1972 Topps is the most popular Football set.

carkim

Football: 1935 National Chicle 7
Football: 1948 Bowman 3
Football: 1948 Leaf 5
Football: 1949 Leaf 3
Football: 1950 Bowman 7
Football: 1951 Bowman 6
Football: 1952 Bowman Large 4
Football: 1952 Bowman Small 4
Football: 1953 Bowman 3
Football: 1954 Bowman 7
Football: 1955 Bowman 10
Football: 1955 Topps All-American 12
Football: 1956 Topps 8
Football: 1957 Topps 6
Football: 1958 Topps 3
Football: 1959 Topps 7
Football: 1960 Fleer 2
Football: 1960 Topps 6
Football: 1961 Fleer 4
Football: 1961 Nu-Card 1
Football: 1961 Topps 7
Football: 1962 Fleer 1
Football: 1962 Topps 5
Football: 1963 Fleer 5
Football: 1963 Topps 1
Football: 1964 Philadelphia 6
Football: 1964 Topps 3
Football: 1965 Philadelphia 7
Football: 1965 Topps 6
Football: 1966 Philadelphia 3
Football: 1966 Topps 6
Football: 1966 Topps Funny Rings 2
Football: 1967 Philadelphia 1
Football: 1967 Topps 3
Football: 1968 Topps 4
Football: 1968 Topps Stand Up 1
Football: 1969 Topps 12
Football: 1969 Topps 4 in 1 1
Football: 1970 Kelloggs 4
Football: 1970 Topps 7
Football: 1970 Topps Super Glossy 2
Football: 1971 Kelloggs 1
Football: 1971 Topps 8
Football: 1972 Topps 15
Football: 1973 Topps 5
Football: 1974 Topps 3
Football: 1975 Topps 5
Football: 1976 Topps 4
Football: 1977 Topps 2
Football: 1977 Topps Mexican 2
Football: 1978 Topps 5
Football: 1979 Topps 3
Football: 1980 Topps 5
Football: 1981 Topps 1
Football: 1982 Topps 3
Football: 1983 Topps 2
Football: 1984 Topps 3
Football: 1984 Topps USFL 2
Football: 1985 Topps 2
Football: 1985 Topps USFL 1
Football: 1986 Topps 3
Football: 1987 Topps 1
Football: 1988 Topps 0
Football: 1989 Score 3
Football: 1989 Topps 0
Football: 1994 Stadium Club Super Teams Super Bowl 0
Football: 1998 Leaf Rookies & Stars 0
Football: 1998 SP Authentic 2
Football: 1998 SP Authentic Die-Cut 0
Football: 1999 Bowman Chrome 1
Football: 1999 Bowman Chrome Gold 0
Football: 1999 Leaf Rookies & Stars 0
Football: 1999 SP Authentic 1
Football: 1999 SPx 1
Football: 1999 Topps Chrome 1
Football: 1999 Topps Chrome Refractor 1
Football: 2000 Bowman Chrome Refractor 1
Football: 2000 SP Authentic 2
Football: 2000 SPx 0
Football: 2001 SP Authentic 0
Football: 2001 Topps Chrome Black Border Refractors 1

carkim

With all the strike talk in baseball, is it time to start looking at America's most popular sport (Football) for our collecting obsession?

I noticed that not a lot of Football sets are list. As a matter of fact only four sets have 10 or more sets listed on the registry.

Football: 1972 Topps 15
Football: 1969 Topps 12
Football: 1955 Topps All-American 12
Football: 1955 Bowman 10

I personally enjoy the 1972 Topps Football set (Email me if you have any in PSA 8NQ or higher), and have admired the 1955 Topps All-American set.

If there is a Baseball strike, do you think Football collecting will rise?

Carlos

riccaboni

Although my opinion is not valued by some, during the last strike, I found myself collecting football cards, because:

1. Baseball, well they turned their back on me

2. Steve Young and Deion Sanders

3. Collected Ken Griffey Jr. at the time, and hey, 30 cards per year of the guy in 1994 was just a bit too much for me at the age of 7!

Football then was easier to collect I suppose, but because of the registry and my new found love for vintage cards, I am positive I am going to continue to collect baseball.

Ian

sixdart

I switched to football cards after the last baseball strike.

I discovered that vintage football is just as challenging to collect - and less expensive.

GangstaJayson

I prefer Football to anything.....and the 1972 Topps is clearly my favorite. Only wish they wouldn't make so many cards of Punters.. Missed out on some other stars in that set like Ditka

Fabfrank

Riccaboni- All opinions are valued so keep posting.

I've always been a big football fan and like the idea that I can get football cards comparatively cheaper than baseball. If there is a baseball strike, I think newer football product will see a boost. I'm not sure this will trickle down to vintage football.

carkim

Riccaboni- All opinions are valued so keep posting.

Ditto

JMAC

Well Carlos, you've prompted me to write and put my TWO CENTS in here! Normally I just sit back, read these posts, and shake my head in disbelief...everything (ok, 90%) on this board is nothing but baseball card talk. 1972, 1969 and 1965 seem to dominate this board. Hey, I love the enthusiasm for baseball cards, however...Carlos, you are showing your BRAINS my friend.

I want to share an experience that happened to me lately. One of the so called "Fab Five" wrote me a letter and asked if I was going to register the 1972 PSA graded baseball cards that I had been purchasing off of eBay. When I replyed that I was more interested in finishing the 1972 Topps Football set first, as the rarity factor is so great...he never wrote back. Dropped me like I had a disease...how dare someone collect something other than baseball!!!! I have a big news flash for all you 1972 Baseball folks out there. Yes, I do love that set, however...those cards are not that as rare as you might think. Case in point...Topps production in 1972. Based on my research through several former Topps employees and many hobby experts, I've learned this. In the early series of cards, i.e., 1st and 2nd series cards, the production ratio - Baseball to Football was 10 to 1. Meaning for every one Joe Namath card there are 10 Willie Mays cards. Yes, demand was, and still is greater for baseball. Get this...In the 1972 high (last) series...the baseball to football ratio is...are you ready? 50 to 1!!!! For every one Bob Lilly All-Pro card there are 50 Steve Carlton Traded cards...so I have a very good feeling that as the next few years roll by obtaining the 72 baseball cards will not be as hard as what I had to go through to complete, yes COMPLETE, my high-number set in 1972 Topps football! Why do you think I focused on those cards first? Because they are some of the most difficult cards to attain PERIOD! Let's face it, Topps has always produced more baseball than everything else and may always, who knows?

Of course, I admit I do adore, love, and collect baseball cards (I'm focusing on 1952 Topps Baseball), however, I'm so glad to see someone stand up and tell it like it really is! So Carlos, I salute you...after all, you also collect football and basketball too! You don’t have a one-track mind!

Remember 1994? Baseball never learns its lessons...the only way to fix it is to...A) get a real, impartial commissioner, or contract the Milwaukee Brewers and get rid of the Seligs once and for all. Do you really think the Milwaukee Brewers would have been allowed to move to the National League had a real commissioner been in place? Of course not!!! Bud Selig claimed that Milwaukee was really a National League city because of the Braves. Ok, let's see...hmmm. The Braves played in Milwaukee from 1953 through the 1965 season. 13 seasons. The Milwaukee Brewers played in the American League from 1970 through the 1996 season. Well, what do you expect from a man who made his money selling used cars??? He also does not know his baseball history either! In 1901 the Milwaukee Brewers were a charter member of the AMERICAN League. In 1903 they became the St. Louis Browns, and in 1954 moved and became today’s American League Baltimore Orioles. The game of Baseball is going in the wrong direction, and as a life long fan I am very hurt by this. And another work stoppage, of any length, would become a disaster!!! Hey, I have a very nice baseball card collection as well, and want to see that continue to grow…I am concerned about the state of baseball. I’m a native of Washington, D.C. Explain to me how a region this size, with a large percentage of population having disposable income, does not have a major league baseball team??? It’s a CRIME!!!! Tampa Bay Devil Rays????? PLEASE!!!!! And after an AMAZING World Series baseball shot itself in the foot two days later by talking contraction. This season, I'd love to see the Twins and Expos in the playoffs just to give the FINGER to the rest of the owners...and BUD!!! Either Bud is stupid…or he thinks we are!!!

Ok, question...what is by far the best-run professional sports league in our country??? The National Football League. Period. Hey, it’s not perfect – but damn near close! Does anyone out there really think that there is one person (owner or executive) in the game of baseball who could have pulled of what Paul Tagliabu, and the NFL did by successfully negotiating the moving the Super Bowl date, to accommodate the city of New Orleans, the players in the NFL, the television networks and their sponsors, and most importantly, the FANS??? NO WAY!!! Just as we are becoming a Football nation (I think we already are – Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Joe Namath and the inception of a game called the Super Bowl has done that), Football collectibles will certainly rise as interest in the game and it’s past history continue to grow. How do I know this you ask? I did some research. I contacted the Halls of Fame in Cooperstown and Canton ask asked them for their “attendance figures” for the past 10 years. Told them I was researching an article for a magazine. Guess what…for the first time in 1996 the pro football hall of fame had more visitors than did the baseball hall of fame. In each of the last 4 years the trend is continuing and growing. More and more people are making Canton THE place to go and see! Baseball may indeed be America’s Pastime, however, Football is America’s passion!

P.S. I have just completed the 1970 Kellogg's Football set, the ONLY complete PSA graded set. Does anyone out there care? Of course not because it's not baseball!!!! Kellogg's produced their cards that year at a 5 to 1 ratio. Meaning, for every one Jim Otto there are 5 Lou Brocks...Just the facts!

Ok, now I’ll jump down off my soap box and wish each and everyone out there good luck with whatever it is you collect!!!! The PSA Registry is wonderful and I am looking forward to it growing as all of our collections grow too! Remember, the more popular the PSA Registry becomes…the more interest there is in PSA graded cards…will ultimately benefit each and everyone!!! Happy Collecting!!! JMAC

Fabfrank

JMAC- GREAT POST!

You have hit on so many great points. I love collecting baseball cards, but find myself getting frustrated with the game. Aside from the wild card and interleague play, every move baseball has made for the last 50 years has been to the detriment of fans. From strikes, lockouts, escalating ticket prices, surly superstars, steroid abuse, 1 cancelled World Series, World Series games ending past midnight and now contraction, the only things baseball hasn't given the fans yet is a kick in the groin.
But back to what this post is about. Football has become America's passion. Football card collecting is gaining in popularity and if there is a baseball strike, will take HUGE market share from baseball card collecting.

JMAC- Continue to read but please post more often

Wayne8348

JMAC

I'm glad you posted. I've thought many times about starting a football set but the scarcity of the cards probably makes it more difficult to collect than baseball. When you go to shows there are very few vintage football dealers. The reason I collect baseball instead of other sports is probably related to it was the sport I followed when I was a kid. I haven't sat down and watched a non-playoff baseball game in years but man did I follow the Reds when I was growing up. If I watch sports today it's mostly football followed by Indiana basketball (both college and pro) and Tiger (I mean golf).

I wish you the best with your collection. I think the 72 football set is far and away one of the most attractive of any card collection. Good luck and glad to hear from you.

Wayne

qualitycards

<< <i>(ok, 90%) on this board is nothing but baseball card talk >>



JMAC - All anyone has to do is start a thread (like Carlos did) on any sport related topic, and the rest of us will comment.
Feel free to start any threads regarding Football, be it vintage or modern. I have several Football sets listed on the registry and I too! will be all ears...jay

zardoz51

As it so happens, I too have an interest in Vintage football and have a set or two laying around, including 1970 Kelloggs. You are not alone................

MrKissKissBangBang

All I collect is Football, so you have my vote.
Happy to hear that there may be more people moving to vintage football - - - makes my cards worth more. And about the production ratio, you are right on the money from what I've heard as well.
Can't WAIT for Football Season!

robr1967

robr1967

Well, I personally have to say that I think the 1955 AA FB set is more then like the most highly collected FB Set out there. Although there are only 12 sets registered, I know of at least 4 or 5 more that are out there that are not registered and might never be. Next to the 1952 Bowman Large set, I would say that the 1955 AA set is like the 1952 Topps BB set. A great year for cards. Cards including Jim Thorpe (His only true FB card), The 4 Horsemen, Rockne, Grange and so on.

Well, just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.

Rob

The owner of the #1 All Time 1955 AA FB Set

FB

John,

I'll be the first to admit it. I was the "FabFive" member that you spoke of replying to. If I remember the email - there wasn't much conversation in the reply. You answered my question and based on the reply I didn't think that you wanted to converse. I didn't mean to offend - and I don't know diddely about football cards.

So - please consider this my public apology. I agree with you 100% that each person should collect what makes them happy. I also believe that each person should speak about what they know. Again - no offense was intended.

thegemmintman

JMAC, great job on your '70 Kellogg's football! I have followed your progress from time to time. I've owned a few graded cards from that set, and they're great looking.

I see that you collect the '70 Kellogg's baseball too. That makes you like the Bo Jackson (except healthier) of '70 Kellogg's sets!

GangstaJayson

Well all i gotta say is the 72 topps football set has been so much fun for me to collect even though i am only in 5th

carkim

John,

I enjoyed your post...Keep them coming.

Carlos

GangstaJayson

I have just decided that when i finish the 72 set in fb... i am goona do it again that is how much fun i have had doing this set... From watching Carlos (money bags ) Aponte... Complete his set at warp speed pace....I still enjoy seeing the cards he gets... I have racked my brain to try to find another set that compares but still havent found one that is close...