Classic Sports Card of the Day

With the recent unveiling of the team’s new uniforms, a good sports card to feature is this 1974 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson. The team will return to the white helmets this season, and also to their more traditional blue. The Bills originally changed their helmets from white to red … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1992 Topps basketball card of recently retired center Shaquille O’Neal. “Shaq” played 19 seasons in the NBA with 6 different teams, winning 4 championships – 3 of which he was named Finals MVP. He also was a 15 time All Star and was MVP of the All Star game 3 times. … Read More

“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” This is a 1948 Leaf baseball card of the “Yankee Clipper”, former New York Yankee centerfielder Joe DiMaggio. “Joltin’ Joe” was a classy and humble member of the Yanks’ dynasty in the 1940s. He played 13 seasons with the team, and was an All Star all of those seasons. … Read More

1970 Opeechee hockey card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former NHL defenseman Brad Park, who played 18 seasons, most notably with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. Park, who along with his contemporary, Bobby Orr, revolutionized the defense position into the “offensive defenseman”, was an NHL all star 9 times. He finished second in the voting … Read More

1972 Topps football card of a player mentioned in a recent post on this blog as one of the biggest NFL draft busts ever, former Philadelphia Eagle Leroy Keyes. Keyes was a highly-regarded safety out of Purdue and was the third player selected overall in the 1969 draft, behind O.J. Simpson and George Kunz. Keyes … Read More

1961 Fleer basketball card of former Boston Celtic star K.C. Jones, courtesy of www.CheckOutMyCards.com . Jones joined his college teammate Bill Russell in the NBA and played 9 seasons, all with the Celtics, winning 8 championships. Known as a tenacious defender (as most of the Celtic players of that era were), Jones was an eight-time … Read More

1962 Topps baseball card of one of the premier power hitters of all time, Harmon Killebrew, who passed away recently. Nicknamed “Killer”, he is second on the all-time American League list of total career home runs, trailing only Babe Ruth. Killebrew played 22 seasons in the majors, for the AL Washington/Minnesota franchise and the Kansas … Read More

Courtesy of www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1985 Opeechee hockey card of former NHL player Ray Sheppard, who played 14 years in the league. He started his career with the Buffalo Sabres but played for 6 different teams , and was known as a “sniper”, a guy with a knack for scoring goals. His best season stastically … Read More

1958 Topps football card of Hall of Fame running back Joe “The Jet” Perry, who passed away recently at the age of 84. Perry played 16 seasons of pro ball, starting his career with the San Francisco 49ers in the old All America Football Conference in 1948. He played for the Niners until 1960, spent … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1976 Topps basketball card of former Portland Trailblazer guard Lionel Hollins, who was a key player on Portland’s 1976-77 NBA championship team. He was one of the top defensive players of his era, as he was named to the league’s all-defensive team twice. Hollins played 11 years in the league, then … Read More