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Classic Sports Card of The Day

31 Oct

1964 Topps football card of former pro receiver Willard Dewveall, who played 6 years in the NFL and AFL. After a year in the Canadian League playing for Winnipeg, where he helped the Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup, he joined the NFL’s Chicago Bears, spending 2 seasons there before becoming the first player to jump leagues in 1961 when he signed with the AFL’s Houston Oilers. As a favorite target of George Blanda, he helped the Oilers win the AFL title in ’61 and was an AFL All Star in 1962. Dewveall passed away in 2006.

 

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