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1972 football cards 1972 football cards topps expands to 3 series for 1972 and adds league leaders post season highlights and in action cards this was the season leading up to super bowl vii dolphins vs redskins some 3rd series images courtesy of nearmintcards com thursday october 28 2021 denver broncos after 9 straight 4th place finishes always in a 4 or 5 team division the broncos fired their head coach and hired john ralston for the 1972 season they also acquired their first legitimate quarterback charley johnson in their 13 year history the result they moved all the way up to 3rd place denver finished in 3rd or 2nd place in each of ralston s 5 seasons at the helm using either johnson or steve ramsey at qb not until 1977 would they see 1st place by then red miller was the coach and craig morton was the quarterback but back to 1972 steve ramsey rode the saints bench as a rookie in 1970 then started 5 games for the broncos in each of 71 and 72 he played for denver from 1971 76 but was the primary starting qb only in 75 and 76 don horn was the packers 1 pick in the 1967 draft after 4 seasons backing up bart starr he played 9 games for the broncos in 1971 all starts with the 1972 acquisition of charley johnson and with ramsey already on the roster horn was pushed to 3 on the depth chart the record shows he played 2 games for them that season but he had no stats maybe he was a holder for some field goals possibly the only bright spot for the broncos was halfback floyd little he was denver s 1 pick in the 1967 draft and played 9 seasons 1967 75 all for the broncos a 5 time pro bowler he led the nfl in rushing in 1971 with 1133 yards he also returned kicks and punts every season little was inducted into the hall of fame in 2010 bob anderson was the broncos 1 pick in the 1970 draft he was the starting fullback in 1971 and for most of 1972 after backing up in 73 and playing in the wfl in 74 he finished his career in 1975 with the patriots and redskins his brother dick was a safety for the dolphins sam brunelli played for the broncos from 1966 71 and was their starting left tackle from 1967 70 jim turner played 7 seasons for the jets 1964 70 and 9 for the broncos 1971 79 he made the pro bowl in 68 and 69 and led the afl in field goals both seasons lyle alzado was the broncos 4th round pick in 1971 and played his first 8 seasons with denver he followed that with 3 seasons for the browns and his final 4 seasons with the raiders he was a starting defensive end in all but 2 seasons missing all but one game in 1976 and was a starting d tackle in 1975 bill thompson was the broncos 3rd round pick in 1969 and played 13 seasons 1969 81 all for denver he started every game during that time except for missing 5 games in 70 and 6 games in 72 due to injuries he played right cornerback for his first 4 seasons before moving to strong safety for the remainder of his career he was a 3 time pro bowler including in his final season posted by jim from downingtown at 3 34 pm 2 comments labels denver broncos bill thompson bob anderson don horn floyd little jim turner lyle alzado sam brunelli steve ramsey sunday november 22 2020 rip jake scott jake scott the free safety for the early 1970s miami dolphins teams passed away on november 19 2020 at age 75 scott played in the cfl in 1969 then spent the next 6 seasons as the dolphins free safety starting every game he was named to the pro bowl in 5 of those 6 seasons and was first team all pro twice he was also the mvp of super bowl vii vs the redskins he also played for the redskins from 1976 78 starting all but 2 games at free safety palm beach post obituary posted by jim from downingtown at 12 17 am no comments labels deaths jake scott thursday september 3 2020 baltimore colts see my opening monologue in this post in 1970 johnny unitas started 13 games the colts finished 11 2 1 and won the super bowl in 1971 unitas and earl morrall split the starts the colts finished 10 4 and lost the afc conference championship in 1972 unitas and marty domres split the starts and the colts finished 5 9 they would drop even further in 73 and 74 johnny unitas played 17 seasons for the colts 1956 72 and was the 1 qb every season except 68 71 and 72 he led the nfl in passing yards 4 times and tds 4 times for 11 consecutive seasons 1957 67 he was a pro bowl selection first team all pro or both he finished his career with the chargers in 1973 making only 4 starts tom matte was the colts 1st round pick in 1961 he played 12 seasons 1961 72 all with the colts and was the starting halfback in 63 67 68 69 and 71 he was a 2 time pro bowl selection and was first team all pro in 1969 leading the nfl with 11 rushing tds norm bulaich was the colts 1 pick in the 1970 draft he was the starting fullback in his first 2 seasons then missed 8 games in 1972 he played the next 2 seasons as the eagles starting fullback then finished his career with 5 seasons in miami 1975 79 jim o brien was the colts 3rd round pick in 1970 and kicked for 3 seasons in baltimore including his last second field goal that won super bowl v in his rookie season he also started 8 games at wide receiver in 1972 he finished his career with the lions in 1973 bubba smith was the first overall pick in the 1967 draft after riding the bench in his rookie season he was the colts starting left end from 1968 71 making the pro bowl in the last 2 seasons after missing 1972 with a knee injury he started 25 games for the raiders from 1973 74 then finished up as a backup with the oilers in 75 and 76 i m surprised to see he s not in the hall of fame ted hendricks was selected by the colts in the 2nd round of the 1969 draft he started at outside linebacker from 1969 73 and was named to 3 pro bowls after a season in green bay 1975 making first team all pro for the 2nd time he played outside linebacker for the raiders in his last 9 seasons making the pro bowl again in his final 4 seasons he was added to the hall of fame in 1990 jerry logan was a 4th round pick in 1963 and played strong safety for the colts for his entire 10 year career 1963 72 he was a starter every season but his first and made 3 pro bowls rick volk was the colts 2nd round pick in 1967 and was their starting free safety for his first 8 seasons after playing part time for the colts in 1975 he finished up with the giants and dolphins from 1976 78 posted by jim from downingtown at 6 07 pm no comments labels baltimore colts bubba smith jerry logan jim o brien johnny unitas norm bulaich rick volk ted hendricks tom matte tuesday may 5 2020 rip don shula don shula who coached the miami dolphins to their undefeated 1972 season passed away on may 4 2020 at age 90 the dolphins appeared in three straight super bowls vi vii viii winning the last two they returned to the super bowl twice in the early 1980s he also coached the colts to super bowl iii only to lose to joe namath and the jets in 33 years as a head coach his teams had a winning record 30 times in any mount rushmore scenario there s only room for four choices when it comes to nfl coaches the seven that stand out are don shula vince lombardi tom landry chuck noll paul brown bill walsh and bill belichick three have to be put on the second team but shula can t be one of them cnn obituary posted by jim from downingtown at 12 39 am no comments labels deaths don shula saturday april 18 2020 hall of famers i just posted the hall of famers in the 1971 and 1968 topps sets and 1967 philly gum set here is the last in my 4 part series 1972 there are 53 hall of famers in the 1972 set i have 47 of them all shown below there are six in the high numbered 3rd series that i don t have i really don t like topps decision to print horizontal cards for all the teams whose name was less than 6 letters not shown are rayfield wright dal alan page minn dick lebeau det tom mack la jimmy johnson sf and winston hill nyj re cap 6 chiefs cowboys 5 raiders 4 dolphins vikings 3 cardinals jets lions 2 bears colts 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