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1967 Topps Football Checklist 1967 Topps Football Checklist 1 John Huarte 2 Babe Parilli 3 Gino Cappelletti 4 Larry Garron 5 Tommy Addison 6 Jon Morris 7 Houston Antwine 8 Don Oakes 9 Larry Eisenhauer 10 Jim Hunt RC 11 Jim Whalen 12 Art Graham 13 Nick Buoniconti 14 Bob Dee 15 Keith Lincoln 16 Tom Flores 17 Art Powell 18 Stew Barber 19 Wray Carlton 20 Elbert Dubenion 21 Jim Dunaway 22 Dick Hudson 23 Harry Jacobs 24 Jack Kemp 25 Ron McDole 26 George Saimes 27 Tom Sestak 28 Billy Shaw 29 Mike Stratton 30 Nemiah Wilson RC 31 John McCormick 32 Rex Mirich RC 33 Dave Costa 34 Goose Gonsoulin 35 Abner Haynes 36 Wendell Hayes 37 Archie Matsos 38 John Bramlett RC 39 Jerry Sturm 40 Max Leetzow RC 41 Bob Scarpitto 42 Lionel Taylor 43 Al Denson Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 1 44 Miller Farr RC 45 Don Trull 46 Jack Lee 47 Bobby Jancik 48 Ode Burrell 49 Larry Elkins 50 W.K. Hicks RC 51 Sid Blanks 52 Jim Norton 53 Bobby Maples RC 54 Bob Talamini 55 Walt Suggs 56 Gary Cutsinger 57 Danny Brabham 58 Ernie Ladd 59 Checklist 60 Pete Beathard 61 Len Dawson 62 Bobby Hunt 63 Bert Coan RC 64 Curtis McClinton 65 Johnny Robinson 66 E.J. Holub 67 Jerry Mays 68 Jim Tyrer 69 Bobby Bell 70 Fred Arbanas 71 Buck Buchanan 72 Chris Burford 73 Otis Taylor 74 Cookie Gilchrist 75 Earl Faison 76 George Wilson Jr. RC 77 Rick Norton RC 78 Frank Jackson 79 Joe Auer RC 80 Willie West 81 Jim Warren 82 Wahoo McDaniel RC 83 Ernie Park RC 84 Bill Neighbors 85 Norm Evans 86 Tom Nomina 87 Rich Zecher RC 88 Dave Kocourek 89 Bill Baird 90 Ralph Baker Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 2 91 Verlon Biggs 92 Sam DeLuca 93 Larry Grantham 94 Jim Harris RC 95 Winston Hill 96 Bill Mathis 97 Don Maynard 98 Joe Namath 99 Gerry Philbin 100 Paul Rochester 101 George Sauer Jr. 102 Matt Snell 103 Daryle Lamonica 104 Glenn Bass 105 Jim Otto 106 Fred Biletnikoff 107 Cotton Davidson 108 Larry Todd 109 Billy Cannon 110 Clem Daniels 111 Dave Grayson 112 Kent McCloughan RC 113 Bob Svihus RC 114 Ike Lassiter 115 Harry Schuh 116 Ben Davidson 117 Tom Day 118 Scott Appleton 119 Steve Tensi RC 120 John Hadl 121 Paul Lowe 122 Jim Allison RC 123 Lance Alworth 124 Jacque MacKinnon 125 Ron Mix 126 Bob Petrich 127 Howard Kindig RC 128 Steve DeLong 129 Chuck Allen 130 Frank Buncom 131 Speedy Duncan RC 132 Checklist ##### Featuring 31 cards 1 Navel Academy 2 City College (of useless knowledge) Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 3 3 Notre Dame 4 Psychedelic State 5 Minneapolis Mini-skirts 6 School of Art (go & Van Gogh) 7 Washington 8 School of Hard Knocks 9 Alaska (if I see her) 10 Confused State 11 Yale Locks 12 University of Transylvania 13 Down With Teachers 14 Cornell 15 Houston Oilers (your're a fink) 16 Harvard (flunked out) 17 Diskotech 18 Dropout U. 19 Air Force (gas masks) 20 Nutstu U. 21 Michigan State Pen 22 Denver Broncos 23 Buffalo Bills (without paying my) 24 Army of Dropouts 25 Miami Dolphins (bitten by two) 26 Kansas City 27 Boston Patriots 28 Oakland Raiders (Fat People In) 29 West Point (I'd Go) 30 New York Jets 31 San Diego Chargers Compliments of BaseballCardBinders.com© 2019 4.
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