1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5

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1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5 This listing presents a 1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX 5, a second raw single of the Eskimos all-star safety that gives set builders a choice example at a working collector price. The portrait shows Wydareny squared to the camera with the stadium lights and vacant stands stretching behind him, a timeless composition of vintage football photography that feels like a quiet moment before a hard hitting afternoon. Whether you are completing the Edmonton team pages or collecting Western Conference defensive stars, this individually listed card delivers the player and the era in one affordable package from Alex Collect. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL issue was printed in Canada by the London Ontario firm that also supplied the country's most famous hockey cards, and the football set followed the same team by team checklist logic that made binder collecting so satisfying. The reverse here is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, not a puzzle back, with parallel English and French copy over black stock, green accent panels, and the cartoon trivia panel that collectors of the period adore. It survives as a bilingual time capsule of the Official Languages Act era, and as a roster record of the Eskimos just before the franchise's celebrated rise to dynasty status in the late 1970s. Wydareny starred at the University of Western Ontario before becoming the rock of the Edmonton secondary, and his 1970 season featured 11 interceptions, a number that placed him among the Canadian Football League leaders and explains why the card back calls him one of the best defensive backs in the CFL. The cartoon panel proudly adds that John has won more all-star honours than anyone on the Eskimo team, a distinction that turns an inexpensive common into a tribute to one of the club's most decorated Canadian stars. For students of the non-import ratio, he is the perfect example of homegrown talent carrying a franchise. the front stays bright and glossy with clean white borders, a slightly narrower top border that introduces a mild centering tilt, and only light corner softness, while the bilingual Canadian O-Pee-Chee back shows moderate edge chipping typical of the black stock along with honest corner wear, but no creases, wrinkles, or foreign marks in the scans. Weighing the attractive front against the typical back chatter, the conservative raw grade estimate is EX 5, a dependable collector grade for this all-star safety. Grade Estimate: EX 5