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Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog
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News, trivia, and musings of interest to vintage football card collectors.
Recent Posts
Interesting eBay Auction: 1966 American Oil Game Sheet
Here’s an interesting item: a 1966 American Oil Game Sheet. The object of the game was to complete a row of stamps–which I assume you got from American Oil gas stations–to win a prize. One stamp in each row, of course, was rare. T...
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone! So, did anyone give or get cards? I can remember getting cards as gifts only twice. The first time was in 1972, when my 6-year-old brother gave me a pack of football cards for Christmas. Since it was so late in the seaso...
R is for Rookie Cards
As I wrote on my pre-rookie cards page, “rookie card” is an unfortunate term. Years ago, most players’ “rookie” cards were not printed in their rookie years, but sometime later, after they were established as pros. Man...
Improvements to the eBay Sports Card Finder
I made a few improvements to the eBay Sports Card Finder last week: All of the search controls are on top now, rather than in the left column, so you don’t have to scroll to see the bottom ones. I changed most of the controls to pull-down men...
New in the Gallery: 1955 49ers Team Issue
Yesterday I added 1955 49ers Team Issue photos to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. The photos are bigger than cards, at just under 5×7, and I had to order extra-large toploaders for storing them. They came in the original envelope, pictured ...
Jack Zilly, Rams and Eagles End
Jack Zilly, who played offensive end and defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles, died on December 18. In college, Zilly played on Notre Dame’s national championship teams of 1943 and 1946. In the intervening two years,...
