Happy April Fools’ Day! Today’s card of the day is a 1960 Buffalo Bills Team Issue Photo of Ralph Wilson. Wilson was a member of the “Foolish Club,” the original group of…
1963 Topps Bob Lilly
Happy Easter! Today’s card of the day is a 1963 Topps card of Bob Lilly. (An Easter Lilly–clever, huh?) This is Lilly’s rookie card, issued in his third season. Lilly’s card is…
1962 Topps Mike Mercer
Mike Mercer, who was a kicker and punter for ten seasons in the AFL and NFL, passed away on March 24. He was 88. Mercer played for six teams: the Minnesota Vikings,…
1977 Topps Joe Ehrmann
Happy 75th birthday to Joe Ehrmann! Ehrmann played defensive tackle for ten years in the NFL and three in the USFL. His longest stint was with the Baltimore Colts, from 1973 to…
1972 Sunoco Stamps Dee Martin
Happy 75th birthday to D’Artagnan “Dee” Martin! Martin played defensive back for one season, 1971, with the New Orleans Saints. He started all fourteen games for the Saints that year, collecting three…
1953 Rams Team Issue Dick Lane
Today’s card of the day is a 1953 Rams Team Issue card of Dick “Night Train” Lane. Lane played two seasons for the Los Angeles Rams, six for the Chicago Cardinals, and…
1950 Lions Matchbooks Leon Hart
Last week I added 1950 Detroit Lions Matchbooks to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. There are just two matchbooks in the set: Leon Hart, which is today’s “card” of the day, and…
1961 Topps CFL By Bailey
Today’s card of the day, for no particular reason, is a 1961 Topps CFL card of Byron “By” Bailey. Bailey played for the Detroit Lions in 1952, the Green Bay Packers in…