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Classic Sports Card of The Day

23 Oct

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1972 Topps football card of former pro football running back John “Frenchy” Fuqua, who played eight seasons in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. Fuqua was an underrated member of the Steelers’ Super Bowl teams of the early 1970s. He was known for being a flashy dresser and flamboyant personality. His backfield running mate, Franco Harris, had a fan club in Pittsburgh known as “Franco’s Italian Army”, while Fuqua’s fans were known as “Frenchy’s Foreign Legion”.

 

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