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Classic Sports Card of The Day

29 Dec

1964 Philadelphia football card of former pro football defensive back Jim Steffen, who enjoyed a 7 year career in the NFL with Detroit and Washington. Known as a ferocious tackler, his time in the NFL was riddled with injuries. They included a punctured lung, broken clavicle and broken ribs. His last year with the Redskins was 1965 but he attempted a comeback in 1967 with Dallas but suffered a knee injury in training camp. The Redskins brought him back in 1968 but he broke his arm in a preseason game. Steffen died in 2015.

 

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