1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL Football Cards
There are 132 cards in the 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL set. The set fit exactly twice on a 264-card sheet, so there are no short prints or double prints in the set. The fronts of the cards closely resemble those of 1968 Topps NFL/AFL cards, but the backs are different.
The 1968 O-Pee-Chee set contains numerous players who had short careers in the NFL or AFL, but who never appeared on American football cards. I have marked most of those players in the Notes column below.
A huge thanks to Larry Oleskiw for providing the images for this set.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 1 | Roger Murphy | Montreal Alouettes | wide receiver | Northwestern | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 2 | Charlie Parker | Montreal Alouettes | guard | Southern Mississippi | Parker played for the Denver Broncos in 1965. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 3 | Mike Webster | Montreal Alouettes | defensive tackle | Notre Dame | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 4 | Carroll Williams | Montreal Alouettes | quarterback | Xavier | Williams was inducted into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 5 | Phil Brady | Montreal Alouettes | defensive back, running back | BYU | Brady played for the AFL's Denver Broncos in 1969. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 6 | Dave Lewis | Montreal Alouettes | punter | Stanford | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 7 | John Baker | Montreal Alouettes | defensive end | Norfolk State | Baker played for the NFL's New York Giants in 1970. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 8 | Basil Bark | Montreal Alouettes | center | ||||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 9 | Donnie Davis | Montreal Alouettes | tight end | Southern | Davis played for the Dallas Cowboys in 1962, and for the Houston Oilers in 1970. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 10 | Pierre Desjardins | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | Wyoming | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 11 | Larry Fairholm | Montreal Alouettes | defensive back | Arizona | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 12 | Peter Paquette | Montreal Alouettes | defensive back | Iowa | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 13 | Ray Lychak | Montreal Alouettes | guard, tackle | San Jose State | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 14 | Ted Collins | Ottawa Rough Riders | tackle | Detroit | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 15 | Margene Adkins | Ottawa Rough Riders | wide receiver | Henderson Junior College | In three seasons with Ottawa, Adkins caught 134 passes for 3208 yards--an average of almost 24 yards per catch. | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 16 | Ron Stewart | Ottawa Rough Riders | halfback | Queen's | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1977 | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 17 | Russ Jackson | Ottawa Rough Riders | quarterback | McMaster | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1973 | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 18 | Bo Scott | Ottawa Rough Riders | running back | Ohio State | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 19 | Joe Poirier | Ottawa Rough Riders | defensive back | McGill | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 20 | Wayne Giardino | Ottawa Rough Riders | fullback | Florida State | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 21 | Gene Gaines | Ottawa Rough Riders | linebacker, defensive back | UCLA | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1994 | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 22 | Billy Joe Booth | Ottawa Rough Riders | defensive end | LSU | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 23 | Whit Tucker | Ottawa Rough Riders | halfback | Western Ontario | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1993 | ||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 24 | Rick Black | Ottawa Rough Riders | fullback, punter | Mount Allison | |||
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1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL | 25 | Ken Lehmann | Ottawa Rough Riders | linebacker | Xavier | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 2011 |