April 17th, 2012 |
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Trivia Questions
Here’s a short test of your football and football card knowledge. Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.
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Who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history? Answer
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After his career with the Detroit Lions, who married former Olympic skier Skeeter Werner? Answer
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Before playing for the New York Giants, who won gold medals in the 200 meter sprint and 1600 meter relay in the 1964 Olympics? Answer
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What former Colt, Packer, and Raider shares the NFL record for most safeties in a career? Answer
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What former Cincinnati Bengal is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame? Answer
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Hardy Brown was one of only two players who played in the AAFC, NFL, and AFL. Who was the other? Answer
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What is the error on Dave Middleton’s 1959 Topps football card, pictured here? Answer
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Nicknamed “Mr. Inside,” who was the first college player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior? Answer
July 28th, 2009 |
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error cards
A couple of weeks ago I added a search for error cards to the Vintage Football Card Gallery, and since then I have been documenting the error cards in my database. Here are a couple more I never noticed: the 1959 Topps Jim Ray Smith and Dave Middleton cards have the wrong team logos on the front. In fact, the logos appear to be switched! I thought that if I looked at the cards’ placement on an uncut sheet, I might see how their logos could have been swapped, but the two cards are not close together on the sheet. Perhaps it is just coincidence that Smith got Middleton’s Lion and Middleton got Smith’s Brown.
The 1959 Topps set has a large number of errors besides these swapped logos: misspelled names, incorrect player positions, a card picturing the wrong player, typos in the stats, and so on. I’m not sure how far to go with documenting the errors. Does anyone care if Bill Glass is a center on the front of the card and a tackle on the back?
