1971 O-Pee-Chee Moses Denson #107 CFL Montreal Alouettes

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1971 O-Pee-Chee Moses Denson #107 CFL Montreal Alouettes The 1971 O-Pee-Chee Moses Denson #107 Montreal Alouettes card features one of the most fascinating backstories in the entire 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set. Denson never played high school football, instead enlisting in the United States Marines straight out of high school and earning All Service recognition on the gridiron before moving on to Maryland State, where he was considered an excellent ball carrier in both the military leagues and the college ranks. When he reached the CFL, he quickly earned a reputation as the toughest back to tackle in the league, a phrase the card back uses as its headline, and that bruising running style made him a perfect fit for the hard nosed Alouettes teams of the early 1970s. This card lands in the Montreal section of the checklist, which ran from roughly card 105 through 120 and covered the defending Grey Cup champions of 1970, a team loaded with future Hall of Famers and franchise icons. Denson's card is one of the tougher Montreal commons to find in clean condition simply because it spent five decades circulating through Canadian kids' collections and scrapbooks, which is exactly why a well preserved example like this one stands out when set builders go hunting. His unique path from Marine to Maryland State to the Canadian league also gives the card a genuine crossover appeal for collectors who love unusual football biographies. Denson was part of the Montreal squad that won the 1970 Grey Cup, and his power running complemented a roster stacked with future Hall of Famers and franchise icons. His alma mater, Maryland State, is known today as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a detail that gives the card a nice footnote for the thorough researcher. the surfaces are clean and free of creases, wrinkles, and surface marks at scan resolution, the red border remains vivid and evenly applied, and the corners and edges show no chipping visible in the scan, with centering that appears well within the normal tolerances for this frequently off centre issue. The reverse is the classic Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back with the biography printed in both English and French and the PRINTED IN CANADA line at the base, and this is not the puzzle back variation. If you are filling the Montreal run or simply want a great conversation piece, this 1971 O-Pee-Chee Moses Denson #107 card is a clean, honest original. Grade Estimate: EX 5