Absolutely zero regrets expanding the collection to football and hockey. Inexpensive vintage. Cool history. And who the hell wants to keep their money, anyway?
I didn't even know what these were when I bought em. Just saw old stuff for less than a 1990's phone call. Turns out, these were used to stabilize Fleer Football Patch packs, so they decided to print some info on em. 14 total, and I have 6. Well on the way.
Some more from '73. Bob Hayes is the obvious standout here. Only player with an Olympic Gold Medal and a Super Bowl ring (1964 100m dash and Super Bowl VI, for the curious). Also an All Pro, so he wasn't one of several Olympic PR hires over the years (Tommie Smith and Bennie Brazell on my Bengals, for example).
Merlin Olson and Ray Nitschke are huge pickups for the '69 Topps set. Also HoFer Floyd Little. NFL gots ta bring back these old hand-drawn logos. And there was exactly one vintage basketball in this box, so there it is.
Nice pile of 70's hockey. Hockey cards are absolutely worth it just for the haircuts. Look at all these dapper gentlemen. A couple Hall of Famers in this cluster. Cheers to you if you know who they are. A lot of these old hockey sets didn't have a huge checklist, so completion is realistic. Except for that one '79 card. Yeesh.
Big Box keeps a' rollin'.
Go Redlegs.
Those Scouting Cards are especially awesome, nice vintage art work.
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