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Football cards and air brushing

bcd33bcd33 Posts: 152
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I must be slow... I just realized today that all the helmet logos are air brushed off the 1973 and 1979 cards I have. I'm sure it must have been a licensing issue. Does anyone know the story behind this? The helmets seem to be untouched in the 60s and 80s that I checked out.
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  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    all 1970's cards are airbrushed, i think they finally used logos after the '81 season. Topps didn't want to pay NFL Properties royalties for use of logos, so we get an entire decade of cheesy airbrushed helmets, and cheesy afros
  • joker73joker73 Posts: 497 ✭
    Speaking of afros, I got a chance to catch a little of this action on PBS over the long weekend ...

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  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    ooh, the creepy, squeaky voiced mountain-painter-dude! him and Mr. Rogers always creeped me out when i was a kid.
  • bcd33bcd33 Posts: 152
    Ah... so, basically 1970 through 1980 are all that way? And I am just now noticing this...

    AND, I didn't know that Bob Ross was dead until a few minutes ago after doing a web search!
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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭

    As goodriddance189 stated, 1969 and prior Topps has the logos.
    1970 thru 1981 does not. From 1982 on they're back again.

    Strangely, Fleer paid for the rights to use the logos on their Team Action cards,
    from 1976 thru 1988, but didn't pay for the rights to put the player's names on the cards.

    Who did Bob Ross play for image

    Pix of 'My Kids'

    "How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
  • sixdartsixdart Posts: 821 ✭✭
    And I thought that was John Riggins ... silly me? image
  • rbeatonrbeaton Posts: 631 ✭


    << <i>And I thought that was John Riggins ... silly me? image >>

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    Robert
    Looking for:
    Any high grade OPC Jim Palmer
    High grade Redskins (pre 1980)
  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    Hair brushing from 1973 to 1979 was indeed out of control in the NFL back then - especially with guys like John Riggins, Franco Harris, Fred Belitnikoff, and the list goes on. Ah, wait, you said "air brushing". Oh, never mind...
  • joker73joker73 Posts: 497 ✭
    Wolfbear - I think he had a short stint with the Senators and Phillies in the '50s image ...
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