Happy 85th birthday to Nelson Toburen! Toburen played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers in 1961 and 1962, before fracturing his neck tackling John Unitas. The Packers won the NFL Championship both years Toburen played.
Toburen’s 1961 Lake to Lake Packers card is one of the tough short prints in the set. Of the 36 cards in the set, 20 were short-printed.
According to Wikipedia, Toburen went on to obtain a law degree, and he became a judge in Crawford County, Kansas, in 1987.