Defensive Back Football Cards, page 53
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1972 Sunoco Stamps | Ernie Kellermann | Cleveland Browns | defensive back | Miami Ohio | Error card Kellermann's last name is misspelled "Kellerman" on this stamp. |
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1972 Sunoco Stamps | Mike Howell | Cleveland Browns | defensive back | Grambling | Howell's brothers, Delles Howell and Lane Howell, also played in the NFL. | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Herb Adderley | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Michigan State | Packers Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1980 | The Packers traded Adderley to the Cowboys in 1970 for Clarence Williams and Malcolm Walker. | |||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Mel Renfro | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1986, Cowboys Ring of Honor 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Cornell Green | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Utah State | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Cliff Harris | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Ouachita Baptist | Cowboys Ring of Honor 2004, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Pre-rookie card | |||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Leroy Mitchell | Denver Broncos | defensive back | Texas Southern | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Bill Thompson | Denver Broncos | defensive back | Maryland Eastern Shore | Broncos Ring of Fame 1987 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Charlie Greer | Denver Broncos | defensive back | Colorado | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | George Saimes | Denver Broncos | defensive back | Michigan State | Bills Wall of Fame 2000 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Lem Barney | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Jackson State | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1992 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Dick Lebeau | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Ohio State | Pride of the Lions 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2010 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Mike Weger | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Bowling Green | Weger sang Bowling Green's fight song, "Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba," in the movie Paper Lion. | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Wayne Rasmussen | Detroit Lions | defensive back | South Dakota State | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Ken Ellis | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Southern | Packers Hall of Fame 1998 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Doug Hart | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Texas - Arlington | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Al Randolph | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Iowa | Though he played 9 seasons in the NFL, Randolph never appeared on a regular issue football card. | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Al Matthews | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Texas A and M - Kingsville | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Zeke Moore | Houston Oilers | defensive back | Lincoln University | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Willie Alexander | Houston Oilers | defensive back | Alcorn State | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Ken Houston | Houston Oilers | defensive back | Prairie View | Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | John Charles | Houston Oilers | defensive back | Purdue | |||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Jim Marsalis | Kansas City Chiefs | defensive back | Tennessee State | Marsalis was Pro Football Weekly's AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1969. | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Emmitt Thomas | Kansas City Chiefs | defensive back | Bishop | Chiefs Hall of Fame 1986, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2008 | ||||
1972 Sunoco Stamps | Jim Kearney | Kansas City Chiefs | defensive back | Prairie View | Kearney returned four interceptions for touchdowns in 1972, tying an NFL record set by Ken Houston in 1971. Kearney still shares the record with Houston, Eric Allen, and DaRon Bland. |