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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Year: 1973

“ Classic 1970s football pose ” -parsley24

“ Nice '73 card.The back image looks bright and clean enough to almost be the OPC version. ” -captkirk42

“ A classic set. ” -Brendan Barrick

“ Please, Walt, if you're reading this don't be offended. Man, lookit the twigs that used to play in the NFL. That guy wouldn't last 10 minutes in the game today. ” -bpaul14

“ People who think that elite athletes from the 70's can do the same in today's game needs to see this card of Walt. Imagine Walt trying to stop Derrick Henry. ” -jarosa04

“ Pretty plain card, but that is what you would expect from an early 70s card. ” -dollar guy

“ One of the most classic, iconic designs in trading card history. ” -mkaz80

“ nice clean classic topps design, cartoons are always a plus, and looks like we both suffer from male pattern baldness ” -Thunderfoot

“ B-E-A-UTIFUL!!! ” -muskie027

“ I have this set. I always thought the banners were stupid -- did not coordinate with the player's team or position. Plus it was when Topps only had the Players' Association contract and not the NFL contract so they could not show team emblems, etc. sucked. ” -cjjt

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scottwalker29

Posts: 51
Joined: Mar 2019

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 6:12 AM
Being from Australia I've never seen these but they are almost identical to Scanlens' 1974 Victorian Football League and Rugby League designs. Obviously no coincidence.

jherling

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Joined: May 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:26 AM
This was when you could actually see the football players' faces. The card companies haven't been doing that since the 1980s.

Onemorepoint

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Joined: Apr 2014

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 2:38 PM
Pretty plain but that's what you expect from 1970's Topps. For a minute I thought he was the Duke of Cambridge dressed up :D

Derek McDonough

Posts: 480
Joined: Jan 2020

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:27 PM

I like these 1970s football cards. You can actually see the player. They seemed to have standard poses. Perhaps the photographer gave these a couple options for poses and they had to chose one.

Edited on: Jun 17, 2020 - 8:29PM
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Minor League Collector, Collecting cards featuring players in Cedar Rapids uniforms or Logos, all sports, from past and present. Researching forgotten set variations.

Shaw Racing

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Joined: Feb 2019

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:46 PM
I miss the little carton and fun facts, Was highllight of the cards back then

ericidol1984

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Joined: May 2020

Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:00 AM

im reacting to some of the comments . you cant compare a player from 73 to todays game. The nutricion ,medicine , workout regimen . Is a big difference. Do you think Ali would beat Joshua or Fury ? Well i think Micheal Spinks would beat them . But you cant compare eras.

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Eric (ericidol1984)... Corinthians 9:24 . I focus on PC collectios and interesting cards.

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