1971 O-Pee-Chee Dave Fleming #67 Running Back Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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1971 O-Pee-Chee Dave Fleming #67 Running Back Hamilton Tiger-Cats This 1971 O-Pee-Chee Dave Fleming card captures a Tiger-Cats running back with a fascinating football journey, a player who went from a tryout with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers to a starring role in the Canadian Football League. Fleming's card is part of the celebrated 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats run, with its full-bleed colour action photo, bold team banner, and the bilingual O-Pee-Chee back that makes these Canadian issues so instantly recognizable. It is a quality addition to any vintage CFL or Tiger-Cats collection. Card history: the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is a 132-card issue spanning all nine CFL teams, with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at numbers 61 through 75. Printed by O-Pee-Chee of London, Ontario, the set is famous for full-bleed photography and bilingual backs that translate every English bio into French, a hallmark of Canadian trading cards. Card #67 is Dave Fleming's issue. The back notes that the 6'0", 205-pound running back played with the Pittsburgh Steelers out of college before landing in Hamilton, and that he was a selection to the 1970 All-Eastern Team, a genuinely impressive credential at the time of printing. Player achievements: Dave Fleming was a consistent offensive threat for the Tiger-Cats, and his 1971 season shows why the All-Eastern honour was no fluke: he hauled in 24 receptions for 400 yards and two touchdowns while also contributing on the ground, including a long gain of over 100 yards on a catch that season. A versatile import who could run, catch and even help on defence earlier in his career, Fleming's blend of size and speed made him a matchup problem for Eastern Conference defences, and he represents the dependable American talent that made the early-70s Tiger-Cats contenders. For set builders, the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL is one of the most affordable ways to collect vintage CFL team runs, and the Hamilton section is among the most popular in Canada, keeping steady demand for every card in it. assessed from the high-resolution 1200-DPI scan of both sides. The card presents four sharp corners with no visible rounding or whitening, clean edges with no chipping or fraying, and a surface free of creases, wrinkles, indentations or marks in the scan. The front photo is framed evenly and the back frame shows well-balanced centering with no obvious print offset. The 1971 O-Pee-Chee Dave Fleming card was scanned inside a protective sleeve, so fine handling marks can be hidden by sleeve reflection; grading conservatively from the photos, the raw Grade Estimate: EX-MT 6