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Classic Sports Card of The Day

01 Dec

1966 Philadelphia football card of former pro football halfback Jim “Cannonball” Butler, who played 8 seasons in the NFL in the 1960s and early 1970s for 3 teams. His best years were the 4 he spent with the Atlanta Falcons, where he led the team in rushing each year and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 1969. He came out of retirement in 1974 and made a brief appearance in the World Football League with the Birmingham Americans. Butler passed away in 2014 from complications of dementia.

 

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