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SCARCE 1956 Parkhurst CFL Set Singles-U PICK -Etcheverry READ-FREE SHIP-OFFERS?
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I accept offers on this bulk listing. Message me your offer and I will adjust price following negotiation.Super Scarce Parkhurst 1956 CFL Football Singles, many which have never been developed. UD indicates an UNDEVELOPED CARD. 31/50 card set being sold as individual singles. Check drop down attribute for images and single card pricing. 2.99 Shipping to Canada and USA for first card, .99 for each additional
The last Parkhurst CFL card set is one of the toughest to acquire of any sets ever issued in any sport. The company produced special cards which required the collector to wet with developing paper the photo sensitive front to get the image to come up.
There is a good selection of rookies and star cards.
Sets and singles of this issue are difficult to find. Undeveloped cards are considered even rarer than the developed cards and have been priced at a premium over their developed cards. A buyer confirmed a recently sold series of undeveloped cards could still be developed.
Key Cards
Normie Kwong served as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 2005 to 2010 and elected to Cdn Football HOF in 1969
Johnny Bright HOF 1970 College HOF (Drake in 1984). Also famous racial assault incident Oct 24,1951 in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jackie Parker HOF 1971 College HOF in 1976. Played both halfback and QB in 1956
Don Getty Premier of Alberta 1985 to 1992
Rollie Myles HOF 1980
Frank Morris HOF 1983
Martin Ruby HOF 1974
Mel Beckett Error Card Misspelled. Died in plane crash with 4 other CFL stars returning from 1956 All Star game on Dec 9, 1956 on Slesse Mountain, BC
Bill Clark HOF 1996
Larry Isbell Older brother Cecil member of Green Bay Packers HOF
Gordon Sturtridge Died in plane crash with 4 other CFL stars returning from 1956 All Star game on Dec 9, 1956 on Slesse Mountain, BC
Aromis Dandoy. He returned a punt for 86 yards and a touchdown against Ohio State in 1955.
Peter Maxwell Muir Maxwell-Muir's last name is mistakenly shortened to "Muir" on the back of this card.
John Alderton Played for Pittsburgh Steelers in 1953
Herb Gray HOF 1983
Cal Jones Outland Trophy 1955, College HOF 1980 First Afro American to win Outland Trophy. Died in plane crash with 4 other CFL stars returning from 1956 All Star game on Dec 9, 1956 on Slesse Mountain, BC
Bob McNamara placed 10th in Heismann Trophy voting
Bud Grant Minnesota Viking Head Coach. CDN HOF 1983, Pro FB HOF 1994, Viking Ring of Honor 1998
Grant and Warren Moon are the only people to have been elected to both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Grant also played basketball for two seasons with the Minnesota Lakers. The Lakers won the
NBA
Championship in 1950, at the end of his first season.
Glen McWhinney
Error card.
McWhinney's first name is misspelled "Glen" on the back of this card.
Sam Etcheverry HOF 1969
Tex Coulter Most Outstanding Lineman 1955
Red OQuinn HOF 1981
O'Quinn played in the
NFL
in 1950 and 1951, for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles.
Hal Patterson HOF 1971
Pat Abruzzi Error card Abbuzzi's last name is misspelled "Abruzzi" on the back of this card. His brother, Lou "Duke" Abbruzzi, played for the
NFL
's Boston Yanks in 1946.
Card format is 1 3/4 x 1 7/8 with a 50 card set. Almost all of the cards (36 of 50) are also considered to be Rookie Cards.