1970 O-Pee-Chee Dave Gasser #50 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Dave Gasser #50 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4 This listing offers a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Dave Gasser #50 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4, a second raw single of the Eskimos linebacker that set builders will welcome as a budget friendly placeholder or an honest upgrade candidate. The image repeats the classic crouched stance over the turf with the stadium bowl rising behind him, and the green Edmonton crest anchors the lower corner just as it does across the entire team subset. When a complete set requires every Edmonton card in order, having an affordable example of each number matters, and this piece keeps the project moving without stretching the budget, while still displaying the full color charm of the 1970 issue. O-Pee-Chee, the London Ontario powerhouse best known for hockey cards, turned its attention to the Canadian Football League with this 115 card set arranged team by team. The reverse is the familiar Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back rather than a puzzle back, pairing English and French paragraphs over black stock with green highlights and a lighthearted cartoon, a design that echoes the 1969 Topps NFL release while remaining unmistakably Canadian. Cards like this one document the Eskimos of a transitional era, before the championships of the late 1970s turned Edmonton into the league's standard bearer and made every pre-dynasty card a chapter of the origin story. Gasser arrived from West Texas State University to anchor the Edmonton linebacking corps, and his card copy celebrates him as the hardest tackler on the defensive unit who always comes to play. The whimsical cartoon reveals that Dave patrolled the sideline in a club car while in college, a detail that humanizes the tough middle of the Eskimos defense during a season in which the club conceded 287 points. His number 65 jersey appears crisp in the photograph, with the green and gold trim that Eskimos fans remember fondly, and for historians of the CFL import ratio he is a fine case study of the American talent that fortified Canadian rosters. the front presents respectable gloss with light fraying along the right edge, modest corner wear, and acceptable centering, while the bilingual O-Pee-Chee back shows more pronounced chipping along one long border plus worn corners and a faint surface scuff, all consistent with a card that was handled and enjoyed in its youth. No creases or stains are visible under the scans, and the conservative raw grade estimate of VG-EX 4 reflects the edge and corner wear honestly, pricing this example as an accessible set builder. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4