EDITOR’S NOTE
To help celebrate SCD’s 50th anniversary, we look back at some of the top card sets from 1973, our first year of publication. We take a look at 1973 Topps Football.
What’s that old saying? “No pressure, no diamonds.”
The 1973 Miami Dolphins not only had the pressure of trying to repeat as defending Super Bowl champs following their 17-game undefeated season, they had the added stress of seeing how long their historic unbeaten streak would continue.
The string was snapped in Week 2 against the Oakland Raiders, but the Phins swam to bigger glory by season’s end, avenging the regular-season loss to Oakland in the playoffs, and then winning another Lombardi Trophy — and a ring for each player that came with a couple of diamonds.
