1970 O-Pee-Chee Gordon Judges #107 CFL Rookie Card Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Gordon Judges #107 CFL Rookie Card Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4 Green jerseys, open fields and the promise of a Grey Cup run define this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Gordon Judges #107 CFL Rookie Card Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4, a card that lands right on the doorstep of one of the most celebrated seasons in Montreal football history. Judges is captured in the Alouettes green home jersey with the red and white sleeve stripes, number 61 across the chest, arms extended in a defensive tackle stance on a sunlit practice field with a treeline behind him and the familiar oval alouettes montreal logo set into the corner. The timing could hardly be better for collectors, because the Alouettes of this era were building toward the 1970 Grey Cup championship, and cards of the defensive front from that group carry genuine historical weight. Gordon Judges came to the Alouettes from the Bramalea Satellites where he starred as a defensive tackle, and the card back proudly declares that Gord is the biggest man of the Als Front Four, listing him at six foot three and two hundred and sixty pounds, an imposing figure for Canadian football at the time and a rare Canadian non import anchoring an interior line. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set remains the definitive Canadian football issue of its year, printed domestically and distinguished by its black backs and cartoon panels. This is a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, presenting the biography in English and then in French, with the green cartoon panel reading that Gordon est un veritable geant alongside the English caption, confirming authentic O-Pee-Chee bilingual production. the front is bright with excellent green and blue colour separation, showing light corner wear at the upper left and a slightly softened lower right corner, minor edge chipping along the top border, and a few faint surface handling lines through the sky; centering runs approximately sixty to forty left to right with a marginally heavier bottom border, and the black back shows moderate chipping concentrated along the right edge and the lower corners with scattered white flecks throughout the border area. No creases or wrinkles are present on either side, there is no writing, and the card remains structurally sound and flat. A conservative estimate places this comfortably in the VG-EX range, held back primarily by back chipping and centering rather than any damage, making it a strong value entry point into 1970 Montreal Alouettes cardboard and the best of the two Judges copies offered here. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4