The CFL Alumni Association Legends Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/11/2012
Issued the same year as his 1959 Topps CFL rookie card is this General Mills Wheaties card picturing legendary Ottawa Rough Riders’ QB Russ Jackson, at the time just 22 years old and described on the bilingual card back as “equally adept at quarterback or half.” One of 48 cards issued that season in conjunction with a Wheaties Grey Cup Game Contest, with four cards available in each box of Wheaties cereal, the Jackson and Jackie Parker cards are considered the set's key cards, with Bernie Faloney and Sam Etcheverry also notable. Beauty crease-free Jackson card here has that tiny snip in the lower left corner to consider, with light wear on the three other corners, increasing slightly in a clockwise fashion from corner to corner. There’s also a black spec/indentation near the upper border, the cause of which we cannot determine. In short, an important card to add to a vintage CFL stash.
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