1962 Topps football card of former NFL halfback/flanker Frank Gifford, who passed away recently. He played 12 seasons for the New York Giants, and helped them win an NFL title in 1956, a year he also won the league’s Most Valuable Player Award. His playing career was good enough to get him elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977, but his career as a sports broadcaster after he retired was even better. He started with CBS, then landed the job as play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football, where he spent 27 years. He was more than just an ex-jock football announcer, he was an Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, also working on ABC’s Wide World of Sports and the Olympics.
Classic Sports Card of The Day
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Sep