I started collecting football in 1969 when I also started baseball card collecting. Due to budget restraints (I was only 10), I abandoned football to concentrate on basbeball. I got back into football in 1974 (unfortunately missing 3 very important years), and have been collecting football since. I have the completed 69 set, and all from 74 to present. Awaiting the arrival locally of the 2015 cards. I also have been collectiong the Detroit Lions from those earlier sets, and included some early Fleer years because they exclusively did the NFC for a few of those years. Correction:1973 was the year I resumed collecting.
"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by." - Ernie Harwell