On this 1960 Topps football card, Sam Huff of the New York Giants is listed as a defensive tackle, even though he was one of the greatest middle linebackers of all time. The card is obviously erroneous, since by 1960 he was already established at MLB. Huff’s career path was guided by two of football’s all-time greatest coaches. The story is that in his rookie season of 1956, Huff was struggling so badly in the Giants’ training camp that he quit the team, but was stopped at the airport upon leaving by assistant coach Vince Lombardi and convinced to return. The Giants were having a hard time finding a position for Huff to play, and defensive assistant Tom Landry plugged him in at the middle linebacker spot in his new 4-3 defense, where he flourished. The Giants traded Huff to the Washington Redskins in 1964, and in ’69 Lombardi became the Redskins’ coach and again talked him out of retirement. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.