Gridiron Greats Magazine Issue 52 Spring 2016 World Football League Cards Series IV and Quarterback Collection Subset Review by Bob Swick

ridiron Greats Maga- Again I was truly impressed with (color combinations and number- zine has been following both of these new series. The ing). It is once again an exhaus- Gthe continuing efforts of Quarterback collection subset of tive look at all of the players of Greg Allred, Richie Franklin, Bill 35 cards was unique in that the this league. Jones, and Willie OBurke, WFL majority of the quarterbacks were historians and collectors, who all featured in game action shots You can find ordering information have produced a series of histori- with the exceptions of Gary Dan- on this set at either their website cal cards keeping the memories of ielson and George Mira. Com- WFLFootballCards.com or by the World Football League alive plete statistics of the quarterbacks checking out their ad in this is- and well for collectors. They have from their AFL, CFL, NFL, WFL sue. Again this Series IV set along issued their fourth series WFL and USFL careers are included on with the Quarterback subset are football card set featuring Cards the backs of their cards which to a must have in my opinion for #211 to 280 of the players with me was an enormous task to put any football card collector and four highlight cards and a 35 card together and is very appreciated collection. Collectors seeking Quarterback subset series. by this collector/historian of the something new and fresh for their game. collections should collect all of the four series and subsets of this The player selection again is com- never forgotten and revolutionary prehensive. Some of the players league. in this new fourth series include Brian Dowling (a Yale Quarter- **GG** back who I watched play in person many Saturdays at the Yale Bowl), Vince Cle- ments, How- ard Strickland, and Jimmy Ed- wards to name several. I es- pecially liked #6 from the WFL Quarterback subset Card #211 that of King Corcoran featured the jer- seys of the WFL WFL Card #211 of the various jerseys worn in the league.

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