{"id":104,"date":"2023-11-20T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballcardgallery.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2023-11-26T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:08:38","slug":"1959-topps-gene-cronin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballcardgallery.com\/card-of-the-day\/1959-topps-gene-cronin\/","title":{"rendered":"1959 Topps Gene Cronin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.footballcardgallery.com\/1959_Topps\/66\/Gene_Cronin.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Happy 90th birthday to Gene Cronin! Cronin was a defensive end for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CronGe20.htm\" title=\"Gene Cronin statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 seasons in the NFL<\/a>, playing for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins. He was a member of one championship team, the 1957 Detroit Lions, the last Lions team to win the title. He was also one of the original Dallas Cowboys, chosen by the team in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The card pictured here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballcardgallery.com\/card\/59t\/66\/1959-topps-gene-cronin\/\" title=\"Gene Cronin 1959 Topps rookie football card\">Cronin&#8217;s rookie card<\/a>, a 1959 Topps. He also appeared on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballcardgallery.com\/card\/61f\/47\/1961-fleer-gene-cronin\/\" title=\"Gene Cronin 1961 Fleer football card\">1961 Fleer football card<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 90th birthday to Gene Cronin! Cronin was a defensive end for 7 seasons in the NFL, playing for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins. 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