Today I used the Gallery’s Wild Card feature (try it!–it’s at the top of every page) to pick the vintage football card of the day. It picked a 1953 Bowman card of…
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1953 Bowman Al Conway
Today’s card of the day is a 1953 Bowman card of Al Conway. Conway, who played college football at Army and at William Jewell College in Missouri, was the second-round draft pick…
1966 Topps Steve DeLong
Today’s card of the day is Steve DeLong’s 1966 Topps football card. The card is a bit of a mystery: for some reason, Topps decided to cut DeLong’s left shoulder off. Topps…
1961 Fleer J.C. Caroline
Today’s card of the day is a 1961 Fleer card of J.C. Caroline. Caroline played for the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes in 1955, and for the NFL’s Chicago Bears from…
1951 Topps Magic Babe Parilli
Today’s card of the day is a 1951 Topps Magic card of quarterback Babe Parilli. This is Parilli’s rookie card, issued while he was still at the University of Kentucky. Parilli finished…
1950 Bowman Martin Ruby
Today’s card of the day is a 1950 Bowman card of Martin Ruby. Ruby played professional football for twelve years, but 1950 was his only season in the NFL. Ruby, who played…
1956 Topps Leon Heath
Today’s card of the day is a 1956 Topps card of Leon “Mule Train” Heath. It is a short print, like all of the Washington Redskins cards in the set. (See the…
1952 Bowman Large Bill Howton
Today’s card of the day is a 1952 Bowman Large card of Bill Howton. Howton played in the NFL from 1952 to 1963, so this is a true rookie card. He played…