fumble play in 1978. Casper was a 5-time Pro Bowl player in his 11 NFL seasons, and played on … Read More

1959 Parkhust hockey card of former NHL coach and general manager George “Punch” Imlach, who served as coach and GM for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2 different eras, while also helping build the expansion Buffalo Sabres as coach and GM, beginning in 1970. Imlach’s Leaf teams lost in the Stanley Cup finals his first … Read More

1991 ProSet football card of former World League of American Football lineman Doug Marrone, who is also the current head coach of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Marrone played one season, 1991, with the WLAF’s London Monarchs as a center, after a short-lived NFL playing career with the Miami Dolphins (1987) and New Orleans Saints (1989). … Read More