Being a card collector at heart, I have really enjoyed writing pieces for Sports Collectors Daily. If you haven’t checked out their site already, give it a whirl. There is a ton of sports memorabilia collecting information, and editor Rich Mueller, posts several new stories each day.
I wrote this piece for publication last week. It is about the challenges inherent in collecting an autographed 1966 Topps football set. Though only 132 cards, autograph collectors are presented some particular challenges with ’66 Topps – still, I’d say it is one of the two easiest autographed AFL sets to collect!
I saw this article when Sports Collectors Daily first ran in. Excellent work Todd.
Of all the Topps AFL only sets, this is my least favorite. It is not bad at all, and this is just my opinion but I thought it was not as colorful as the the other three sets Topps made. I am still not a huge fan of the wood grain borders.
As noted in the article the 1966 Topps football set was reminiscent of the 1955 Bowman baseball set which I enjoy, Bowman may have styled the 1955 cards with the color tv design as 1955 was the first year the World Series was televised in color,
I’ve no idea as to why Topps copied the theme in 1966, although as Todd points out it was the first year of the Super Bowl, add to that pro football, largely as a result of tv was then gaining on baseball in popularity and that growing popularity must have added to the boom of color tv sales, like The Wonderful World Of Disney series was known to have done.
All good points Tom.
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