Greatest Sets Ever

[robw1959]

What would your top five vintage football sets be? Kind of an open question that could be related to your personal favorites or those which may be the most valuable for collectors. Please don't nominate anything produced after 1971, since I'm looking for a pattern of some consensus among the oldies. Thanks.

[G1911]

My favorites up through 1971:

1. 1971 Topps
2. 1952 Bowman Large
3. 1956 Topps
4. National Chicle
5. 1954 Bowman

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by robw1959

...since I'm looking for some consensus among the oldies.

Consensus? Screw that. I'm an iconoclast. I don't deal in the concept.

Here anyway are my picks:

1) 1954 Blue Ribbon
2) 1963 Humpty Dumpty CFL coins
3) 1962 Post Cereal CFL
4) 1963 Post Cereal CFL
5) 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL
6) 1959 Topps CFL (if my #2 pick doesn't count)

If however you really force me to limit my picks to the four down eleven man variant of the sport, these are my picks:

1) 1964 Topps
2) 1965 Topps
3) 1966 Topps
4) 1968 Topps
5) 1959 Topps

[Mikehealer]

Here's 6. The answer might be different tomorrow.

1950 Bowman
1952 Bowman Large
1948 Leaf
1935 Chicle
1965 Topps
1966 Philadelphia

[jefferyepayne]

I love pre-war so there is a bias toward that era in my list

1. 1926 Pottsville Maroons RPPCs - first 'card' set that has all NFL players in it
2. 1935 National Chicle - iconic set and love the artwork
3. 1894 Mayo - how can you not include the first mainstream football set
4. 1926 Spalding - iconic football players in a multi-sport set
5. 1955 Topps AA - i love this tribute set

Honorable mention
Red Grange Shotwell sets (ad back and blank back)

jeff

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Off the top of my head:

1. 1955 Bowman has grown on me.
2. 1953 Bowman
3. 1965 Toppa
4. 1951 Bowman
5. 1954 Bowman
6. 1959 Topps

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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

3. 1965 Topps

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[Beansballcardblog]

In no particular order other than date:

1894 Mayo Cut Plug
1935 National Chicle
1950 Bowman
1955 Topps All-American
1962 Topps

[ahmanfan]

1957 topps (shocked nobody else has said this also)
1948 leaf
1952 Bowman large
Chicle
55 bowman


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[bk400]

1894 Mayo
1935 Chicle
1951 Bowman
1955 Topps All American
1956 Topps

[Chicosbailbonds]

55 Topps All-American
1962 Topps
1950 Bowman
1966 Philly
1971 Topps

[skil55voy]

Mine would be:

1962 Topps
1962 Post Cereal
1961 Fleer
1990-91 Pro Set
1990 Score

[rats60]

1894 Mayo
1935 National Chicke
1952 Bowman Large
1965 Topps
1971 Topps

[nearmint]

My faves, today, anyway:

1970 Topps Super Glossy
1952 Bowman Large
1963 Topps
1962 Topps
1957 Topps

[Exhibitman]

Don't know about greatness but my favorites all time are:

1. 1968 Topps: first Topps AFL and NFL, special designs for Packers and Raiders, last cards Ditka and Taylor, first card Griese. Love the 1960s design.




2. 1956 Topps: first Topps NFL set. Golden Age sized. Pop Art design. Great players. A nice challenge to find without tons of print boogers on them.



3. 1962 Post: nice design. Love the idea of cards on the cereal. Great selection of players.





4. Gonna go a little wild card here, since I would go with 1972 Topps and 1973 Topps to round it out, so...all Cleveland TI's of Jim Brown

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by Chicosbailbonds

55 Topps All-American
...

Have to agree with Joseph, love the '55 Topps All-Americans