1970 O-Pee-Chee Bill Frank #64 Hall of Fame Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL Card EX 5

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Bill Frank #64 Hall of Fame Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL Card EX 5 Some cards quietly belong to Hall of Famers, and this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Bill Frank #64 is exactly that, a portrait of the 6 foot 5 inch, 260 pound American anchor who spent seven seasons in Winnipeg blue and gold and eventually took his place in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set, a 115 card issue printed in Canada and styled on the 1969 Topps NFL design, is the era's definitive CFL record, and the reverse here is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, written in English and French on black stock with green accents, and it is not a puzzle back. Frank's bilingual biography lists the IMPORT tackle at 6 feet 5 inches and 260 pounds, born in Denver, Colorado, and notes that he was drafted by Dallas, adding that Bill has always shown he is a very capable performer in the CFL, while the cartoon panel shares the kind of detail only vintage backs provide, confessing that Bill once fractured a cheek bone. The full career behind the card is remarkable: Frank starred at Colorado, began his professional journey with the BC Lions in 1962, played in the 1963 Grey Cup, was drafted by both the NFL Cowboys and the Chargers in 1963, appeared in four games for Dallas in 1964 after the Cowboys famously traded running back Amos Bullocks to BC for his rights, then starred for Toronto from 1965 to 1968 before settling in Winnipeg, where he was a seven time CFL All-Star between 1966 and 1973, earned divisional honors in both the East and the West, joined the Blue Bombers All-Time 90th Anniversary team, entered the club's hall of fame in 1990 and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2001. His arrival as a full time starter in 1970 coincided with Jim Spavital taking over a young Bombers club that struggled to a 2 and 14 record that season, and Frank's steady trench work helped the team climb back to a 10 and 6 mark by 1972. this copy presents crisp corner tips with the lightest touches, clean edges with no chipping of note, a vibrant and glossy photo surface free of creases, wrinkles or stains, strong centering, and a deep black bilingual reverse with bright, unfaded lettering, a well above average survivor of this fragile issue. Any collector targeting a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Bill Frank #64, a Hall of Fame player page or a Bombers lineman collection is getting genuine Hall of Fame pedigree at a common card price. Grade Estimate: EX 5