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Black Borders Are Back in 1985
The 1985 Dallas Cowboys season marked the last time in the Landry-era the team had a winning record as well as made the playoffs. Fans hoped that many of the younger players would step up to become perennial Pro Bowlers but unfortunately for Cowboys fans, that never happened. This RetroCards set features many players from the 1984 team and a couple of new comers. This set was striking with a solid black border and horizontal style. The large-scale lettering for the player name is a real change from most other designs where the focus was the team name. Starters such...
Electric Football Beats Any Video Game For Some Diehards
In a time long ago, before video games, there were artifacts know as "board games." They came in colorful boxes, had pieces and playing cards, and you played them with other people in the same room. Above are the football board games I grew up with and I am proud to say I introduced my two boys to my original electric football set (which was given to me by my much older neighbor when he tired of it). Ebay is loaded with this kind of stuff and there has been a run on these types of games for not only...
The Baby Bull in Royal Blue
The much heralded career of Orlando Cepeda saw him win Rookie of the Year, MVP in 1967, a World Series Championship in 1967, the Outstanding Designated Hitter 1973, and finally induction into Baseball's Hall Of Fame. Like so many athletes, the great ones seldom go out on top and in the case of Cepeda, he finished up his final season playing a mere 33 games with the Kansas City Royals in 1974. His final baseball card during his career was as a member of the Boston Red Sox in 1974. Though he signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1974,...
1963 Baltimore Colts Looking Sharper Than Ever!
After winning championships in 1958 and 1959, the Baltimore Colts were going into some lean seasons for the franchise in the early 1960’s. Coming off a 7-7 season, the team was starting to rebuild. Many old hands were still around, but some future stars had joined the team and were starting to emerge. Retrocards presents our extension of the Colts portion of the attractive and popular 1963 football set with a new 18-card set. Some familiar old hands are featured here, such as Ordell Braase, George Preas, Joe Perry and Lamar McHan. Some younger, but established players are also included,...
More Monsters From RetroCards: 1960 Chicago Bears
After a heart-breaking second place finish in the NFL’s Western Division in 1959, the Chicago Bears were ready to make a run for the Championship in 1960. Although that did not come to be, the Bears still had one of the most feared defenses in the game. RetroCards is now making available our earliest Bears team set, featuring many of those great “Monsters of the Midway” players. Pro-Bowl competitors Fred Williams, Joe Fortunato, Larry Strickland, Bob Kilcullen and J.C. Caroline are the main features of this set. Other popular players among Bears fans also include Johnny Morris, Angelo Coia, Roger...
1958 Colts
The 1958 NFL Championship between The Baltimore Colts and New York Giants is considered by many to be the “greatest football game ever played.” Many recall the Colts winning in overtime, 23-17, on a short-yardage plunge by Alan Ameche, ending the game that put pro football into the national spotlight. Many also remember the brilliant play of their young field general Johnny Unitas, or lineman Gino Marchetti watching the end of the game from the sidelines with a broken leg. However, not many remember the great supporting cast around these superstars that put pro football on the map. Now, RetroCards...
1971-72 Cowboys in a Baseball Design
Here is Series Two of the 1974 baseball style design. This set features: Herb Adderley, George Andrie, Larry Cole, Dave Edwards, Cornell Green, Cliff Harris, Chuck Howley, Lee Roy Jordan, D.D. Lewis, Bob Lilly, Jethro Pugh, Mel Renfro, Ike Thomas, Pat Toomay, Charlie Waters, Ron Widby, a coaches card, and a team card. Get your here!
1963 Vikings....Still Up And Coming
The Vikings' third season in the NFL was a respectable one. With a record of 5-8-1 under head coach Norm Van Brocklin, the Vikings started to put the rest of the league on notice that they could be taken for granted as "the expansion Vikings." RetroCards introduces it's first Minnesota Vikings set with this 1963 classic design. Starters like Bill Brown, Larry Bowie, Steve Stonebreaker, Lee Calland, and Don Hultz are featured in this set plus young back ups like Ron Vander Kelen, Bill Butler, and Gordie Smith. Rookies Jim Battle, Ray Poage, and Dave O'Brien make first appearances in...
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