Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog

Mike Fuller, who played safety from 1975 to 1982 for the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals, is celebrating his 60th birthday today. Fuller also returned over 300 punts and kickoffs in his NFL career. He was a member of the 1981 Bengals team that played the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XVI.

Prior to his pro career, Fuller was an All-American at Auburn University. There is a summary of his college career on the Auburn web site.

Fuller is pictured here on his 1972 Auburn playing card. He also appears on a few other cards in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.

Happy birthday, Mr. Fuller!

This week I added 1973 Auburn playing cards to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. One of the cards, picturing Mike Fuller, is shown below. Fuller is one of four players in the deck who later played in the NFL.

The Auburn cards are among several sets of college playing cards that were printed in the early 1970s. See the Gallery’s playing card page for the others I have collected.