The "Top of Topps Football" Wall of Fame

by cnangle - 59 cards (Last updated on Mar 11, 2019)

These cards are displayed on the wall of my collecting room. The display consists of one card from each Topps Football set from 1956 to 2015.

On display is a card from my collection that I think best represents the set. For most years, that's the key rookie card. For the years I don't have the key rookie, it's probably a HOF Vikings player. However, there are a couple years where a card has some special interest to me, '77 Walter Payton for instance.

I'm sure I will end up changing some of these out as I continue to complete sets, at least I hope so.

31. 1987 Topps #207 Gary Zimmerman

I don't have the Jim Kelly rookie so I went with a rookie card from another HOFer. Zimmerman happens to be the only Viking HOFer to have a card this year. BTW....who is Gary Zimmerman?.....SKOL!

32. 1988 Topps #157 Chris Doleman

Another RC for a Viking HOFer! The only other HOFer to have a RC this year is Kevin Greene. In case you didn't realize it, I'm a Vikings fan. SKOL!

I find it funny (sad really) that Vinny Testeverde is the sample card for this set. Two excellent HOFer's have RC this year and the sample card is Testeverde?

33. 1989 Topps #45 Thurman Thomas

I really liked the Bills team of this era. As a Vikings fan I can relate to the Bills Super Bowl history. Dismal set of football cards though. '87 to '93 represent the Dark Ages of Topps football.

34. 1990 Topps #381 Junior Seau

It's a Seau RC. That's about it for this set.

35. 1991 Topps #349 Jeff George

Funny story....short version...I lost my '91 set. Yep, lost it.

Jeff George is the best duplicate I have. It's not even his RC.

36. 1992 Topps #300 Barry Sanders

This set reminds me of the '68 set. I like the design but the quality of the cardstock is terrible.

Had to get a Sanders on the wall. This is a good looking card. A glossary version would look great.

37. 1993 Topps #170 Jim Kelly

There are a couple RC's that I could have chosen from this year. Bettis and Bledsoe come to mind, but I don't like the look of the RC's for this set. It appears that the photos were taken during training camp. This set actually has decent photography and I think the Kelly card is a great example.

38. 1994 Topps #1 Emmitt Smith

I like this design. Topps almost produced a great set this year. Other than Marshal Faulk, the rookie class isn't very strong this year. Not really a big deal, as this lets me put an Emmett on my wall.

39. 1995 Topps #345 Brett Favre

If it wasn't for the gold foil, I would love this set. It is still an attractive set but I really don't like the gold foil and strange font of the name.

This set also boasts Warren Sapp's RC but his card is so ugly I couldn't display it even though I really like him. So Brett gets the spot.

40. 1996 Topps #68 Warren Moon

This is one of my favorite Topps football sets of all time. I like everything about it.

Not a great rookie class so the spot goes to HOF'er Warren Moon in a Vikings uniform. SKOL!

Comments

Feb 18, 2019 - 5:26PM
switzr1

Umm... the 1988 Testaverde is probably my all-time favorite football card. You should fix your display to include it!!

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