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 Denver Broncos in the league’s inaugural season in 1960. He holds the distinction of throwing the first touchdown pass in AFL history, and wound up playing for the Broncos for 4 seasons, including an All Star season in 1962. Tripucka’s son Kelly is a former NBA basketball player.