Traded Players on 1962 Post Cereal Cards
April 20th, 2010 | Published in Football Card Trivia
A few weeks ago, when I reported that Cliff Livingston had passed away, Pastor Scott pointed out that Livingston’s 1962 Post Cereal card showed him with the Giants, and his 1962 Topps card showed him with the Vikings. Scott also named four other players who appeared on different teams on their 1962 Post and 1962 Topps cards. In all five cases, the player had been traded in the off-season, Post listed him with his old team, and Topps listed him with his new one. Post apparently was aware of the trades, because on four of the five cards, they added a footnote showing the player’s new team. Perhaps the cards were already close to production, and it was easier to add footnotes to the cards, rather than change their text.
Here are the cards that Pastor Scott pointed out:
The Browns traded Bobby Mitchell along with Leroy Jackson to the Redskins for Heisman winner Ernie Davis. (Davis contracted leukemia and never played.) Mitchell’s 1962 Post Cereal card shows him with the Browns; his 1962 Topps card shows him with the Redskins.
The Browns traded Milt Plum, Tom Watkins, and Dave Lloyd to the Lions for Howard Cassady, Bill Glass, and Jim Ninowski. Post had both Plum and Cassady with their old teams.
The Eagles traded Bill Barnes to the Redskins with Bob Freeman for Jim Schrader and Ben Scotti. Barnes’s Post Cereal card shows him still with the Eagles; his Topps card shows him with the Redskins.
Finally, the Giants traded Cliff Livingston to the Vikings for Dick Pesonen and a draft pick. Here are Livingston’s two 1962 cards:
