1961 Topps CFL Football Cards

1961 Topps CFL football card wrapperThere are 132 cards in the 1961 Topps CFL football card set. The set would have fit exactly twice on a full 264-card sheet, so there are no short prints or double prints. One strange (and annoying) feature of the set is that the backs of half of the player cards are oriented one way, and the backs of the rest are turned 180 degrees. Every sixth card or so, the orientation of the back is flipped. Topps did not do this in their 1961 NFL/AFL set, and I can't even guess at a reason they would have done it in their CFL set.

One notable player in the 1961 Topps CFL set is Jim G. Taylor, whose picture Topps mistakenly used on the 1959 and 1960 Topps cards of Jim C. Taylor, the Packers great. Another is Bronko Nagurski Jr., the son of the NFL Hall of Famer.

Image Set #Card Title/Players Pro Team Position College Honors Notes Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1961 Topps CFL By Bailey 1961 Topps CFL 1 By Bailey BC Lions fullback Washington State Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975
1961 Topps CFL Bruce Claridge 1961 Topps CFL 2 Bruce Claridge BC Lions end Washington Claridge's younger brother, Pat Claridge, also played in the CFL. exmt
1961 Topps CFL Norm Fieldgate 1961 Topps CFL 3 Norm Fieldgate BC Lions end, linebacker British Columbia Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1979 nm oc
1961 Topps CFL Willie Fleming 1961 Topps CFL 4 Willie Fleming BC Lions halfback Iowa Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1982 Two player cards in the 1961 Topps CFL set are oriented horizontally. One is this card; the other is Stan Wallace.
1961 Topps CFL Urban Henry 1961 Topps CFL 5 Urban Henry BC Lions tackle Georgia Tech PSA 8
1961 Topps CFL Bill Herron 1961 Topps CFL 6 Bill Herron BC Lions end Georgia
1961 Topps CFL Tom Hinton 1961 Topps CFL 7 Tom Hinton BC Lions tackle Louisiana Tech Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1991
1961 Topps CFL Sonny Homer 1961 Topps CFL 8 Sonny Homer BC Lions halfback Grays Harbor
1961 Topps CFL Bob Jeter 1961 Topps CFL 9 Bob Jeter BC Lions defensive back Iowa Packers Hall of Fame 1985 Jeter played two seasons for the B.C. Lions before going to the Packers.
1961 Topps CFL Vic Kristopaitis 1961 Topps CFL 10 Vic Kristopaitis BC Lions guard, kicker Dayton
1961 Topps CFL Baz Nagle 1961 Topps CFL 11 Baz Nagle BC Lions halfback
1961 Topps CFL Ron Watton 1961 Topps CFL 12 Ron Watton BC Lions center
1961 Topps CFL Joe Yamauchi 1961 Topps CFL 13 Joe Yamauchi BC Lions guard, fullback Eastern Washington
1961 Topps CFL Bob Schloredt 1961 Topps CFL 14 Bob Schloredt BC Lions quarterback Washington
1961 Topps CFL B.C. Lions Team 1961 Topps CFL 15 B.C. Lions Team BC Lions nm+ oc
1961 Topps CFL Ron Allbright 1961 Topps CFL 16 Ron Allbright Calgary Stampeders guard, tackle Error card

Allbright's last name is misspelled "Albright" on this card. Allbright was added to the Stampeders' Wall of Fame in 2014.
1961 Topps CFL Gordon Brown 1961 Topps CFL 17 Gordon Brown Calgary Stampeders guard St. Martin's
1961 Topps CFL Jerry Doucette 1961 Topps CFL 18 Jerry Doucette Calgary Stampeders quarterback, punter exmt
1961 Topps CFL Gene Filipski 1961 Topps CFL 19 Gene Filipski Calgary Stampeders halfback Villanova, Army
1961 Topps CFL Joe Kapp 1961 Topps CFL 20 Joe Kapp Calgary Stampeders quarterback California Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1984, College Hall of Fame 2004
1961 Topps CFL Earl Lunsford 1961 Topps CFL 21 Earl Lunsford Calgary Stampeders fullback Oklahoma State Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1983
1961 Topps CFL Don Luzzi 1961 Topps CFL 22 Don Luzzi Calgary Stampeders tackle Villanova Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1986 exmt
1961 Topps CFL Bill McKenna 1961 Topps CFL 23 Bill McKenna Calgary Stampeders end Brandeis exmt
1961 Topps CFL Ron Morris 1961 Topps CFL 24 Ron Morris Calgary Stampeders halfback Tulsa
1961 Topps CFL Tony Pajaczkowski 1961 Topps CFL 25 Tony Pajaczkowski Calgary Stampeders guard Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1988 Pajaczkowski was the CFL's Canadian Player of the Year in 1961. nm+ oc

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