College All-Star Uniforms on 1972 Topps Cards

May 4th, 2010  |  Published in Football Card Trivia, Sites I Like, Uniforms  |  4 Comments

In a previous post, I said that John Brockington’s 1972 Topps card pictured him in what looked like his College All-Star jersey with the stars airbrushed away. Browsing through the rest of my 1972 Topps football cards, I found four other players, all rookies, in the same jersey: Jim Plunkett, Lyle Alzado, Ron Hornsby, and Julius Adams. Here are pictures of them.

I checked Marc Bolding’s College All-Star Game site and found that the five players indeed appeared on the roster for the 1971 game. Adams and Brockington also appear in photos on the game summary page. I assume that the jerseys Adams and Brockington are wearing in the game photos are the very same ones they are wearing on their cards.

At least two more players on the 1971 All-Star roster have rookie cards in the 1972 Topps set: John Riggins and Dan Pastorini. These two appear in their new pro uniforms, Riggins with the Jets and Pastorini with the Oilers.

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  1. John Bateman says:

    May 4th, 2010 at 6:28 PM (#)

    Good Catch, I think in the 1974 Topps football set none of the rookies made it into their pro uniforms and most had airbrushed like Chuck Foreman

  2. BobW says:

    May 5th, 2010 at 6:18 PM (#)

    Topps has been selling some of their negatives the last few years and they have included some College All Star’s. This a custom card I made up of a 1972 Phil Villapiano. I also made one of John Riggins.

    Phil Villapiano

  3. Deacon Jones in Red? | Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog says:

    August 25th, 2010 at 5:55 AM (#)

    […] set is full of bad airbrushing. (See my earlier posts on John Brockington and MacArthur Lane and on College All-Star jerseys in the 1972 Topps set.) Here’s another example: Deacon Jones in red. The Rams traded Jones to the Chargers in 1972, […]

  4. 1972 NFLPA Iron On Patches | Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog says:

    August 26th, 2010 at 8:56 AM (#)

    […] Most of the NFLPA patches have a blue background, but there are six with a pink background, one with white, one with yellow, and one with green. I don’t think the colors are significant, but the distribution is odd, so perhaps I am missing something. There are no logos or trademarks on the patches, but John Brockington and Jim Plunkett appear in their College All-Star jerseys, complete with stars on the shoulders. Brockington and Plunkett also appear in their All-Star jerseys on their 1972 Topps cards, but Topps airbrushed the stars off of them. […]