1969 Topps Football Thread

prgsdw

I love this set, particularly the first series cards with bright colors all the way to the edge. I was not alive in 1969, however, for some reason this set resonates with me as representative of my mental projection of the time. I'd have a hard time deciding between the hot pink, red, orange and blue backed cards as to which is my favorite - but I do know that yellow is the one I like the least.

That said, I have been collecting this set for a few years in raw form. I was also collecting it in graded form having collected approximately 100 of the cards. However, once I put the set into Card Saver 1's in a binder, I decided to sell (most) of the graded cards and focus on the raw set. It's very enjoyable to get out the album and page through the set while having the cards secured to the page with a PSA perfect fit sleeve and still reasonably protected with the Card Saver 1 vs. being in a 9 pocket page.

So I decided to start a thread and have people share their 1969's! There are tons of great cards in this set, both NFL and AFL. It's the last set until 1982 where Topps was licensed to use team logos and the Dallas Cowboy's logo is one of my favorite's, the colorized version of the Cowboy Joe.

I'll post about a page a day, as I have time, from my set. Hopefully someone other than me will enjoy the cards and share their love for this set!

Page 1 - cards 1-4 front:

Page 1 - cards 1-4 back:

Card 3, Jim Cadile is on my upgrade list...

Steve

jmoran19

Nice. Love this set too although 1970 baseball and FB cards are the first packs I remember buying. Completed the set a long time ago. Pick up these companion pieces before unopened prices really took off. John

prgsdw

Wow, that's some great unopened! That's a tremendous grocery rack! That Biletnikoff is tough to find centered, that one looks nice.

prgsdw

Page 2, cards 5-8. Fronts:

Backs:

Steve

baseballfan

great looking set. Beautiful cards

I am down to 4 cards if anyone has extras of them hanging around in Ex-Ex+ condition. 25-26-55-80

then I need some upgrades

jmoran19

@prgsdw said:
Wow, that's some great unopened! That's a tremendous grocery rack! That Biletnikoff is tough to find centered, that one looks nice.

Thanks man. Wax packs contained 9 regular cards, a stamp album and 3 4 in 1 cards, here is a pic of them from a pack someone opened. John

prgsdw

Page 3 cards 9-12.

Front:

Back:

Steve

rexvos

A few years back I finished the set in PSA 8 and above. I really enjoyed building it but eventually broke it up and narrowed my collecting focus. Here is a link to my retired set

https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/football/company-sets/1969-topps/alltimeset/6258

prgsdw

That's a great set, thanks for sharing it! In higher grades these cards are beautiful pieces.

daddymc

This is the only 1969 football that I own:

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prgsdw

Wow daddymc that's another great grocery rack! Two difficult second series cards on the back there in McNeil and Wilson (IMHO).

Here's page 4 - cards 13-16 Front:

Backs:

Steve

prgsdw

Here's page 5 - cards 17-20 Front:

Back:

The Beer and Dawson are on my upgrade list.

Steve