Uncut Sheets of 1965 Topps Football Cards

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The diagrams below show how several sections of an uncut sheet of 1965 Topps football cards were configured. I believe that each full 1965 Topps sheet contained a complete set of 176 cards, plus 22 repeats--or double prints--for a total of 198 cards. The popular price guides say that there are 132 double prints in the set, but I believe that the price guides are incorrect.

In the figures below, 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. (A real uncut sheet would not have black lines between the cards--that is an effect of scanning them individually.)

First Half-Sheet

The 198-card full sheet was divided into two half-sheets, each containing 9 rows of 11 cards. This diagram shows the configuration of one half-sheet; it is modeled after a picture of a real half-sheet that a reader sent me. If you collect the 1965 Topps set, you will notice that the cards along the bottom are some of the toughest cards to find in high grades.

This table shows how the cards on the first half sheet were numbered. The first and eighth rows, marked in green, are identical, so the cards in these rows are double prints.

167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
53	19	87	102	137	70	171	117	113	63	90
125	144	61	157	108	14	124	159	100	133	128
161	33	21	93	77	151	118	47	71	112	109
20	51	134	122	74	150	97	155	22	131	176
39	162	16	142	104	27	80	121	10	154	30
4	111	83	34	160	114	50	64	96	149	17
167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
84	41	174	141	56	88	6	94	45	132	38

Second Half-Sheet

This picture shows some pieces of the second half of the full sheet. Most of the large piece is modeled after a partial sheet pictured in an old Mastro Auctions catalog. I got the smaller pieces by looking at badly miscut cards. As I find more miscut cards, these pieces of the second half sheet will begin to fit together. If you find a miscut card that you think will help, please email me a picture of it.

This is how the pieces of the second half were numbered. I have seen one miscut Matt Snell card, number 127, with Larry Eisenhauer below it, and another Matt Snell card with Ed Budde below it, so the row containing Matt Snell in it evidently appeared twice on this half sheet. That row is colored green below. I have also seen a Daryle Lamonica card, number 36, with Pat Shea below it, and another Lamonica card with Clem Daniels below it, so Lamonica is evidently also a double print. I believe Lamonica will appear on the left end of each of the two green rows on this sheet.

	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127
							52
	25	158	55	15	107	66	72	164	28
152	60	24	86	169	32	138	18	48	82
92	37	143	68	65	5	99	73	165	40
	67	126	153	9	91	156	57	78	29
	101	163	43	58	81	148	62	3	89
	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127

130			120		127		127
31			110		95		8

36	145		36	145
172			136

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

167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
53	19	87	102	137	70	171	117	113	63	90
125	144	61	157	108	14	124	159	100	133	128
161	33	21	93	77	151	118	47	71	112	109
20	51	134	122	74	150	97	155	22	131	176
39	162	16	142	104	27	80	121	10	154	30
4	111	83	34	160	114	50	64	96	149	17
167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
84	41	174	141	56	88	6	94	45	132	38

	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127
							52
	25	158	55	15	107	66	72	164	28
152	60	24	86	169	32	138	18	48	82
92	37	143	68	65	5	99	73	165	40
	67	126	153	9	91	156	57	78	29
	101	163	43	58	81	148	62	3	89
	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127

130			120		127		127
31			110		95		8

36	145		36	145
172			136

167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
53	19	87	102	137	70	171	117	113	63	90
125	144	61	157	108	14	124	159	100	133	128
161	33	21	93	77	151	118	47	71	112	109
20	51	134	122	74	150	97	155	22	131	176
39	162	16	142	104	27	80	121	10	154	30
4	111	83	34	160	114	50	64	96	149	17
167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
84	41	174	141	56	88	6	94	45	132	38

	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127
							52
	25	158	55	15	107	66	72	164	28
152	60	24	86	169	32	138	18	48	82
92	37	143	68	65	5	99	73	165	40
	67	126	153	9	91	156	57	78	29
	101	163	43	58	81	148	62	3	89
	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127

130			120		127		127
31			110		95		8

36	145		36	145
172			136

167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
53	19	87	102	137	70	171	117	113	63	90
125	144	61	157	108	14	124	159	100	133	128
161	33	21	93	77	151	118	47	71	112	109
20	51	134	122	74	150	97	155	22	131	176
39	162	16	142	104	27	80	121	10	154	30
4	111	83	34	160	114	50	64	96	149	17
167	146	59	1	103	123	140	35	170	79	106
84	41	174	141	56	88	6	94	45	132	38

	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127
							52
	25	158	55	15	107	66	72	164	28
152	60	24	86	169	32	138	18	48	82
92	37	143	68	65	5	99	73	165	40
	67	126	153	9	91	156	57	78	29
	101	163	43	58	81	148	62	3	89
	13	85	120	98	68	44	139	76	127

130			120		127		127
31			110		95		8

36	145		36	145
172			136