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Old 11-09-2013, 07:09 AM
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Default Favorite 1960's Football Set

For all my fellow vintage football card collectors here, I am curious as to which set or sets (we can go up to two sets) are your favorites from the 1960's. This includes Topps, Fleer and Philadelphia sets of the decade.

For me, the 1969 Topps set is my favorite. When I was about 10 years old, my future brother in-law gave me about half of the set. I would look over those cards every day, studying the stats of each player. This was my first vintage set of any kind.

The John Hadl card is my favorite. I loved the fact though he was a quarterback, his jersey number was 21 not the traditional 12 or 14 like other QB's.

Thru the years I completed the set and even updated a few cards such as Namath and Starr because he wrote A.L. Football on the Namath card and N.L. Football on Starr's card.

I love the color of the set and the great mix of stars from both leagues.

The 1967 Topps set is my second favorite. I know it is not necessarily a very glamourous set but I am a HUGE AFL fan, I like the design of the set and the fact there were only 132 cards in the set to collect. Plus, being a pro wrestling fan back in the day, it has Wahoo McDaniel's only card as well as Ernie Ladd's last Topps card.

There are several great sets from all three companies during the decade. It was difficult to settle on just two but these are my two and I am sure everyone's favorites will vary.

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Old 11-09-2013, 08:38 AM
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Mine would be the 1965 Topps Football set..........just love the tall boys!
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Old 11-09-2013, 09:52 AM
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My favorite is the 1962 Topps. Love the '67s too.
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My favorite is the 1962 Topps. Love the '67s too.
The '62 set is an honorable mention for me, I really like it. Compared to the black bordered '71 Topps BB set, the 1962 set is nicer IMO.
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Oof, tough question.

65 Toops, 61 Fleer, 62 Topps, 63 Fleer probably in that order. I love the mix of AFL and NFL in the 61 Fleer set, the backdrops and design, but hard to beat that tall boy set.....
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Like you guys I love the Fleer sets, and need just 20 cards to complete my run. The only gripe I have with the 1961 set is that because of the back colors the numbers can be hard to read
Here is my 1961 wrapper and my unnumbered 1963 checklist card. I've seen the "FREE SECRET MAGIC MESSAGE" inserts on eBay, and they don't look all that exciting? I'm sure most of these were tossed in the trash can.
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Like you guys I love the Fleer sets, and need just 20 cards to complete my run. The only gripe I have with the 1961 set is that because of the back colors the numbers can be hard to read
Here is my 1961 wrapper and my unnumbered 1963 checklist card. I've seen the "FREE SECRET MAGIC MESSAGE" inserts on eBay, and they don't look all that exciting? I'm sure most of these were tossed in the trash can.
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Default 1968 Topps Set

Here is a nice write up on the popular 1968 Topps Set:

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...ys-nfl-return/
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Here is a nice write up on the popular 1968 Topps Set:

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...ys-nfl-return/
Thanks for posting this. I must have been the last guy who didn't know about this website. ..great reading!
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Thanks for posting this. I must have been the last guy who didn't know about this website. ..great reading!
You are very welcome Robert.

It is a great site that is updated daily, and as you probably have already discovered, there are many vintage card sets they have featured.
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No question: 65 tallboys. Had about half as a kid. Loved the size and the fact that about half the team were in the set. SP's a challenge and clear photos.

2nd - 66 Philadelphia
3rd - 59 topps.

last place tie: 68 topps and 64 topps.
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No question: 65 tallboys. Had about half as a kid. Loved the size and the fact that about half the team were in the set. SP's a challenge and clear photos.

2nd - 66 Philadelphia
3rd - 59 topps.

last place tie: 68 topps and 64 topps.
I'll break your tie. 64T were gross.
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Nice article on the 1966 Philadelphia Set:

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...fl-transition/
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1968 Topps and 1961 Fleer. The 1968 set I fell in love with as a kid and have always collected. Great clean graphics and images. I also like the way some old guard players are in the set on the way out (Taylor and Ditka come to mind) and some new rookies are in there too. Plus there were good inserts.

The 1961 Fleer set is amazing to me for some images especially the Packers. I wanted the Jimmy brown ever since a neighbor kid showed me one. I just bought my 2nd. An upgrade. PSA 9 oc.
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No question: 65 tallboys. Had about half as a kid. Loved the size and the fact that about half the team were in the set. SP's a challenge and clear photos.

2nd - 66 Philadelphia
3rd - 59 topps.

last place tie: 68 topps and 64 topps.

I'm with you Bill, 65 Topps are my all time favorite, I'm in the middle of building the 66 Philly set which to me is a very close 2nd...
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Default 1967 Topps AFL

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...-football-set/

One of my favorite sets of the decade profiled.
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My biggest issue with the 1968's has been centering. Now, I am not a centering nut. Some folks need that perfect 50/50 centering. I'm not that picky. But, I have seen the majority of the cards I've run into from this set with 75/25 or worse centering. So, my set is nice as far as registration and corners, but the centering is all over the place, and I just can't see myself spending the extra dollars to look for those better pieces when there are so many nice sets out there. The 1969's didn't have these issues. 1970 was better, but not perfect. And I don't see these problems with my 1967's. So, was something wrong in 1968?
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