Ode to Post-war Football Oddball Sets

[nearmint]

Love all the playing card sets

The oddest of the oddballs are Littelfuse playing cards, from sometime in the 1970s. The single-digit cards, 2-9, picture famous linebackers; the rest picture fuses.

[jefferyepayne]

Great oddball stuff posted recently guys! Love the playing cards and all the college sets.

Team sets were pretty popular in the 1950s and 60s. These were card / photo sets put out by the team itself to its fans. Here is some of the stars from the 1953 Rams set. That cards look like exhibit cards as they are larger than regularly issued Topps/Bowman cards.











jeff

[DBesse27]

Love that Hirsch!

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Love that Hirsch!

Me too, Don! And that Dick "Night Train" Lane card is his pre-rookie by 4 years. How does Lane not get a Topps/Bowman card until 1957?

jeff

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Me too, Don! And that Dick "Night Train" Lane card is his pre-rookie by 4 years. How does Lane not get a Topps/Bowman card until 1957?

jeff

Sweet Night Train, and pose by Hirsch. Lane omission is pretty bad, how about Bill Willis; not at all in his career? Is there an oddball set out of Cleveland that includes Willis during his playing days?

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by pariah1107

Sweet Night Train, and pose by Hirsch. Lane omission is pretty bad, how about Bill Willis; not at all in his career? Is there an oddball set out of Cleveland that includes Willis during his playing days?

Unless I'm missing something I know of no set from the 40s and 50s that includes Bill Willis. Hard to believe when he was All-Pro all eight seasons he played pro football.

jeff