Homer Jones Football Cards

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	1966 Coke Caps Giants G	G35	Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern
	1967 Philadelphia	113	Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern		Rookie card, double print Jones led the NFL with 13 touchdown catches in 1967.
	1968 Topps	31	Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern		Error card The back of this card says that "Homer defeated the Russians in the 1960 Olympics," but that is not true. For players who did win Olympic medals, see the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards.
	1968 Topps Stand Up		Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern		1968 was Jones's third straight season with over 1000 receiving yards.
	1969 Glendale Stamps		Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern
	1969 Topps	244	Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern		Jones was the first player to "spike" the football after scoring a touchdown.
	1969 Topps 4-in-1		Don Meredith, Gary Collins, Marv Woodson, Homer Jones
			Gary Collins	Cleveland Browns	end	Maryland
			Homer Jones	New York Giants	end	Texas Southern
			Don Meredith	Dallas Cowboys	quarterback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1982, Cowboys Ring of Honor 1976
			Marv Woodson	Pittsburgh Steelers	defensive back	Indiana
	1969 Topps Mini-Card Albums		New York Giants	New York Giants				The players on the cover of this album are Washington Redskins quarterback Norm Snead and New York Giants defensive tackle Dick Modzelewski. Topps also used this image seven years earlier, as the black-and-white inset photo on Snead's 1962 Topps card.
	1970 Kelloggs	52	Homer Jones	Cleveland Browns	end	Texas Southern		The Browns traded Ron Johnson, Jim Kanicki, and Wayne Meylan to the New York Giants for Jones in early 1970. Jones played just one season for the Browns before retiring because of injuries.	exmt
	1970 Topps	258	Homer Jones	Cleveland Browns	end	Texas Southern		Jones returned the opening second-half kickoff for a touchdown in the first-ever Monday Night Football game, played on September 21, 1970. It helped the Browns beat the New York Jets, 31-21.