NFL Card Show - Mel Gray

NFL CARD SHOW 

MEL GRAY 1974

Writing my blog got me thinking about my roots as a fan of the NFL.  The first game I remember vividly was Super Bowl III played in 1969 between the Baltimore Colts of the NFL and the New York Jets of the AFL.   At about that same time I began to amass my football card collection.  I probably collected cards from grade one through grade seven.  Topps was the only card company at that time.  The cards came with the obligatory piece of cardboard style bubble gum.  

I am going to make each Wednesday show and tell for a card or two that I pull at random from my collection.  I hope you enjoy a trip down memory lane if this was your era, or a little history lesson if these cards are 10-20 years older than you are.

Mel Gray played his whole career for the St Louis Cardinals (1971-1982).  He was a favorite target for Cardinal QB Jim Hart on some pretty good Cardinal teams of the mid 1970s.  He scored 46 career touchdowns and had an 18.9 career average yards per catch.  Mel was a deep threat in an era where quarterbacks liked the bomb.  He played his college ball at Missouri - -then a member of the Big Eight Conference.