1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Bob Krouse #21 Corner Linebacker Hamilton Tiger-Cats VG 3

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1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Bob Krouse #21 Corner Linebacker Hamilton Tiger-Cats VG 3 Every team set has room for an honest filler, and this second copy of Bob Krouse's 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL card, number 21 in the set, is priced and described for exactly that job, ideal for the collector who wants the hometown hero represented in the binder today while the hunt for an upgrade continues at leisure. Photographed in the middle-left front slot of the nine-card sleeve, it shows Krouse in the same proud number 14 portrait, black and gold under the stadium lights, and it is offered as a single raw copy in exactly the creased condition the scans reveal. The player deserves every bit of the tribute regardless of holder grade: the bilingual back recounts how corner linebacker Bob joined the Tiger-Cats directly from high school and rapidly became a star, lists the McMaster University non-import at six foot one and 195 pounds, and tops it off with the green cartoon noting that Bob was a high-standing student in college. Krouse was a fixture of the Hamilton defence through one of the greatest sustained runs in franchise history, a stretch that included the dynasty years of the sixties and culminated for this card's era in the December 1972 Grey Cup at Ivor Wynne Stadium, where the Tiger-Cats edged Saskatchewan 13 to 10 on Ian Sunter's famous last-play field goal. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL issue itself is hobby royalty, a Canadian-only production with its dramatic black bilingual backs, PRINTED IN CANADA down the edge and those beloved lime green cartoon panels, and even a well-loved example carries the full charm of the design. Budget-minded Ticats collectors, young fans starting their first vintage set, and player collectors needing a placeholder will all appreciate the candour of this listing. Searching 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Bob Krouse #21 Corner Linebacker Hamilton Tiger-Cats VG 3 leads you to a copy where the flaws are on full display and the price matches them. the front shows multiple light creases crossing the upper photo area with spiderweb-style wrinkling radiating near the top and along the left side, corners are rounded with whitening at the tips, and the borders show scattered edge wear, while the mapped reverse, found at the middle-right of the back scan, displays a pronounced spider-web crease pattern across the black background together with edge chipping and corner wear, though the bilingual English and French text and the green cartoon panel remain readable and the card still presents acceptably in a sleeve. This is the Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back version of the card, not a puzzle back. Grade Estimate: VG 3