NFL set wrap-up

The cards for all 16 NFL teams in the 1967 Philadelphia Gum set have been posted, so now it's time to wrap-up the loose ends.

There were 2 checklist cards. I have all the cards in the set, but did not check off the last two (Don Meredith, Bart Starr) that I got after starting this blog.

Each team card (except the Saints) had a referee signal described on the back. Since there are more than 15 signals,  the next 2 cards picked up the excess.

In previous seasons, each team had a "play" card, but with the addition of the Saints in 1967, only 3 play cards were included, so that the 198-card set size could be maintained.

Well, that's it for the NFL cards. I will be posting some Topps AFL cards next. I have most of the Dolphins, Chiefs, and Chargers cards, but only a handful of the remaining cards in the set.

Hall of Famers

I just posted the Hall of Famers in the 1968 and 1971 Topps sets. Here are the Hall of Famers in the 1967 Philadelphia Gum set, which included only the 16 NFL teams (and not the AFL teams).

There are 34 Hall of Famers in the 160-player set, which is only 4 less that the 1968 set, while having 10 less teams to work with.

This set included 160 players (10 per team), plus team photo and logo cards, checklists, and a few other miscellaneous cards.

As expected, the Packers lead the way (even without a card for Jim Taylor).

Re-cap:
7 - Packers
4 - Redskins
3 - Bears, Browns, Colts, Cowboys, Rams
2 - Cardinals, Vikings
1 - Eagles, 49ers, Lions, Saints
0 - Falcons, Giants, Steelers