Thanks Larry, Jeff, everyone! 48 Topps and the 62 coins were completely off my radar before this thread. Do we think these are the only 5 players? Badnarik, Layne, and Conerly all had cards in the late 40s and early 60s - impressive to be productive in 3 decades.
Ty, glad I could help - the AAFC is one of those things we'll only ever be able to speculate on. The Browns were sure dominant, and went on to either win or compete for NFL titles in the 50s throughout Otto Graham's career. But, we'll never know what the talent drop off was although I think there has been some research done on that - the number of AAFC players to win jobs in the NFL was one measure I recall. I actually think the NFL counts the stats, but the teams don't. There was some discussion on this when Joe Perry's 49er career rushing record was broken. Perry was another guy who was productive in 3 decades as well.
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