1974 Topps Football Cards
There are 528 cards in the 1974 Topps football card set. They were all issued in a single series. Fifty of the cards, with variations ranging from slight to significant, were included in a 1974 Parker Brothers board game called Pro Draft. Those fifty cards are known as 1974 Parker Brothers cards.
Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1974 Topps set: Harold Carmichael, Joe DeLamielleure, Ray Guy, John Hannah.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1974 Topps | 1 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills | running back | USC, City College of San Francisco | Bills Wall of Fame 1980, College Hall of Fame 1983, Heisman Trophy 1968, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1985 | ||
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1974 Topps | 2 | Blaine Nye | Dallas Cowboys | guard, tackle | Stanford | |||
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1974 Topps | 3 | Don Hansen | Atlanta Falcons | linebacker | Illinois | |||
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1974 Topps | 4 | Ken Bowman | Green Bay Packers | center | Wisconsin | Packers Hall of Fame 1981 | ||
| 1974 Topps | 5 | Carl Eller | Minnesota Vikings | defensive end | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 2006, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2004, Vikings Ring of Honor 2002 | |||
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1974 Topps | 6 | Jerry Smith | Washington Redskins | tight end | Arizona State | Commanders Ring of Fame | ||
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1974 Topps | 7 | Ed Podolak | Kansas City Chiefs | running back | Iowa | Chiefs Hall of Fame 1989 | ||
| 1974 Topps | 8 | Mel Gray | St. Louis Cardinals | wide receiver | Missouri | ||||
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1974 Topps | 9 | Pat Matson | Cincinnati Bengals | guard | Oregon | |||
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1974 Topps | 10 | Floyd Little | Denver Broncos | running back | Syracuse | Broncos Ring of Fame 1984, College Hall of Fame 1983, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2010 | ||
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1974 Topps | 11 | Frank Pitts | Cleveland Browns | wide receiver | Southern | |||
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1974 Topps | 12 | Vern Den Herder | Miami Dolphins | defensive end | Central College | College Hall of Fame 1996 | Rookie card Den Herder played twelve seasons in the NFL, all with the Dolphins. |
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1974 Topps | 13 | John Fuqua | Pittsburgh Steelers | running back | Morgan State | |||
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1974 Topps | 14 | Jack Tatum | Oakland Raiders | defensive back | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 2004 | ||
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1974 Topps | 15 | Winston Hill | New York Jets | tackle | Texas Southern | Jets Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | ||
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1974 Topps | 16 | John Beasley | New Orleans Saints | tight end | California | Rookie card | ||
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1974 Topps | 17 | David Lee | Baltimore Colts | punter | Louisiana Tech | |||
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1974 Topps | 18 | Rich Coady | Chicago Bears | center | Memphis | Coady's son, also named Rich Coady, played for the St. Louis Rams and Tennessee Titans. | ||
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1974 Topps | 19 | Ken Willard | San Francisco 49ers | running back | North Carolina | |||
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1974 Topps | 20 | Coy Bacon | San Diego Chargers | defensive end | Jackson State | Bacon's full name was Lander McCoy Bacon. | ||
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1974 Topps | 21 | Ben Hawkins | Philadelphia Eagles | wide receiver | Arizona State | |||
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1974 Topps | 22 | Paul Guidry | Houston Oilers | linebacker | McNeese State | This card shows Guidry with the Oilers, but he played for the World Football League's Portland Storm in 1974. | ||
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1974 Topps | 23 | Norm Snead | New York Giants | quarterback | Wake Forest | The Giants traded Snead to the San Francisco 49ers midway through the 1974 season. | ||
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1974 Topps | 24 | Jim Yarbrough | Detroit Lions | tackle | Florida | |||
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1974 Topps | 25 | Jack Reynolds | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker | Tennessee | Rookie card |