1979 Open Pantry Football Cards
The 1979 Open Pantry set is a 12-card multi-sport set that includes players from the Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Brewers, and Green Bay Packers. It was distributed by Open Pantry convenience stores, a Wisconsin company that is still in business. Unfortunately for football card collectors, only two of the cards are Packers. You can see the rest of the set's composition at beckett.com.
The cards are large, at 5 by 6 inches, and they are unnumbered. The backs are all the same, except for the player's name.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1979 Open Pantry | Rich McGeorge | Green Bay Packers | tight end | Elon | College Hall of Fame 2012 | McGeorge did not play in 1979. The Packers waived him in August. | ||
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1979 Open Pantry | Steve Wagner | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Wisconsin | Wagner played four seasons for the Packers and one for the Philadelphia Eagles. To my knowledge, he did not appear on a regular issue football card. |