Classic Sports Card of the Day

1986 Topps football card of former quarterback Steve Young, who had the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of the greatest QB of all time, Joe Montana, but managed to carve out his own niche and eventually was elected to the Hall of Fame. His career started in the United States Football League when … Read More

1961 Fleer football card of former NFL defensive back Dick “Night Train” Lane, a Hall of Fame player with one of the all-time great nicknames. Lane was a receiver when he joined the Los Angeles Rams as a rookie in 1952, but the players ahead of him on the depth chart were future Hall of Famers … Read More

An appropriate sports card to feature on Thanksgiving Day is this 1972 Topps football card of former NFL defensive lineman Joe “Turkey” Jones, who played 11 seasons in the league, mostly for the Cleveland Browns. Jones got his nickname when the team played its’ annual Thanksgiving joke on rookie players, sending them on drives to distant … Read More

1987 Topps football card of former San Francisco 49ers’ receiver Dwight Clark, who played 9 seasons with the team and was a part of 2 Super Bowl-winning teams in the Bill Walsh/Joe Montana era. He was a two-time Pro Bowler, and is best known for making “The Catch”, a leaping end zone grab of a … Read More

1984 Topps football card of former placekicker Scott Norwood, who played for the United States Football League’s Birmingham Stallions at the time this card was released. Norwood joined the NFL’s Buffalo Bills after the USFL folded and was a major factor in the Bills’ resurgence as a winning team in the late 1980s and early … Read More

1961 Topps football card of former Oakland Raider quarterback Tom Flores, one of the early stars of the American Football League. He is one of only 20 players who lasted the entire 10 year existence of the AFL, as he also served as a backup QB in Buffalo and Kansas City. Flores is also one … Read More

1988 Opeechee hockey card of former National Hockey League player Joe Nieuwendyk, who recently was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The big winger broke into the NHL with a bang, scoring 51 goals in his first season and winning the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. He wound up playing 21 seasons, and won … Read More

1951 Bowman football card of former Cleveland Browns fullback Marion Motley. At 6’1 and 232 pounds, he was a man among boys in his playing days, and in an era when two-way players were still common, he played on defense as a linebacker, which WAS uncommon. Motley played for coach Paul Brown’s Browns for 8 … Read More

1961 Fleer football card of former Buffalo Bills receiver Elbert Dubenion. Nicknamed “Golden Wheels”, Dubenion was the main target of QB Jack Kemp in the team’s championship seasons in the 1960s. He played 9 seasons in the old American Football League for the Bills, and was the last player from the original team roster of 1960 … Read More

1958 Topps football card of former Green Bay Packer center Jim Ringo. An undersized center at only 211 pounds, Ringo had an outstanding career with the Packer dynasty and was a 10-time Pro Bowler. After finishing his 15 year playing career with the Philadelphia Eagles, Ringo went into coaching, and in his tenure as offensive … Read More