Atlanta Falcons - Custom Extension Set

As I mentioned at the end of my Green Bay Packers custom cards post in May 2024, here are the 1966 Falcons. These complement the original set issued by Philadelphia Gum Company, AND with the players wearing Falcons' jerseys. 

RetroCards.net makes "cards that never were" mostly for football, but some baseball and non-sports issues too. Among their football sets, they lean toward the Cowboys, Packers, and Bears, but other teams are occasionally represented, including all teams in the 1963 and 1966 sets. The sets for most teams include about 9 cards, but sets for their 3 favorite teams usually include 20 or more cards. 

All the sets I've bought from them are listed on the sidebar.

(Quarterback Steve Sloan is also included in the RetroCards set, but I've already posted his card with the original set.)

Green Bay Packers - Custom Extension Set

These are the 1966 Packers cards made by RetroCards.net. 

 

RetroCards has made 1966 cards for each NFL team. As with the Cowboys, RetroCards has 2 sets for the Packers (although none of the players are duplicated between the two sets). 

 

The smaller 9-card set (team leaders, Bratkowski, Hornung, Long, McGee, Anderson, Kramer, Aldridge, and Robinson) has much brighter photos than the larger set. 

 

The backs of the smaller set also continue the original set's practice of having a player photo quiz, while the larger set replaced that with a montage of other RetroCards (as seen in the 1967 Saints custom set I posted earlier). 

 

The only players missing from the combined original set and these two RetroCards sets are starters Bill Curry (C ) and Bob Jeter (CB), and subs Bob Brown (DE), Dave Hathcock (DB), and Allen Brown (TE). 

 

 

 Offense:

 

Defense:

Once again, there are too many players to fit into Blogger's 200-character limit for labels.

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Ok, I'm fresh out of 1966 cards. RetroCards made 9-card sets for the 12 other NFL teams, but I don't have any of them. I may get the Falcons set (an expansion team that year), or the Giants (because there are several players not appearing in any later sets). 

 

Philadelphia Eagles - Custom Extension Set

I previously posted the 1966 Eagles cards by RetroCards to my Eagles blog in September 2019. Here is that link: 

 

https://philaeagles66-75.blogspot.com/2019/09/1966-eagles-bonus-cards.html 

 

 

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Dallas Cowboys - Custom Extension Set

Here are the 1966 Cowboys cards made by RetroCards.net. 

 

RetroCards has made 1966 cards for each NFL team. They actually have 2 sets for the Cowboys and the Packers (which seem to be the 2 favorite teams of company management). 

 

Many of the same players appear in both Cowboys' sets (for some reason). Usually it is the same card in both sets, except that Pete Gent and Mike Gaechter have different cards in each set. 

 

Between these custom cards and the original set from 1966, the only regulars missing are Dave Manders (C ), Ralph Neely (T), Lee Roy Jordan (MLB), and Warren Livingston (CB).

 

 

Next: Extra Eagles' cards by RetroCards

 

Hall of Famers

A few years ago I posted the Hall of Famers in the 1967 (NFL only), 1968, 1971, and 1972 sets. 

There are the 38 Hall of Famers in the 1966 set, 3 more than the 1967 set.

As in the 1967 set, the Packers lead the way. This time with 7 players. 

 

Re-cap: 

7 - Packers 

5 - Colts

4 - Bears, Cowboys, Redskins

3 - Rams

2 - Browns, Lions, Vikings, Eagles

1 - Giants, Cardinals, 49ers

0 - Falcons, Steelers

 

Next: Extra Cowboys cards by RetroCards