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 – Tom Fears and Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch – so the team switched him to cornerback, where he fashioned a 14 year pro career, and even kept his #81 receiver jersey number for his entire career. The move to defense had an immediate impact as Lane intercepted 14 passes in his first year, a league record that still stands today despite the fact the NFL now plays a 16 game schedule, as opposed to only 12 games back then. He also played for the Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions, and was a 7 time Pro Bowler, a member of the NFL 75th Anniversary Team and was elected to Canton in 1974.
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