1970 O-Pee-Chee Glen Schapansky #69 CFL Rookie Card Winnipeg Blue Bombers VG 3

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Glen Schapansky #69 CFL Rookie Card Winnipeg Blue Bombers VG 3 Offensive linemen rarely got the glamour treatment in vintage football sets, which is part of what makes this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Glen Schapansky #69 CFL Rookie Card Winnipeg Blue Bombers VG 3 such an enjoyable piece of Canadian cardboard. Schapansky is shown in a low stance in the white number 62 Bombers jersey, hand planted in the turf, blond hair catching the sun, with the Blue Bombers W logo and the orange football graphic anchoring the lower right corner in the design language that defines the 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL issue. Schapansky was a product of the Bomber Junior Camp and a graduate of the Western Wildcats junior program, and the card back tells collectors plainly that great things are expected of him, the sort of optimistic scouting line that gives these cards their charm half a century later. As a Canadian non import lineman standing six foot three and listed at two hundred and forty eight pounds, he represented the developmental pipeline that Winnipeg built its identity on, and cards like this are increasingly sought by fans reconstructing the full 115 card checklist. This is a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, with the English biography followed by its French counterpart and a green cartoon panel reading that Glen is a tackle from the Wildcats alongside the French translation, confirming its authentic domestic O-Pee-Chee origin rather than any American release. the front shows honest circulation with soft corners at all four points, the heaviest rounding at the lower left and lower right, plus light surface scuffing across the white bottom name panel and a small nick on the right border; edges show moderate chipping with white showing along the right side, and the black back exhibits pronounced chipping across the top edge and the entire right side with flaking around the corner tips, while centering sits around sixty five to thirty five left to right on the front. Colour remains bright and the image is fully intact with no paper loss or writing. Because of the corner rounding and heavy back chipping this example warrants a conservative grade, and it should be viewed as a well loved collector filler that still displays respectably in a binder page or a simple top loader. Grade Estimate: VG 3