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Classic Sports Card of The Day

05 Nov

61fleerhornung

1961 Fleer football card of Hall of Fame halfback Paul Hornung, who was a key member of the dominant Green Bay Packer dynasty teams of the 1960s. He was dubbed football’s “Golden Boy” when he won the Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame in 1956, and continued his success in the pros with the Packers. He helped Green Bay win four NFL championships and was named league MVP in 1961, a year after he set a league record by scoring 176 points, a total amassed through running, receiving and placekicking. That record stood for 47 years, and was set in a 12 game season. Hornung was picked on the NFL’s All Decade team for the 1960s and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1986.

 

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