Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog

Former NFL defensive back Doug Plank is celebrating his 60th birthday today. Plank played from 1975 to 1982 for the Chicago Bears. Since 2001, Plank has coached in the Arena Football League, and in late 2012 he was named the head coach of the Orlando Predators. There is a video of the announcement and a summary of his career on the Predators web site.

Plank is pictured here on the green-bordered variation of his 1976 Coke Bears disc. He also appears on several other cards in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.

Happy birthday, Coach Plank!

Yesterday I added 1976 Coke Bears Discs to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. There are 22 players in the set; I believe they were intended to represent the Bears’ 1976 starting lineup. Like most regional sets, the set contains a few players who never appeared on a regular issue football card. See my description of the set for more details. I filed the discs under Oddball.