1970 Topps Football Set

1970 Topps Football, one of the neatest football card sets around. I have had my sets for quite some time and it was quite a challenge putting the sets together. The major flaws being centering and of course the behaviors off the field of one of the key cards in the set, you guessed it…The OJ Simpson rookie card.

Way to go OJ! Just when I started coming around to collecting your cards again, more of the same problems. I still own a few complete sets of 1970 Topps Football, they are awaiting life after grading! The sets are mostly in near mint condition, I am talking very gradable cards here, particularly the OJ Simpson rookie cards. Does this guy care about anybody’s collection, but his own? Or the fact that people still collect sports cards?

About 3 years ago I decided to begin purchasing his cards again, I noticed that football fans were beginning to embrace his football sports cards and it appeared that his football career would not be a complete wasted era to the sports memorabilia collectible world.

What Is The OJ Simpson RC Card Worth?

One day maybe I can have an OJ barbecue and flame broil my 1970 Topps set in the backyard, along with all his other stuff. Anyway, against my better judgment and for the sake of the sports cards industry, I am going to submit his cards along with the rest of the set for grading to PSA. In the spirit of the Football season, I can try to make a little chump change with some of these, before his sentencing and perhaps piggy back on his All-Star stupidity. Incidentally, I just witnessed a PSA 9 1970 Topps OJ Simpson rookie card sell online for about $500.00, not bad.

The 1970 Topps football set does have some other keepers in the set, Larry Csonka, Bob Griese, to name a few Miami Dolphins. How about Fran Tarkenton, just to name some of the many, many of the Hall of Famers in the set. Overall this is a nice set to have graded, the OJ Simpson rookie card really is a nice card. A must have for all football fans, although his relationships with the law are always going to be a question, fact remains he was a stud running back.

The card grades nicely and the because of the white borders, if you can find a nicely centered one, you have a chance at a very special card. We can still close our eyes and see him running all over those teams in the AFC East as a member of the Buffalo Bills. He seemed to run much more carelessly back when he was carrying the old rawhide, now every time he runs it seems like he is running from something other than defensive linemen, and he seems to be only carrying his past.

1970’s, Ah those were the good old days…