Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog » Tom Wittum http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog News, trivia, and musings of interest to vintage football card collectors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:41:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tom Wittum, 49ers Punter http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/02/08/tom-wittum-49ers-punter/ http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/02/08/tom-wittum-49ers-punter/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:23:37 +0000 nearmint http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=2430 Tom Wittum, who punted for the 49ers from 1973 to 1977, died on January 22. Wittum made the Pro Bowl his first two years in the league. In 1973 he also had a 63-yard run–I presume on a fake punt–but it did not go for a touchdown.

The card pictured here is Wittum’s rookie card, the 1973 Punting Leaders card from the 1974 Topps set. Oddly, he did not appear on a regular card in that set. His first appearance alone on a card was in the 1975 Topps set.

There is a nice tribute to Wittum on dailyherald.com; it includes a picture of his 1976 Topps card. An article at suburbanchicagonews.com has a photo of Wittum in his high school uniform. (Select the photo in the article to enlarge the image.)

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