1970 O-Pee-Chee Roy Shatzko #53 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Roy Shatzko #53 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4 This listing offers a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Roy Shatzko #53 Edmonton Eskimos VG-EX 4, a second raw single of the Eskimos defensive stalwart that gives team set builders an economical way to lock in the Edmonton pages of the checklist. Shatzko leans into his ready stance in the number 55 jersey, the empty bowl and light towers behind him capturing the spare beauty of vintage football photography, and the green crest at the corner ties the card firmly to the Eskimos subset. For collectors who remember flipping through these cards as kids, or for a new generation discovering the 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set, this affordable single keeps the hobby welcoming. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL release stands as a bilingual landmark of Canadian card production, printed in Canada with English and French text sharing the black backed design. This card carries the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, not a puzzle back, complete with green accent panels, a cartoon trivia box, and the white type that pops against the dark field, all echoing the layout sensibility of the 1969 Topps NFL issue while remaining proudly domestic. The set documents Edmonton's patient rebuild, the seasons of steady professionals who kept the franchise respectable until the superstar era transformed the Eskimos into the team to beat. A University of British Columbia product, Shatzko earned his card copy description as a steady player and a team leader, and the back reveals that this was his sixth year as a professional and that he acted as the Eskimos player association representative. Those leadership credentials make him one of the more interesting non-import stories in the Edmonton subset, a lineman whose value showed up in meeting rooms as much as in the stat column. Cards like this one remind collectors that every roster is built on reliable veterans, and Shatzko's six seasons of professional service embody that truth. the front shows honest wear with light fraying along the left edge, rounded corners, and centering that remains serviceable, while the bilingual back presents noticeable chipping along the borders plus corner wear and a faint surface scuff consistent with a card that circulated in its day, though no creases, wrinkles, or stains appear in the scans. Balancing the readable front against the well handled back, the conservative raw grade estimate is VG-EX 4, a fair and honest placement for a budget friendly set builder. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4