1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Jim Young #32 Hall of Famer British Columbia Lions VG-EX 4

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1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Jim Young #32 Hall of Famer British Columbia Lions VG-EX 4 A second copy of Jim Young's card number 32 from the 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set offers another chance at one of the great Canadian receivers of his era. Young, the British Columbia Lions flanker who grew through the ranks of Canadian football, was declared an exceptional athlete on the back of this very card, which lists him as the team's Most Valuable Player in 1967 and a league All-Star in 1967 and 1968. That acknowledgement from the card manufacturer itself makes this a special piece of history, because early O-Pee-Chee CFL cards often served as the primary record of a player's achievements for a public that had no internet and very limited television coverage. The front shows Young, wearing number 30, with his arms raised to the sky to bring in a pass, and the image is set in the wide-open stadium that gives the 1970 white-bordered issue its unmistakable Canadian prairie feel. Young's importance to CFL history is cemented by his 1991 induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and he remains a beloved figure among fans of the three-down game, making his cards perennial favorites for collectors of Canadian football. This particular copy stems from the fact that the 115-card 1970 O-Pee-Chee set was printed with certain players repeated on the uncut sheets, so duplicates of stars like Young were manufactured and make this a realistic, affordable way to own a Hall of Fame CFL card. That accessibility, combined with the card's real vintage charm and its bilingual Canadian back, is exactly why these issues continue to be collected so enthusiastically. The card displays softly rounded corners with clear tip wear, edges that show mild roughness and light chipping, a smooth and clean surface free of creases and wrinkles, and somewhat off-center placement with a heavier right margin, and the back is the standard Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back and not a puzzle back. Given the clean, crease-free surface combined with the softened corners and visible edge wear, a conservative raw grade estimate of VG-EX 4 is the appropriate, defensible call for this circulated copy. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4