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Happy 75th birthday to Chris Farasopoulos<\/a>! Farasopoulos played defensive back<\/a> from 1971 to 1973 for the New York Jets, and in 1974 for the New Orleans Saints. He also returned kickoffs and punts. Farasopoulos was born in Piraeus, Greece, and he played college football at Brigham Young University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s card of the day is Farasopoulos’s rookie card, a 1972 Topps<\/a>. He also appeared–looking quite different!–on a 1973 Topps card<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy 75th birthday to Chris Farasopoulos! Farasopoulos played defensive back from 1971 to 1973 for the New York Jets, and in 1974 for the New Orleans Saints. 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