1970 O-Pee-Chee Chuck Harrison #65 Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL Card EX 5

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Chuck Harrison #65 Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL Card EX 5 The CFL's Ottawa to Winnipeg pipeline produced some fascinating journeymen, and this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Chuck Harrison #65 documents one of them, a 6 foot 3 inch, 245 pound Canadian tackle photographed in his number 67 jersey, hands on the turf beneath the goalposts of old Winnipeg Stadium. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set was a 115 card release printed in Canada with a layout adapted from the 1969 Topps NFL series, and the reverse is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, printed in English and French on black stock with the familiar green cartoon panel and PRINTED IN CANADA line, and it is not a puzzle back. Harrison's bilingual biography identifies him as a NON-IMPORT, the CFL's designation for Canadian talent, credits Western Michigan University as his school, and tells the transcontinental story in two languages: a product of the Ottawa program, Chuck played two years with the Riders before being traded to the Pegs, the French text recalling his junior era engagement before the move west. The green cartoon panel adds its own bilingual footnote about his junior drafting, the sort of background color that makes these early 1970s reverses so collectible in their own right. Harrison had already appeared in the hobby once before, on card 64 of the scarce 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL test issue as a Bomber, so this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Chuck Harrison #65 served as the follow up chapter for a big national lineman whose two way size allowed the Bombers to use him up front on either side of the ball. He was part of the Canadian core, alongside Peter Francis and Doug Strong, that Winnipeg leaned on during the rebuilding years that followed the Grey Cup championships of 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962, protecting quarterbacks and clearing lanes while the club searched for its next contender under new leadership. Cards of national linemen from this era survive in far smaller numbers than American star cards, which makes clean Canadian content copies increasingly useful for team set builders. this copy shows sharp to lightly touched corners, clean edges with no chipping, a bright glossy photo surface free of creases, wrinkles or stains, good centering for the issue, and a deep black bilingual reverse with crisp white lettering and no writing, staining or paper loss. The card was clearly handled gently across more than five decades, and nothing in the photos argues against the assigned grade. Collectors searching a 1970 O-Pee-Chee Chuck Harrison #65 for a Winnipeg team set or a Canadian content page will find this a clean, properly graded example at a friendly price. Grade Estimate: EX 5