1971 O-Pee-Chee John Reid #74 Center Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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1971 O-Pee-Chee John Reid #74 Center Hamilton Tiger-Cats This 1971 O-Pee-Chee John Reid card captures a veteran Canadian centre who anchored the middle of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' offensive line, a University of Tulsa product with a winding CFL journey that included a stop in Saskatchewan. Reid's card is part of the classic 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Tiger-Cats run, with the full-bleed colour action photo, bold team banner, and the bilingual O-Pee-Chee back that makes these Canadian issues so collectible. It is a strong piece for anyone assembling the complete Hamilton run from this landmark set. Card history: the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is a 132-card issue covering all nine Canadian Football League teams, with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at numbers 61 through 75. Printed by O-Pee-Chee of London, Ontario, the set is famous for full-bleed photography and bilingual backs that translate every English biography into French. Card #74 is John Reid's issue. Collectors should note the documented uncorrected error on this card: the front banner reads "Tiger Cats" without the hyphen, exactly as printed in 1971. The back notes that the 6'4", 255-pound centre sold cars in the off-season, that this was his fourth season as a Tiger-Cat, and that after being a regular in 1970 he had once played with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Player achievements: John Reid was a durable and reliable centre for the Tiger-Cats, appearing in all 14 games in 1971 and anchoring the offensive line through the club's march toward the 1972 Grey Cup championship. A Canadian-born player who came through the University of Tulsa program, he represented the steady domestic talent that complemented Hamilton's American imports, and he remained a regular in the Tiger-Cats' lineup through the early 1970s. Snapping the ball in front of the loud crowds at Civic Stadium, Reid was the quiet anchor the Hamilton offence counted on every single down. For set builders, the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL is one of the most affordable ways to collect vintage CFL team runs, and the Hamilton section is among the most popular in Canada. assessed from the high-resolution 1200-DPI scan of both sides. The card shows four sharp corners with no visible rounding or whitening, clean edges with no chipping or fraying, and a surface that presents free of creases, wrinkles, indentations or marks in the scan. The front photo is framed evenly and the back frame shows well-balanced centering with no obvious print offset. The 1971 O-Pee-Chee John Reid card was scanned inside a protective sleeve, so fine handling marks can be masked by sleeve reflection; grading conservatively from the photos, the raw Grade Estimate: EX-MT 6