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Happy 75th birthday to Randy “Rabbit” Vataha! Vataha was a wide receiver<\/a> for six seasons with the New England Patriots and one with the Green Bay Packers. He was the Patriots’ leading receiver in 1971 (his rookie year), 1974, and 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Vataha’s rookie card, a 1972 Topps<\/a>. His jersey in the image is strangely airbrushed; it looks like he’s wearing a sweatshirt instead of a football jersey. My guess is that Topps didn’t yet have a color photo of Vataha, so they airbrushed and colored a black-and-white image of him–perhaps one from his Stanford days. I also suspect that the image on the card is backward, because on his other cards, his hair is parted is on the left. I did a search for the original photo, but couldn’t find it. Maybe a reader can dig it up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see all of Randy Vataha’s cards<\/a> in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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