1970 O-Pee-Chee Sonny Wade #99 CFL Grey Cup MVP Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4

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1970 O-Pee-Chee Sonny Wade #99 CFL Grey Cup MVP Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4 Some cards gain value from what happened the season they were printed, and that is exactly the story behind this 1970 O-Pee-Chee Sonny Wade #99 CFL Grey Cup MVP Montreal Alouettes VG-EX 4. Wade is shown in a tight waist up portrait wearing the green Montreal home jersey with number 14 and the red and white sleeve stripes, football cradled in his right hand, hair swept back in unmistakable 1970 fashion, with the alouettes montreal oval logo set into the lower right. The card back describes him as being in his second year with the Alouettes and heavily counted upon by coach Sam Etcheverry, and it notes that he also handles the Montreal punting, which speaks to how valuable he was to that roster. What the card could not know is that Wade would go on to lead Montreal to the 1970 Grey Cup and be named the game's outstanding player, the first of multiple Grey Cup honours he would collect across a career that made him one of the most decorated quarterbacks in Alouettes history. Cards of Grey Cup winning quarterbacks from the very season they won are among the most desirable items in the entire 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL checklist. This is a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, with the English biography followed by the French version and a green cartoon panel joking that Sonny's real name is Jesse in both English and French, a signature domestic O-Pee-Chee touch. the front shows bright colour and a clean portrait with light corner wear at the top left and bottom right, a faint diagonal surface line crossing the upper left of the photo area, and minor edge chipping along the top border; centering is approximately fifty five to forty five left to right and sits slightly low, while the black back shows moderate chipping along the left edge and the bottom corners with visible white flecking and a small blunted corner at the lower right. There are no creases, no wrinkles breaking the gloss and no marks or writing anywhere on the card. Given the light surface line and back chipping, a conservative VG-EX estimate is appropriate, and this remains a highly collectible and very displayable card of a Canadian football legend and the far superior of the two Wade copies in this group. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4