1970 O-Pee-Chee Paul Desjardins #62 Winnipeg Blue Bombers G 2 Creased

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Paul Desjardins #62 Winnipeg Blue Bombers G 2 Creased Consider this affordable 1970 O-Pee-Chee Paul Desjardins #62 Winnipeg Blue Bombers G 2 Creased card, a vintage Canadian Football League treasure that preserves the story of Winnipegs scholar centre while being accurately offered with a crease that defines its collectible grade and keeps the price accessible for budget set builders. The importance of the 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set provides essential context for this card, as it stands as the definitive Canadian only 115 card production that captured the CFLs early seventies era with bright, large format front photography taken at Canadian stadiums and with the unmistakable Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back featuring jet black stock, full English and French biographies, height and weight and import status, and the delightful lime green cartoon box that gives every card a memorable anecdote, all printed in Canada and considerably scarcer in any condition than the American Topps cards, making even creased examples worthwhile for team collectors who understand that black stock shows every flaw. Paul Desjardins is one of the most compelling figures in that checklist, a non import centre from the University of Ottawa who measures six feet three inches and 255 pounds and who combined elite academic achievement as a graduate Bio Chemist and second draft choice of the Ottawa Rough Riders with football excellence as the recipient of the Gil O Julien Trophy in 1965, an honour noted on his bilingual back and illustrated in the green cartoon that proudly proclaims PAUL IS A BIO CHEMIST and PAUL EST UN BIOCHIMISTE with a charming lab scene, embodying the ideal of the Canadian student athlete who excelled in both the laboratory and the trenches. The front image shows Desjardins in his white number 44 jersey and gold pants in a textbook centre stance with hands on the ball at Winnipeg Stadium, a powerful pose that still displays well even with a flaw. This is a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back printed in Canada, the authentic Canadian version that is always preferred to the Topps counterpart, and this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Paul Desjardins #62 Winnipeg Blue Bombers G 2 Creased card is perfect for collectors who want to add this fascinating personality to their collection without paying an Excellent price. The front shows soft corner wear with whitening at the tips, centering near 54/46 left to right and 56/44 top to bottom, minor edge speckling on the white borders, but a clear crease runs across the card and breaks the surface gloss and is also visible as a wrinkle on the black stock of the back where it crosses the green cartoon box, and although color remains presentable and the bilingual biography and BIO CHEMIST cartoon remain fully legible with no paper loss, the crease is the dominant flaw that requires a conservative Good 2 grade despite otherwise VG level wear. Grade Estimate: GOOD