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Classic Sports Card of The Day

03 Jan

60fleerramsey

1960 Fleer football card of former pro football player, and the first head coach in Buffalo Bills’ history, Garrard “Buster” Ramsey. He coached the Bills in their first 2 seasons of existence, in 1960 and ’61. Ramsey enjoyed a six year playing career in the 1940s and ’50s with the Chicago Cardinals, but his greatest success came in the ’50s when he served as chief defensive assistant coach with the Detroit Lions, helping them win 3 NFL championships. Ramsey is credited with devising the 4-3 defense, which is a standard scheme in today’s NFL, and also being the first coach to blitz linebackers, a tactic he called the Red Dog. His defensive prowess got him the head job in Buffalo, and after he was fired from that post he returned to the NFL and coached the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense from 1962 until 1964. Ramsey passed away in 2007.

 

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