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 is that fact that Y.A Tittle is on the front, in the action shot.    All cards have an action shot of the player in addition to the  head shot, but I guess being Gabriel had not played yet, they had no action shot.  So what the heck, Topps decided to throw another QB on the card.

My fave QB alongside my Homie Sonny Jurgensen. Both were the QB for their respective teams when I became aware of and started liking football. It would take a few years for me to understand any of it. An odd life-story of mine, My vague memories of the time (as I was 5 or under at the time). A was extremely quiet and have always been on the shyside. My family was concerned that maybe I had a hearing problem or had some kind of mental problem since I was so quiet. They sent me to an Easter Seals center for some hearing tests. I have vague memories of the hearing test and going to the center a few times but specific details I know nothing about. The hearing tests indicated I was normal but I wasn't talking. Apparently my folks were about on their last hopes with the situation. One of the male staff nurses at the center to notice of the stuff I was drawing, which were little football men wearing number 18. The "nurse" (for lack of a better term, maybe he was a hearing technician or speach specialist I don't know but I was told he was a nurse) asked me about what I was drawing and I supposedly told him I was drawing my favorite football player Roman Gabriel. I then apparently started talking like normal, well as normal as a shreaking little kid's loud screaming voice can be. I guess I lateched onto the Rams because I was born in early April under the sign of Aries. That or it was that dang Gilligan's Island episode that Roman guest starred in as a savage headhunter.

Re: The card. I think I still need that one.

That is such a great story!   Thanks for sharing.

I agree...very nice story. But I did think you were going to end the story by saying, 'and from that point on they couldn't get me to stop talking." (just kidding).

yes and no. My sister's solution to shutting me up was shoving a marshmallow in my mouth.

Anyway back to the Roman Gabriel card this thread is about. I looked around a little first at checkoutmycards saw one for $25 the lowest price there and put it on my watch list, then did some looking at Ebay for some better deals and found one with condition marked as good from Deans cards ebay account for $12 Free Shipping. "Snagged it, and bagged it."