1968 Topps Football Cards
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1968 Topps | 1 | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Alabama | Packers Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | The backs of some second series 1968 Topps cards are part of a Bart Starr puzzle. | PSA 6 |
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1968 Topps | 2 | Dick Bass | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Pacific | |||
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1968 Topps | 3 | Grady Alderman | Minnesota Vikings | tackle | Detroit | |||
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1968 Topps | 4 | Obert Logan | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Trinity | exmt | ||
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1968 Topps | 5 | Ernie Koy | New York Giants | running back | Texas | Rookie card | ||
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1968 Topps | 6 | Don Hultz | Philadelphia Eagles | defensive tackle | Southern Mississippi | Rookie card In 1963, his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings, Hultz recovered 9 opponents' fumbles. That is still an NFL record. His 1968 Topps card still shows him in his Vikings uniform, though he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1964. |
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1968 Topps | 7 | Earl Gros | Pittsburgh Steelers | running back | LSU | |||
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1968 Topps | 8 | Jim Bakken | St. Louis Cardinals | kicker | Wisconsin | |||
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1968 Topps | 9 | George Mira | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback | Miami Florida | Mira placed fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1962, and tenth in 1963. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman Trophy candidates. | ||
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1968 Topps | 10 | Carl Kammerer | Washington Redskins | defensive end | Pacific | Rookie card | nm | |
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1968 Topps | 11 | Willie Frazier | San Diego Chargers | end | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | nm | ||
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1968 Topps | 12 | Kent McCloughan | Oakland Raiders | defensive back | Nebraska | Error card McCloughan's name is misspelled "McCloughlan" on the back of this card. |
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1968 Topps | 13 | George Sauer Jr. | New York Jets | end | Texas | Sauer's father, George Sauer Sr., played for the Green Bay Packers. See the Gallery's Fathers and Sons page for more father/son pairs who appeared on vintage football cards. | ||
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1968 Topps | 14 | Jack Clancy | Miami Dolphins | wide receiver | Michigan | Rookie card | ||
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1968 Topps | 15 | Jim Tyrer | Kansas City Chiefs | tackle | Ohio State | Chiefs Hall of Fame 1977 | PSA 8 | |
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1968 Topps | 16 | Bobby Maples | Houston Oilers | linebacker | Baylor | Maples's older brother, Butch Maples, played for the Baltimore Colts in 1963. | PSA 10, nm oc | |
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1968 Topps | 17 | Bo Hickey | Denver Broncos | running back | Maryland | Rookie card Hickey coached high school football and hockey for 31 years at New Canaan High School in Connecticut. The New Canaan Patch web site has a nice article about him. |
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1968 Topps | 18 | Frank Buncom | Cincinnati Bengals | linebacker | USC | Chargers Hall of Fame 1976 | PSA 8 | |
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1968 Topps | 19 | Keith Lincoln | Buffalo Bills | fullback | Washington State | Chargers Hall of Fame 1980 | The Bills traded Lincoln (back) to the San Diego Chargers partway through the 1968 season. | |
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1968 Topps | 20 | Jim Whalen | Boston Patriots | tight end | Boston College | |||
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1968 Topps | 21 | Junior Coffey | Atlanta Falcons | halfback | Washington | |||
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1968 Topps | 22 | Billy Ray Smith | Baltimore Colts | tackle | Arkansas | PSA 10 | ||
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1968 Topps | 23 | Johnny Morris | Chicago Bears | halfback | UC Santa Barbara | Morris still holds the Bears team record for career receiving yards. | ||
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1968 Topps | 24 | Ernie Green | Cleveland Browns | halfback | Louisville | Green co-founded EG Industries, a manufacturing company, in 1981. | ex+ | |
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1968 Topps | 25 | Don Meredith | Dallas Cowboys | quarterback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1982, Cowboys Ring of Honor 1976 |
