1970 O-Pee-Chee Ken Ferguson #56 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Ken Ferguson #56 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5 Here is a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Ken Ferguson #56 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5, a single raw card that celebrates one of the most specialized skill sets in football, the long snap. Ferguson spreads wide in his number 42 jersey with arms extended in a classic lineman's pose, the sunlit empty stands and towering lights behind him delivering the nostalgic stadium atmosphere that makes the 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set so displayable. Offered individually by Alex Collect, this card suits Edmonton team collectors, Saskatchewan football historians, and anyone who appreciates the quirky charm of vintage Canadian football cards. O-Pee-Chee of London, Ontario arranged the 1970 CFL checklist team by team and gave each card a glossy color front plus an information packed reverse, creating a set that remains a favourite vintage Canadian project today. The back of this card is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, not a puzzle back, with English and French paragraphs over black stock, green accent panels, and a cartoon trivia box, all printed in Canada in the bilingual spirit of the era. The Eskimos of this period were still chasing their first Grey Cup since 1956, and the roster cards preserve the working professionals who kept the franchise steady through the rebuild. Ferguson was a native of Saskatoon who grew up in Vancouver, attended Utah State, and then broke into professional football with two years alongside the B. C. Lions before joining the Eskimos as a centre and linebacker. The cartoon panel notes that Ken is used for the long snap, a specialist role that required precision under pressure and made him a quietly indispensable piece of the special teams unit. Saskatchewan born players carried extra pride in these cards, and Ferguson's journey from Saskatoon to Vancouver to Utah State to the CFL reads like a classic western football biography compressed into a single card back. the front retains confident gloss and color with sharp upper corners, slight wear along the bottom border, and centering that stays well within collector standards, while the bilingual Canadian O-Pee-Chee back shows moderate edge chipping and light corner wear typical of the black bordered design, with no creases, wrinkles, or writing visible in the scans. Considering how unforgiving the black back is on harmless handling, the conservative raw grade estimate is EX 5, a trustworthy grade for a card with this much character and regional appeal. Grade Estimate: EX 5