1974 Wonder Bread Football Cards
The 1974 Wonder Bread set includes thirty cards of star players, and its design closely resembles 1971 Topps. (Topps printed the cards for Wonder Bread.) The cards of the offensive players, punter, and kicker have red borders, and the cards of the defensive players have yellow ones. Some of the images on the Wonder Bread cards also appear in Topps sets.
The cards are distributed unevenly over the NFL's twenty-six teams of 1974. There are four Oakland Raiders and four San Francisco 49ers in the set, but there are no San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, or Atlanta Falcons.
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1974 Wonder Bread | 1 | Jim Bakken | St. Louis Cardinals | kicker | Wisconsin | ||||
1974 Wonder Bread | 2 | Forrest Blue | San Francisco 49ers | center | Auburn | ||||
1974 Wonder Bread | 3 | Bill Bradley | Philadelphia Eagles | defensive back, punter | Texas | Eagles Honor Roll 1993 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 4 | Willie Brown | Oakland Raiders | defensive back | Grambling | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1984 | Brown and Lester Hayes share the Raiders team record for career interceptions. Both had 39. | ||
1974 Wonder Bread | 5 | Larry Csonka | Miami Dolphins | fullback | Syracuse | College Hall of Fame 1989, Dolphins Honor Roll 1990, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1987 | nm+ | ||
1974 Wonder Bread | 6 | Ken Ellis | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Southern | Packers Hall of Fame 1998 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 7 | Bruce Gossett | San Francisco 49ers | kicker | Richmond | ||||
1974 Wonder Bread | 8 | Bob Griese | Miami Dolphins | quarterback | Purdue | College Hall of Fame 1984, Dolphins Honor Roll 1990, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990 | nm | ||
1974 Wonder Bread | 9 | Chris Hanburger | Washington Redskins | linebacker | North Carolina | Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 2011 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 10 | Winston Hill | New York Jets | tackle | Texas Southern | Jets Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 11 | Jim Johnson | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back | UCLA | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1994 | Johnson's brother, Rafer Johnson, was an Olympic medalist in the decathlon. He won the silver medal in 1956 and the gold in 1960. | ||
1974 Wonder Bread | 12 | Paul Krause | Minnesota Vikings | defensive back | Iowa | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1998, Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 13 | Ted Kwalick | San Francisco 49ers | tight end | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1989 | Kwalick was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. | ||
1974 Wonder Bread | 14 | Willie Lanier | Kansas City Chiefs | linebacker | Morgan State | Chiefs Hall of Fame 1985, College Hall of Fame 2000, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 15 | Tom Mack | Los Angeles Rams | guard | Michigan | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1999 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 16 | Jim Otto | Oakland Raiders | center | Miami Florida | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1980 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 17 | Alan Page | Minnesota Vikings | defensive tackle | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1988, Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 18 | Frank Pitts | Cleveland Browns | wide receiver | Southern | ||||
1974 Wonder Bread | 19 | Jim Plunkett | New England Patriots | quarterback | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1990, Heisman Trophy 1970 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 20 | Mike Reid | Cincinnati Bengals | defensive tackle | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1987, Outland Trophy 1969 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 21 | Paul Smith | Denver Broncos | defensive tackle | New Mexico | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 22 | Bob Tucker | New York Giants | tight end | Bloomsburg State | ex | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 23 | Jim Tyrer | Kansas City Chiefs | tackle | Ohio State | Chiefs Hall of Fame 1977 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 24 | Gene Upshaw | Oakland Raiders | guard | Texas A and M - Kingsville | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1987 | |||
1974 Wonder Bread | 25 | Phil Villapiano | Oakland Raiders | linebacker | Bowling Green |