1960 Bills Team Issue Football Cards
There are 40 photos in the 1960 Bills Team Issue set: 34 players plus the owner, general manager, and coaches. The photos are slightly smaller than 5 by 7 inches, and their backs are blank. According to Beckett, the team gave the set of photos to Bills season ticket holders.
1960 was the Bills' first year, and the first year of the American Football League. Most of the players in the photos were with the team only a year or two.
The 1960 Bills team finished 5-8-1, third place in the AFL's Eastern Division.
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Bill Atkins | Buffalo Bills | defensive back, punter | Auburn | Atkins played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers in 1958 and 1959. He spent two seasons with the Bills, then played for three different AFL teams in the next two years. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Bob Barrett | Buffalo Bills | end | Baldwin Wallace | Barrett played for the Detroit-Port Huron Raiders, a team in Canada's Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU), in 1959. He was with the Bills for only the 1960 season. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Phil Blazer | Buffalo Bills | guard | North Carolina | Blazer was with the Bills for only the 1960 season. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Bob Brodhead | Buffalo Bills | quarterback | Duke | Brodhead played for the Bills for one season. He then played minor league football for several years. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Dick Brubaker | Buffalo Bills | end, defensive end | Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio State | Brubaker played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1955 and 1957. He was with the Bills for only one season. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Bernie Buzyniski | Buffalo Bills | linebacker | Holy Cross | Error card Buzyniski's last name is misspelled "Burzinski" on this photo. He played for the Bills for only one season. |
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Wray Carlton | Buffalo Bills | fullback | Duke | Carlton played for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 1959, then for the Bills from 1960 to 1967. He scored the Bills' first-ever touchdown in the team's second-week game against the Denver Broncos. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Don Chelf | Buffalo Bills | guard | Iowa | Chelf played for the Bills in 1960 and 1961. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Monte Crockett | Buffalo Bills | tight end | New Mexico Highlands | Crockett played for the Bills from 1960 to 1962. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Bob Dove | Buffalo Bills | coach | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 2000 | Before coaching, Dove played for the AAFC's Chicago Rockets and the NFL's Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions. | ||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Elbert Dubenion | Buffalo Bills | halfback | Bluffton | Bills Wall of Fame 1993 | Dubenion's nickname was "Golden Wheels." He played for the Bills from 1960 to 1968. | ||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Fred Ford | Buffalo Bills | halfback | Cal Poly Pomona | Ford played three games for the Bills in 1960, then finished the season with the Los Angeles Chargers. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Richard Gallagher | Buffalo Bills | general manager, scout | Kentucky Wesleyan | Gallagher was the general manager of the Bills from 1960 to 1966. In 1968 he was named the director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He held that position until 1976. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Darrell Harper | Buffalo Bills | kicker, halfback | Michigan | Harper scored the Bills' first-ever points with a field goal in the opening game against the New York Titans. He was with the Bills for only one season. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Harvey Johnson | Buffalo Bills | coach | William and Mary | Johnson played for the AAFC's New York Yankees from 1946 to 1949, and for the NFL's New York Yanks in 1951. He was the Bills' head coach in 1968 and 1971. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Jack Johnson | Buffalo Bills | defensive back | Miami Florida | Johnson played for the NFL's Chicago Bears from 1957 to 1959. He played for the Bills in 1960 and part of 1961, then finished the 1961 season with the Dallas Texans. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Billy Kinard | Buffalo Bills | halfback | Mississippi | Kinard was with the Bills for only one season. He then coached in college and in the NFL for 30 years. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Joe Kulbacki | Buffalo Bills | halfback | Purdue | Kulbacki was with the Bills for only one season. He was the Bills' leading punt and kick returner in 1960. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | John Laraway | Buffalo Bills | linebacker | Purdue | Laraway played for the Bills in 1960, then finished his career with the Houston Oilers in 1961. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Richie Lucas | Buffalo Bills | quarterback, halfback | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1986 | Lucas was the Bills' first-ever draft pick. He was with the team for two seasons. | ||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Archie Matsos | Buffalo Bills | linebacker | Michigan State | Matsos played for the Bills from 1960 to 1962, then was traded to the Oakland Raiders. He led the Bills with eight interceptions in 1960. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Rich McCabe | Buffalo Bills | defensive back | Pittsburgh | McCabe played for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins before joining Buffalo. He was with the Bills for two seasons, 1960 and 1961. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Dan McGrew | Buffalo Bills | center | Purdue | McGrew played one season for the Bills. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Chuck McMurtry | Buffalo Bills | defensive tackle | Whittier | McMurtry played two seasons with the Bills, then two with the Oakland Raiders. | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Ed Meyer | Buffalo Bills | tackle | West Texas State | Meyer played for the Bills for only the 1960 season. |