This listing is for a 1963 Topps/O-Pee-Chee card lot featuring cards #78 (Leo Lewis - CFL and College Football Hall of Fame), #84 (Frank Rigney - Hall of Fame) and #87 (Winnipeg Team Picture - 1962 Grey Cup Champion Team) of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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Leo Lewis - CFL and College Football Hall of Fame (card #78):

Leo Lewis was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played college football as a running back for Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, from 1951 to 1954 and professionally with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1955 to 1966. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Lincoln, from 1973 to 1975.

Lewis was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and the College Football Hall of Fame in August 2005. In 2005, he was named to 20 All-Time Blue Bombers Greats, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Blue Bombers franchise. Lewis was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2005, was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in February 2018, and the Missouri Sports Hall Of Fame in 2019.

Frank Rigney - Hall of Fame (card #84):
Frank Rigney was an outstanding offensive tackle for Winnipeg. During his 10-year stint from 1958 to 1967, Winnipeg won the Grey Cup four times, in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962. Winnipeg also participated and lost in 1965, the so-called Wind Bowl. "The first year we got a tie clasp from the city. The second year that we won, we did get a ring, the one and only one we got. The next two that we won, I can't remember what we got. I think we got a watch," Rigney stated. Rigney retired from football due to back injuries. Through ten seasons he only missed five games..

Winnipeg Team Picture - 1962 Grey Cup Championship Team (card #87):
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at Princess Auto Stadium.

The Blue Bombers were founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, later changed to the Winnipeg Football Club, which is the organization's legal name. The Blue Bombers are one of three community owned teams, without shareholders, in the CFL.

Since their establishment, the Blue Bombers have won the Grey Cup championship 12 times, most recently in 2021 CFL season when they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–25 in the 108th Grey Cup. The team holds the record for most Grey Cup appearances of any team (27) and Winnipeg were the first club in Western Canada to win a championship.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers team pictured on this card won the 1962 Grey Cup Championship.

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The 1963 Topps CFL cards contain the Topps "T.C.G." trademark on their backs, but were actually printed in Canada by O-Pee-Chee.  Each card also contains bilingual player biographies and trivia questions. The 1963 Topps CFL Football Card Set consists of 88 standard sized cards and are grouped by teams. The numbered cards are arranged alphabetically by the city of the team and then by the player's last name.    

The card lot is shipped securely inside a  #000 bubble mailer and a tracking number will be provided to you at the time of shipping. The cards in the listing are the cards you will receive so please view pictures for card condition.

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