1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Ken Frith #98 Bilingual Back Saskatchewan Roughriders

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1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Ken Frith #98 Bilingual Back Saskatchewan Roughriders This 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Ken Frith #98 Bilingual Back Saskatchewan Roughriders card is a vivid Saskatchewan defensive single from a classic Canadian football issue. Frith is shown in the green Roughriders uniform, framed by the bold red 1971 O-Pee-Chee design, with his name in strong white type at the top and the Saskatchewan Roughriders team name anchoring the lower front. The look is pure vintage CFL, making it an appealing card for collectors building team runs, defensive player collections, or a complete 1971 O-Pee-Chee Canadian Football League set. The reverse identifies Frith as an import defensive end from North East Louisiana and provides excellent career context. It notes that he was a junior in 1968 when named to the Little All-America team as a defensive tackle, then left college to try out for the Roughriders and made the club as a regular defensive left end in 1969. The cartoon panel adds another key detail, stating that Ken made the W. F. C. All-Star Team in 1970. That performance note gives the card more appeal than a basic common because it documents his recognition within the Western Football Conference during a strong era for Saskatchewan football. The 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is widely appreciated for its bright fronts, bilingual Canadian backs, and cartoon artwork that gives each card period charm. This is a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, not a puzzle back, with English and French biography text. The front shows solid eye appeal with a clear player image, bold red colour, readable team and position text, and visible but controlled wear including softened corner tips, small white chips along the red border, light edge roughness, and a few surface specks in the image and background areas. Centering appears slightly uneven, with the design sitting a touch off within the frame, but not enough to distract heavily from display. The back shows age toning, darker edge wear, minor corner rounding, and scattered small marks typical of Canadian O-Pee-Chee stock from this period. No obvious major crease, writing, or paper loss is visible in the provided protective sleeve image. Fine surface wrinkles cannot be completely ruled out without direct handling, but the card appears complete, attractive, and very collectible as a raw vintage CFL single. The 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Ken Frith #98 Bilingual Back Saskatchewan Roughriders is a strong fit for Roughriders fans, 1971 OPC CFL builders, and collectors looking for Western Football Conference All-Star content. Grade Estimate: EX 5