Uncut Sheets of 1962 Topps Football Cards

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There are 176 cards in the 1962 Topps football card set. The cards were printed on a 264-card sheet resembling this 1966 Topps baseball card sheet. The full set fit once on the sheet, with room for 88 of the cards to be printed a second time. The 88 that were printed only once on the sheet are short prints.

I have seen pictures of each of the two half-sheets of 1962 Topps cards, and I have constructed virtual versions of them below. I don't know which was the left half-sheet, and which was the right.

These two half-sheets indicate that the cards that the price guides identify as short prints are incorrect. My old Beckett catalog lists 69 short prints in this set. These sheets, however, indicate that there are actually 88 short prints, and that the set of short prints is much different from what Beckett says. I have marked the correct set of short prints in the 1962 Topps section of the Gallery.

First Half-Sheet

Below is the configuration of the first uncut 132-card half-sheet of 1962 Topps football cards. It is modeled after an actual half sheet that appeared in an online auction. If you hold your cursor above a card, your browser should show you the number of the card and the name of the player. Clicking on a card will bring up the full-sized scan.

This is how the cards on the first half-sheet were numbered. The 44 cards in green are short prints.

110	65	134	80	29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33
121	140	75	3	116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160
62	77	52	93	107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66
40	13	79	64	151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86
7	48	39	142	32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5
61	89	17	46	58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111
137	149	11	74	170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148
100	174	88	36	68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168
138	24	95	117	15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126
125	97	113	101	44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118
136	164	98	94	128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76

Second Half-Sheet

This is the configuration of the second uncut 132-card half-sheet of 1962 Topps football cards. It is modeled after a picture of an actual half-sheet that a reader sent me. The leftmost eight leftmost columns of this sheet are the same as the rightmost eight colums of the first half-sheet.

This is how the cards on the second half-sheet were numbered. The 44 cards in green are short prints.

29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33	50	106	145	55
116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160	166	42	12	82
107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66	147	176	73	1
151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86	22	162	115	109
32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5	103	173	59	129
58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111	159	114	96	139
170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148	84	9	153	67
68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168	123	143	105	156
15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126	163	35	133	47
44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118	31	71	19	37
128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76	4	131	28	119

For more virtual uncut sheets, see the Gallery's master uncut sheet page.

110	65	134	80	29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33
121	140	75	3	116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160
62	77	52	93	107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66
40	13	79	64	151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86
7	48	39	142	32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5
61	89	17	46	58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111
137	149	11	74	170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148
100	174	88	36	68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168
138	24	95	117	15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126
125	97	113	101	44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118
136	164	98	94	128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76

29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33	50	106	145	55
116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160	166	42	12	82
107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66	147	176	73	1
151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86	22	162	115	109
32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5	103	173	59	129
58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111	159	114	96	139
170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148	84	9	153	67
68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168	123	143	105	156
15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126	163	35	133	47
44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118	31	71	19	37
128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76	4	131	28	119

110	65	134	80	29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33
121	140	75	3	116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160
62	77	52	93	107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66
40	13	79	64	151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86
7	48	39	142	32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5
61	89	17	46	58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111
137	149	11	74	170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148
100	174	88	36	68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168
138	24	95	117	15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126
125	97	113	101	44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118
136	164	98	94	128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76

29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33	50	106	145	55
116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160	166	42	12	82
107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66	147	176	73	1
151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86	22	162	115	109
32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5	103	173	59	129
58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111	159	114	96	139
170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148	84	9	153	67
68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168	123	143	105	156
15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126	163	35	133	47
44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118	31	71	19	37
128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76	4	131	28	119

110	65	134	80	29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33
121	140	75	3	116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160
62	77	52	93	107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66
40	13	79	64	151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86
7	48	39	142	32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5
61	89	17	46	58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111
137	149	11	74	170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148
100	174	88	36	68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168
138	24	95	117	15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126
125	97	113	101	44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118
136	164	98	94	128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76

29	51	63	165	144	56	49	33	50	106	145	55
116	135	87	21	99	132	124	160	166	42	12	82
107	14	172	152	27	20	10	66	147	176	73	1
151	70	161	53	120	25	141	86	22	162	115	109
32	169	57	6	45	34	171	5	103	173	59	129
58	155	30	85	72	91	69	111	159	114	96	139
170	78	8	26	150	81	130	148	84	9	153	67
68	38	167	43	2	175	158	168	123	143	105	156
15	127	60	157	54	146	108	126	163	35	133	47
44	122	16	90	154	102	18	118	31	71	19	37
128	92	112	23	104	41	83	76	4	131	28	119