1962 Topps Football Cards

Because the black borders readily show wear, the 1962 Topps football card set is a challenge to complete in high grade. There are 176 cards in the set, and they were released in a single series. The cards were printed on a 264-card sheet, so half of the cards--88 of them--were repeated on the sheet. The remaining 88 cards were thus short-printed, but I believe the price guides have misidentified the short prints. See my 1962 Topps virtual uncut sheet for an explanation.

Many of the black-and-white inset photos on the 1962 Topps cards picture a player other than the one whose name is on the card. Topps altered the jersey number on some of the images to match the number of the player, but then they gave away the deception by reusing the original images on 1969 Topps Mini-Card albums. For details, see my blog article, Recycled Images on 1969 Topps Mini-Card Albums.

Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1962 Topps set: Fran Tarkenton, Mike Ditka.

Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1962 Topps set: Ernie Davis.

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 (?)
	1962 Topps	1	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts	quarterback	Louisville	Hall of Fame 1979	Short print	$187
	1962 Topps	2	Lenny Moore	Baltimore Colts	halfback	Penn State	Hall of Fame 1975		$21
	1962 Topps	3	Alex Hawkins	Baltimore Colts	halfback	South Carolina		Short print	$36
	1962 Topps	4	Joe Perry	Baltimore Colts	fullback	Compton Community College	Hall of Fame 1969	Short print	$40
	1962 Topps	5	Raymond Berry	Baltimore Colts	end	SMU	Hall of Fame 1973		$19
	1962 Topps	6	Steve Myhra	Baltimore Colts	guard, kicker	North Dakota			$16
	1962 Topps	7	Tom Gilburg	Baltimore Colts	guard, punter	Syracuse		Short print	$19
	1962 Topps	8	Gino Marchetti	Baltimore Colts	defensive end	San Francisco	Hall of Fame 1972		$19
	1962 Topps	9	Bill Pellington	Baltimore Colts	linebacker	Rutgers		Short print	$21
	1962 Topps	10	Andy Nelson	Baltimore Colts	defensive back	Memphis			$17
	1962 Topps	11	Wendell Harris	Baltimore Colts	running back	LSU		Short print	$22
	1962 Topps	12	Colts Team	Baltimore Colts				Short print	$15
	1962 Topps	13	Bill Wade	Chicago Bears	quarterback	Vanderbilt		Short print	$16
	1962 Topps	14	Willie Galimore	Chicago Bears	halfback	Florida A and M	College Hall of Fame 1999		$20
	1962 Topps	15	Johnny Morris	Chicago Bears	halfback	UC Santa Barbara			$15
	1962 Topps	16	Rick Casares	Chicago Bears	fullback	Florida			$13
	1962 Topps	17	Mike Ditka	Chicago Bears	tight end	Pittsburgh	Hall of Fame 1988	Rookie card, short print	$324
	1962 Topps	18	Stan Jones	Chicago Bears	guard	Maryland	College Hall of Fame 2000, Hall of Fame 1991		$20
	1962 Topps	19	Roger LeClerc	Chicago Bears	linebacker, kicker	Trinity		Rookie card, short print	$15
	1962 Topps	20	Angelo Coia	Chicago Bears	end	USC			$20

	Listing Title	Listing Type	Price	Time Left
	1962 TOPPS #90 FRAN TARKENTON RC (HOFer) PSA 9 MINT	Store	35000.00 obo	19 days 16 hrs