Jerrel is a Tough Spell, Too
December 16th, 2009 | Published in error cards
A few months ago I wrote about how the card companies misspelled Herb Adderley’s name on many of his cards. I noticed yesterday that Topps had trouble with Jerrel Wilson’s name, too. Between 1969 and 1973, they got it wrong four times, spelling it with two L’s. I don’t have his cards from 1975 to 1978, so it’s possible that some of those are incorrect, as well.
Pictured here is one of the error cards, Wilson’s 1969 Topps rookie card. Interestingly, though my old Beckett catalog documents all sorts of picky errors–such as typos in stats–it doesn’t have the Wilson cards marked as errors.
Wilson, by the way, was a darn good punter. In 16 years in the AFL and NFL, he averaged 43 yards a punt. He led the AFL in punting average twice, he led the NFL in average three times, and he was a three-time Pro Bowler.
