1971 O-Pee-Chee Bob Kosid #100 Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL Football Card

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1971 O-Pee-Chee Bob Kosid #100 Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL Football Card Number 100 is a card number most collectors remember from the baseball world, and here it belongs to Bob Kosid, the Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive halfback featured in this 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL release. The portrait shows him in the green jersey, crouched in a ready stance, a pose that conveys the grit of the halfbacks who opened holes for the running game in the early 1970s. High card numbers like this one also make the card an easy identifier for anyone working through a Riders collection. This card comes from O-Pee-Chee's 132 card set for the 1971 CFL season, organized by club with the Saskatchewan block running through the 90s and 100s. The red bordered front with its white framed photograph is the classic look of the issue, and the reverse is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back, carrying Kosid's story in English and French beneath the O-Pee-Chee trademark and the printed in Canada line. As with the rest of the set, the back is not a puzzle back; it is the bilingual Canadian design that distinguishes O-Pee-Chee CFL cards from their American cousins. The card back shares some interesting personal history. Kosid was born in Brandon, Manitoba, and his father, a native of Saskatchewan, had played football at the University of Saskatchewan in the late 1930s, so football ran in the family across generations. Bob received his training in Chicago area high schools and then at the University of Kentucky, where he played as an offensive fullback and defensive half. Listed at 5 foot 10 and 185 pounds, he moved into the CFL as an offensive halfback for the Roughriders. The cartoon panel on the back notes that he works as a salesman for I. B. M., one of the charming personal touches that O-Pee-Chee included on its 1971 CFL cards. in the photos the card shows light rounding at the corners, a small pale scuff on the upper left section of the red border, and minor edge wear along the bottom edge, with no chipping, no creases, no repair, and no writing on either side. The portrait is centred close to even, estimated around 50/50, and the colours of the jersey and the border remain vibrant. Sleeve glare in the listing images is not a surface defect. Considering the corner wear and the light border scuff, a conservative raw estimate is VG-EX 4, with the card sitting near the top of that grade. Collectors completing the Saskatchewan block of the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set, or simply searching for the 1971 O-Pee-Chee Bob Kosid #100 Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL Football Card, will find this a clean, honest example. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4