Happy 80th birthday to Craig Baynham! Baynham played running back for five seasons in the NFL: 1967 to 1969 with the Dallas Cowboys, 1970 with the Chicago Bears, and 1972 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Statistically, his best season was 1968, when he gained 818 yards from scrimmage for the Cowboys.
Baynham played college football at Georgia Tech. According to Wikipedia, he also ran track for the Yellow Jackets, and he set a school record of 9.6 seconds in the 100-yard dash.
Today’s card of the day is Baynham’s 1969 Topps card. He also appeared on a 1969 Topps Mini-Card, and in the 1969 Topps Cowboys Mini-Card Album.
