1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX-MT 6

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1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX-MT 6 Collectors searching for a premium raw single of the Eskimos secondary will appreciate this 1970 O-Pee-Chee John Wydareny #59 Edmonton Eskimos EX-MT 6, the finest example of this card among our current stock at Alex Collect. Wydareny stands tall in his number 15 jersey against a brilliant blue sky and empty terraces, the very picture of a confident defensive back in his prime, with the light towers and vacant stands giving the photo a timeless western football atmosphere. As a Western Football Conference all-star and one of the best Canadian born players on the roster, Wydareny anchors the non-import side of the Edmonton subset and rewards collectors with both on field pedigree and genuine visual appeal. The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is beloved for its bilingual backs, and this card carries the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, not a puzzle back, with English and French text over a black ground, green accent panels, and a cartoon trivia box celebrating the player. Produced in London, Ontario and printed in Canada, the checklist runs 115 cards and remains a favourite mid grade set build for vintage Canadian collectors, borrowing its front design cues from the 1969 Topps NFL issue while preserving a snapshot of the Eskimos roster from the seasons immediately before the franchise's golden age of Grey Cup dominance. A University of Western Ontario product, Wydareny ranked among the Canadian Football League interception leaders year after year, and he picked off 11 passes during the 1970 season alone, a remarkable tally that underscores his ball-hawking instincts in the Eskimos secondary. The card's cartoon panel notes that John has won more all-star honours than anyone on the Eskimo team, a claim that elevates this seemingly modest common into the story of one of Edmonton's most decorated defenders of the era. Non-import stars like Wydareny were the backbone of every CFL roster, and his year over year consistency made him a quiet fan favourite across the Western Conference. this example shows the sharpest corners of the group with bright gloss, clean white borders, and near even centering on the front, while the bilingual back exhibits only minimal edge chipping and the faintest corner wear, free of creases, wrinkles, and marks in the scans. Because the black backed 1970 O-Pee-Chee design rarely survives without some border chatter, the conservative raw grade estimate is EX-MT 6, a strong raw grade that would sit proudly in a graded candidate pile or anchor a high grade Edmonton team set. Grade Estimate: EX-MT 6