Football Cards
The Saints joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1967.
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1967 Philadelphia | 121 | New Orleans Saints Team | New Orleans Saints | The back of this card shows the players that the Saints obtained from other teams via the expansion draft. | ex | ||||
1967 Philadelphia | 122 | Charlie Bradshaw | New Orleans Saints | tackle | Baylor | Double print Bradshaw never played for the Saints. The Saints acquired him from the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL Expansion Draft in February of 1967, but then traded him to the Detroit Lions in March. |
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1967 Philadelphia | 123 | Paul Hornung | New Orleans Saints | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1985, Heisman Trophy 1956, Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Hornung did not play in 1967; he retired before the start of the season. | vg-ex | |
1967 Philadelphia | 124 | Elbert Kimbrough | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Northwestern | Rookie card | |||
1967 Philadelphia | 125 | Earl Leggett | New Orleans Saints | tackle | LSU | Rookie card | |||
1967 Philadelphia | 126 | Obert Logan | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Trinity | Rookie card | |||
1967 Philadelphia | 127 | Riley Mattson | New Orleans Saints | tackle | Oregon | Mattson did not play in 1967. The Saints acquired him from the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL Expansion Draft, but he did not report to the Saints. This card pictures him still in his Bears jersey. | |||
1967 Philadelphia | 128 | John Morrow | New Orleans Saints | center | Michigan | ||||
1967 Philadelphia | 129 | Bob Scholtz | New Orleans Saints | tackle, center | Notre Dame | Rookie card | exmt | ||
1967 Philadelphia | 130 | Dave Whitsell | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Indiana | Saints Hall of Fame 1996 | Rookie card, double print This is Whitsell's rookie card; it finally came in his 10th season in the NFL. He had played for the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears before the Saints obtained him in the 1967 NFL expansion draft. He is shown here in his Bears uniform. |
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1967 Philadelphia | 131 | Gary Wood | New Orleans Saints | quarterback | Cornell | Double print | nm | ||
1967 Philadelphia | 132 | Saints Logo | New Orleans Saints | Double print, error card Card is numbered 121 on the back. |
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1968 Topps | 4 | Obert Logan | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Trinity | exmt | |||
1968 Topps | 30 | Ray Poage | New Orleans Saints | fullback | Texas | ||||
1968 Topps | 56 | Walter Roberts | New Orleans Saints | wide receiver | Pacific | ||||
1968 Topps | 82 | Dave Whitsell | New Orleans Saints | defensive back | Indiana | Saints Hall of Fame 1996 | |||
1968 Topps | 108 | Steve Stonebreaker | New Orleans Saints | linebacker | Detroit | Rookie card | |||
1968 Topps | 134 | Kent Kramer | New Orleans Saints | end | Minnesota | Rookie card This card pictures Kramer with the Saints, but the Saints traded him to the Los Angeles Rams in August of 1968. |
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1968 Topps | 160 | Jim Taylor | New Orleans Saints | fullback | LSU | Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1976 | The image on this card was at least four years old when the card was printed. Compare it to the picture on Taylor's 1964 Philadelphia card. | ||
1968 Topps | 186 | Bill Kilmer | New Orleans Saints | quarterback, halfback | UCLA | College Hall of Fame 1999, Commanders Ring of Fame , Saints Hall of Fame 1990 | The back of this card is a piece to a Bart Starr puzzle. | ||
1968 Topps Stand Up | Bill Kilmer | New Orleans Saints | quarterback, halfback | UCLA | College Hall of Fame 1999, Commanders Ring of Fame , Saints Hall of Fame 1990 | ||||
1968 Topps Test Team Patches | New Orleans Saints | New Orleans Saints | |||||||
1968 Topps Test Team Photos | 2 | New Orleans Saints | New Orleans Saints | ||||||
1969 Glendale Stamps | Dan Abramowicz | New Orleans Saints | end | Xavier | Saints Hall of Fame 1988 | The Saints chose Abramowicz in the 17th round of the 1967 draft. | |||
1969 Glendale Stamps | Doug Atkins | New Orleans Saints | defensive end | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1985, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1982, Saints Hall of Fame 1995 |