1964 Topps football card of former pro football linebacker John Tracey, who was one of many “NFL rejects” who went on to have success in the American Football League. After failed trials with 2 NFL teams, Tracey joined the AFL’s Buffalo Bills and combined with Mike Stratton and Harry Jacobs to form the league’s most dominating linebacking corps. He played six seasons with Buffalo and was a solid member of the Bills’ defense which helped win back-to-back AFL titles in the mid-1960s. Tracey died of lung cancer in 1978.