Sunday Afternoon Football Cards – The Do or Die Edition
December 26th, 2010 by slangon
Well, it’s the day after Christmas. I hope everyone survived the holiday in one piece. I did. Barely. Between all the eating and drinking, I almost didn’t think I was going to make it.
As much of a good time as I had yesterday and Friday, spending time with family, today is my favorite day of the holiday season. The day after. No entertaining to do, just laying around, playing with presents and eating tons of leftovers. Combine that with the huge storm thats a comin’ our way and die football games for both the Jets and the Giants, and it should be a good day .
So in light of the Giants (hopefully) beating the Packers today to lock up the wild card, here’s a card.
1954 Bowman #115 Al Carmichael
Maybe it’s bad luck to post a card of your teams opponent on the day of a big game, but I figure there’s been plenty of times when I posted Giants cards on game day and they still lost, so who cares, right? Plus it’s a cool looking card. That’s a pretty awesome jersey that Al is sporting. Not a logo in sight. I like that about old football jerseys in general. I also like the blue/yellow color combo. Not what you think of when you think Packers, but it goes well together.
I like the design of this card too. What’s weird though, is that it doesn’t at all look like a 50’s card to me. It much more looks like a design that you would see from the late 60’s. I guess just because I’m much more aquatinted with 60’s Topps baseball cards then I am with mid 50’s Bowman football cards, I keep comparing this to the ’69 Topps set (the rounded corners) and the ’65 set a bit (the pennant). I guess that would make the Bowman design team ahead of their time.
Bowman apparently knew what they were doing when it came to card backs because they always seem to have good ones. They’re always well organized and provide a ton of information without looking cramped. I also like the addition of red as a third color.
Carmichael played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League between 1953 and 1958; then he was with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League in 1960 and 1961. He twice led pro football in kickoff return yards. He scored the first touchdown in American Football League history, a 59-yard pass reception from Frank Tripucka for the Broncos against the Boston Patriots on September 9, 1960.
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