Uncut Sheets of 1963 Topps Football Cards

The pictures below show how uncut sheets of 1963 Topps football cards were configured. 1960s Topps cards were printed on 264-card sheets, like this 1966 Topps baseball card sheet. The two 132-card half-sheets below, placed side-by-side, would have made a full sheet. Of the 170 cards in the 1963 Topps football card set, 94 of the cards were printed twice on the full sheet, and 76 were printed once. The set thus contains 76 short prints.

In the diagrams below, if you hold your cursor above a card, your browser should show you the number of the card and the name of the player. Clicking on a card will bring up the full-sized image. The black lines between the cards did not appear on the real uncut sheets; they are an effect of scanning the cards individually.

First Half-Sheet

The following diagram shows how the first half-sheet was configured. The diagram is based on a picture that a reader sent me of an actual half-sheet.

1963 Topps #110: Sonny Jurgensen 1963 Topps #111: Timmy Brown 1963 Topps #112: Tommy McDonald 1963 Topps #113: Clarence Peaks 1963 Topps #114: Pete Retzlaff 1963 Topps #115: Jim Schrader 1963 Topps #116: Jim McCusker 1963 Topps #117: Don Burroughs 1963 Topps #118: Maxie Baughan 1963 Topps #119: Riley Gunnels 1963 Topps #120: Jimmy Carr
1963 Topps #122: Ed Brown 1963 Topps #123: John Henry Johnson 1963 Topps #124: Buddy Dial 1963 Topps #125: Red Mack 1963 Topps #126: Preston Carpenter 1963 Topps #127: Ray Lemek 1963 Topps #128: Buzz Nutter 1963 Topps #129: Ernie Stautner 1963 Topps #130: Lou Michaels 1963 Topps #131: Clendon Thomas 1963 Topps #132: Tom Bettis
1963 Topps #145: San Francisco 49ers Team 1963 Topps #12: Baltimore Colts Team 1963 Topps #109: Minnesota Vikings Team 1963 Topps #97: Green Bay Packers Team 1963 Topps #48: Los Angeles Rams Team 1963 Topps #36: Detroit Lions Team 1963 Topps #72: Chicago Bears Team 1963 Topps #157: St. Louis Cardinals Team 1963 Topps #60: New York Giants Team 1963 Topps #84: Dallas Cowboys Team 1963 Topps #169: Washington Redskins Team
1963 Topps #24: Cleveland Browns Team 1963 Topps #121: Philadelphia Eagles Team 1963 Topps #85: Checklist 1963 Topps #170: Checklist 1963 Topps #133: Pittsburgh Steelers Team 1963 Topps #60: New York Giants Team 1963 Topps #97: Green Bay Packers Team 1963 Topps #109: Minnesota Vikings Team 1963 Topps #85: Checklist 1963 Topps #170: Checklist 1963 Topps #48: Los Angeles Rams Team
1963 Topps #134: John Brodie 1963 Topps #135: J.D. Smith 1963 Topps #136: Bill Kilmer 1963 Topps #137: Bernie Casey 1963 Topps #138: Tommy Davis 1963 Topps #139: Ted Connolly 1963 Topps #140: Bob St. Clair 1963 Topps #141: Abe Woodson 1963 Topps #142: Matt Hazeltine 1963 Topps #143: Leo Nomellini 1963 Topps #144: Dan Colchico
1963 Topps #1: John Unitas 1963 Topps #2: Lenny Moore 1963 Topps #3: Jimmy Orr 1963 Topps #4: Raymond Berry 1963 Topps #5: Jim Parker 1963 Topps #6: Alex Sandusky 1963 Topps #7: Dick Szymanski 1963 Topps #8: Gino Marchetti 1963 Topps #9: Billy Ray Smith 1963 Topps #10: Bill Pellington 1963 Topps #11: Bob Boyd
1963 Topps #98: Fran Tarkenton 1963 Topps #99: Tommy Mason 1963 Topps #100: Mel Triplett 1963 Topps #101: Jerry Reichow 1963 Topps #102: Frank Youso 1963 Topps #103: Hugh McElhenny 1963 Topps #104: Gerry Huth 1963 Topps #105: Ed Sharockman 1963 Topps #106: Rip Hawkins 1963 Topps #107: Jim Marshall 1963 Topps #108: Jim Prestel
1963 Topps #86: Bart Starr 1963 Topps #87: Jim Taylor 1963 Topps #88: Boyd Dowler 1963 Topps #89: Forrest Gregg 1963 Topps #90: Fuzzy Thurston 1963 Topps #91: Jim Ringo 1963 Topps #92: Ron Kramer 1963 Topps #93: Henry Jordan 1963 Topps #94: Bill Forester 1963 Topps #95: Willie Wood 1963 Topps #96: Ray Nitschke
1963 Topps #37: Roman Gabriel 1963 Topps #38: Zeke Bratkowski 1963 Topps #39: Dick Bass 1963 Topps #40: Jon Arnett 1963 Topps #41: Jim Phillips 1963 Topps #42: Frank Varrichione 1963 Topps #43: Danny Villanueva 1963 Topps #44: Deacon Jones 1963 Topps #45: Lindon Crow 1963 Topps #46: Marlin McKeever 1963 Topps #47: Ed Meador
1963 Topps #25: Milt Plum 1963 Topps #26: Dan Lewis 1963 Topps #27: Nick Pietrosante 1963 Topps #28: Gail Cogdill 1963 Topps #29: Harley Sewell 1963 Topps #30: Jim Gibbons 1963 Topps #31: Carl Brettschneider 1963 Topps #32: Dick Lane 1963 Topps #33: Yale Lary 1963 Topps #34: Roger Brown 1963 Topps #35: Joe Schmidt
1963 Topps #61: Bill Wade 1963 Topps #62: Mike Ditka 1963 Topps #63: Johnny Morris 1963 Topps #64: Roger LeClerc 1963 Topps #65: Roger Davis 1963 Topps #66: Joe Marconi 1963 Topps #67: Herman Lee 1963 Topps #68: Doug Atkins 1963 Topps #69: Joe Fortunato 1963 Topps #70: Bill George 1963 Topps #71: Richie Petitbon
1963 Topps #146: Charley Johnson 1963 Topps #147: John David Crow 1963 Topps #148: Bobby Joe Conrad 1963 Topps #149: Sonny Randle 1963 Topps #150: Prentice Gautt 1963 Topps #151: Taz Anderson 1963 Topps #152: Ernie McMillan 1963 Topps #153: Jimmy Hill 1963 Topps #154: Bill Koman 1963 Topps #155: Larry Wilson 1963 Topps #156: Don Owens

This is how the cards on the first half-sheet were numbered. The cells in green represent the cards with the fewest examples graded PSA 8 or better, according to PSA's population report. Most of the scarcest cards were along the edges of the sheet, where they were more likely to be damaged in production. The scarcest card, #122, Ed Brown, is along the left edge of this half-sheet, so my guess is that this half-sheet was on the left.

110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132
145 12 109 97 48 36 72 157 60 84 169
24 121 85 170 133 60 97 109 85 170 48
134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156

Second Half-Sheet

Assuming that the second half-sheet followed the numbering pattern of the first half-sheet, and assuming that the short prints listed in the price guides are correct, this diagram shows how the second half-sheet was configured.

1963 Topps #134: John Brodie 1963 Topps #135: J.D. Smith 1963 Topps #136: Bill Kilmer 1963 Topps #137: Bernie Casey 1963 Topps #138: Tommy Davis 1963 Topps #139: Ted Connolly 1963 Topps #140: Bob St. Clair 1963 Topps #141: Abe Woodson 1963 Topps #142: Matt Hazeltine 1963 Topps #143: Leo Nomellini 1963 Topps #144: Dan Colchico
1963 Topps #1: John Unitas 1963 Topps #2: Lenny Moore 1963 Topps #3: Jimmy Orr 1963 Topps #4: Raymond Berry 1963 Topps #5: Jim Parker 1963 Topps #6: Alex Sandusky 1963 Topps #7: Dick Szymanski 1963 Topps #8: Gino Marchetti 1963 Topps #9: Billy Ray Smith 1963 Topps #10: Bill Pellington 1963 Topps #11: Bob Boyd
1963 Topps #98: Fran Tarkenton 1963 Topps #99: Tommy Mason 1963 Topps #100: Mel Triplett 1963 Topps #101: Jerry Reichow 1963 Topps #102: Frank Youso 1963 Topps #103: Hugh McElhenny 1963 Topps #104: Gerry Huth 1963 Topps #105: Ed Sharockman 1963 Topps #106: Rip Hawkins 1963 Topps #107: Jim Marshall 1963 Topps #108: Jim Prestel
1963 Topps #86: Bart Starr 1963 Topps #87: Jim Taylor 1963 Topps #88: Boyd Dowler 1963 Topps #89: Forrest Gregg 1963 Topps #90: Fuzzy Thurston 1963 Topps #91: Jim Ringo 1963 Topps #92: Ron Kramer 1963 Topps #93: Henry Jordan 1963 Topps #94: Bill Forester 1963 Topps #95: Willie Wood 1963 Topps #96: Ray Nitschke
1963 Topps #37: Roman Gabriel 1963 Topps #38: Zeke Bratkowski 1963 Topps #39: Dick Bass 1963 Topps #40: Jon Arnett 1963 Topps #41: Jim Phillips 1963 Topps #42: Frank Varrichione 1963 Topps #43: Danny Villanueva 1963 Topps #44: Deacon Jones 1963 Topps #45: Lindon Crow 1963 Topps #46: Marlin McKeever 1963 Topps #47: Ed Meador
1963 Topps #25: Milt Plum 1963 Topps #26: Dan Lewis 1963 Topps #27: Nick Pietrosante 1963 Topps #28: Gail Cogdill 1963 Topps #29: Harley Sewell 1963 Topps #30: Jim Gibbons 1963 Topps #31: Carl Brettschneider 1963 Topps #32: Dick Lane 1963 Topps #33: Yale Lary 1963 Topps #34: Roger Brown 1963 Topps #35: Joe Schmidt
1963 Topps #61: Bill Wade 1963 Topps #62: Mike Ditka 1963 Topps #63: Johnny Morris 1963 Topps #64: Roger LeClerc 1963 Topps #65: Roger Davis 1963 Topps #66: Joe Marconi 1963 Topps #67: Herman Lee 1963 Topps #68: Doug Atkins 1963 Topps #69: Joe Fortunato 1963 Topps #70: Bill George 1963 Topps #71: Richie Petitbon
1963 Topps #146: Charley Johnson 1963 Topps #147: John David Crow 1963 Topps #148: Bobby Joe Conrad 1963 Topps #149: Sonny Randle 1963 Topps #150: Prentice Gautt 1963 Topps #151: Taz Anderson 1963 Topps #152: Ernie McMillan 1963 Topps #153: Jimmy Hill 1963 Topps #154: Bill Koman 1963 Topps #155: Larry Wilson 1963 Topps #156: Don Owens
1963 Topps #49: Y.A. Tittle 1963 Topps #50: Del Shofner 1963 Topps #51: Alex Webster 1963 Topps #52: Phil King 1963 Topps #53: Jack Stroud 1963 Topps #54: Darrell Dess 1963 Topps #55: Jim Katcavage 1963 Topps #56: Roosevelt Grier 1963 Topps #57: Erich Barnes 1963 Topps #58: Jim Patton 1963 Topps #59: Sam Huff
1963 Topps #73: Eddie LeBaron 1963 Topps #74: Don Meredith 1963 Topps #75: Don Perkins 1963 Topps #76: Amos Marsh 1963 Topps #77: Bill Howton 1963 Topps #78: Andy Cvercko 1963 Topps #79: Sam Baker 1963 Topps #80: Jerry Tubbs 1963 Topps #81: Don Bishop 1963 Topps #82: Bob Lilly 1963 Topps #83: Jerry Norton
1963 Topps #158: Norm Snead 1963 Topps #159: Bobby Mitchell 1963 Topps #160: Bill Barnes 1963 Topps #161: Fred Dugan 1963 Topps #162: Don Bosseler 1963 Topps #163: John Nisby 1963 Topps #164: Riley Mattson 1963 Topps #165: Bob Toneff 1963 Topps #166: Rod Breedlove 1963 Topps #167: Dick James 1963 Topps #168: Claude Crabb
1963 Topps #13: Frank Ryan 1963 Topps #14: Jim Brown 1963 Topps #15: Ray Renfro 1963 Topps #16: Rich Kreitling 1963 Topps #17: Mike McCormack 1963 Topps #18: Jim Ray Smith 1963 Topps #19: Lou Groza 1963 Topps #20: Bill Glass 1963 Topps #21: Galen Fiss 1963 Topps #22: Don Fleming 1963 Topps #23: Bob Gain

This is how the second half-sheet was numbered. Again, the cards in green are among the scarcest in the set in high grades.

134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83
158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

For more virtual uncut sheets, see the Gallery's master uncut sheet page.

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