1960 Topps Football Cards

The 1960 Topps set contains 132 cards of NFL players and teams. The Dallas Cowboys joined the NFL in 1960, so this was the first set to include cards of the Cowboys. The full set fit exactly twice on a full 264-card uncut sheet, with no short prints or double prints. To see what an uncut half-sheet looked like, see my 1960 Topps virtual uncut sheet page.

Topps had competition in 1960, for the first time since 1955. 1960 was the AFL's first year, and Fleer printed the first set of AFL football cards. The competition apparently spurred a bit of innovation, because 1960 Topps and 1960 Fleer football card packs were the first to include inserts. 1960 Topps packs included metallic stickers representing the thirteen NFL teams and a few colleges.

The 1960 Topps set contains a large number of errors. Most notable is Jim Taylor's card, which pictures the wrong Jim Taylor. (To see that card and other cards that picture the wrong player, see my Mistaken Identities page.) Also, four cards in the set have reversed images, which you can see below.

Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1960 Topps set: Forrest Gregg.

To see a large picture of any card, pick the small picture or the card title.

Picture	Set	#	Card	Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Est. NM Value (?)
	1960 Topps	1	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts	quarterback	Louisville	Hall of Fame 1979		$72
	1960 Topps	2	Alan Ameche	Baltimore Colts	fullback	Wisconsin	College Hall of Fame 1975, Heisman Trophy 1954		$14
	1960 Topps	3	Lenny Moore	Baltimore Colts	halfback	Penn State	Hall of Fame 1975		$8
	1960 Topps	4	Raymond Berry	Baltimore Colts	end	SMU	Hall of Fame 1973		$9
	1960 Topps	5	Jim Parker	Baltimore Colts	guard, tackle	Ohio State	College Hall of Fame 1974, Hall of Fame 1973		$9
	1960 Topps	6	George Preas	Baltimore Colts	tackle	VPI			$6
	1960 Topps	7	Art Spinney	Baltimore Colts	guard	Boston College			$5
	1960 Topps	8	Bill Pellington	Baltimore Colts	linebacker	Rutgers		Rookie card	$6
	1960 Topps	9	John Sample	Baltimore Colts	defensive back	Maryland Eastern Shore		Rookie card	$7
	1960 Topps	10	Gene Lipscomb	Baltimore Colts	defensive tackle	none			$4
	1960 Topps	11	Colts Team	Baltimore Colts					$9
	1960 Topps	12	Ed Brown	Chicago Bears	quarterback	San Francisco			$4
	1960 Topps	13	Rick Casares	Chicago Bears	fullback	Florida			$5
	1960 Topps	14	Willie Galimore	Chicago Bears	halfback	Florida A and M	College Hall of Fame 1999		$7
	1960 Topps	15	Jim Dooley	Chicago Bears	end	Miami Florida			$4
	1960 Topps	16	Harlon Hill	Chicago Bears	end	Florence Teachers			$6
	1960 Topps	17	Stan Jones	Chicago Bears	guard	Maryland	College Hall of Fame 2000, Hall of Fame 1991		$8
	1960 Topps	18	Bill George	Chicago Bears	linebacker, guard	Wake Forest	Hall of Fame 1974		$8
	1960 Topps	19	Erich Barnes	Chicago Bears	defensive back	Purdue		Rookie card	$5
	1960 Topps	20	Doug Atkins	Chicago Bears	defensive end	Tennessee	College Hall of Fame 1985, Hall of Fame 1982, Saints Hall of Fame 1995	Error: image is reversed	$7

	Listing Title	Listing Type	Price	Time Left
	1960 Topps OPC TEST Tattoo Jimmy Brown Cleveland Browns Syracuse University	Store	19500.00 obo	18 days 21 hrs