Hopefully, football season is about to begin. I began collecting baseball cards back in 1971 and it’s turned into a lifetime passion. As a fan of the Green Bays Packers, pieces of cardboard with the future legends of football soon followed. My first year for football cards was 1972. However, because there was a store […]
Category: Football History
When the Kansas City Chiefs entertain the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in the American Football Conference championship game, it will not be the first time that the two franchises have met for a title. Back in 1962, both teams were charter members of the three-year old American Football League. The Chiefs were known as the […]
A piece of cardboard can contain obscure informtion. The 1973 Topps football card of Al Nelson led to some interesting research. Nelson played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1965 to 1973. On the back of Nelson’s final card, it’s stated that he had a 101-yard return of the […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. MIAMI — The Oakland Raiders made a statement for the American Football League […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. GREEN BAY, Wisc. – A grinding ground attack by Green Bay was too […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. NEW YORK – It may not have been easy for Oakland, but the […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. GREEN BAY, Wisc. – Green Bay will now welcome Dallas to Lambeau […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. BALTIMORE, Md. – Two touchdowns in the first quarter made the difference […]
After the Strat-O-Matic company started baseball in the early 1960s, football was part of the natural progression in the later in the decade. Basketball and hockey would come along during the 1970s. For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams […]
Full disclosure. I’m a Green Bay Packers fan. With the opening of the National Football League season this week, it’s only fitting two legendary franchises meet for the 199th time since 1921. Every game is always a fight no matter what the records or score. The Packers hold a 97-95-6 advantage in the series. The […]