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Classic Sports Card of The Day

14 Sep

82toppsshanenelson

1982 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills’ linebacker Shane Nelson, who played six seasons with the Bills, in the late 1970s and early ’80s, as part of their “Bermuda Triangle” on defense with fellow inside backer Jim Haslett and nose tackle Fred Smerlas. He was an undrafted rookie out of Baylor in 1977 and was discovered at a Dallas Cowboys’ tryout camp, where he was the only player out of 1,800 to be offered an NFL contract. He spurned Dallas’ offer, however, to sign with the Bills, where he thought his chances of sticking to the final roster were better.

 

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