Today’s card of the day is a 1960 Topps card of George Tarasovic. Tarasovic played defensive end and linebacker for thirteen years in the pros: twelve for the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles, and one for the AFL’s Denver Broncos. In 1959, while playing for Pittsburgh, he led the NFL with five fumble recoveries and 57 fumble recovery return yards. There is a nice story about Tarasovic on the York Daily Record web site.
Tarasovic’s card is one of at least five cards in the 1960 Topps set on which the image is reversed. Tarasovic wore number 82, and on the card it is easy to see that the “2” is backward. You can see numerous other cards with reversed images on the Gallery’s Football Cards with Reversed Images page.