Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2009 | Published in General Collecting Info, Oddball
There are lots of scary images on old football cards, but this Don Hutson 1963 Stancraft playing card struck me as the Halloweeniest. He looks like he’s wearing a homemade super hero costume. Add a pair of antennae, and he could be Ant Man!
The 1963 Stancrafts are an interesting set. I have read that they were issued for the opening of the Pro Fooball Hall of Fame in 1963, so though most of the players in the set eventually became Hall of Famers, only 17 were members the year the set was printed. (Hutson was one of the initial 17; you can see the rest on the Pro Football Hall of Fame site.) The cards were issued as a two-deck bridge set: one deck with red backs and one deck with green backs in a red plastic tray.
You can see the full set of 1963 Stancraft Playing Cards in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.
