1981 Coca-Cola Football (Redskins)

 

Switching things up here even though football season is a month or two away.  The '81 Topps football set is one of my favorites so I was excited when I saw a Coca-Cola set.  It's not often (if at all) that I see these cards in the wild so when I came across this 1981 Coca-Cola football set of the Washington Redskins, I couldn't let it go.  In my excitement I may have overpaid a bit at $15, but these cards are in fantastic condition.

This team set contains 11 cards of the key players from the Redskins, including this Joe Theismann.  You don't see QB's with a single bar mask anymore.

The ALL PRO highlight was always eye catching.  The younger version of me was always looking for these when ripping open packs back then.

Art Monk is one of the more notable rookies from the '81 set, so including him in this set is a bonus.  

Mark Moseley was one of the last straight-on place kickers in the NFL.

Mike Nelms was a 3x Pro Bowler and named to the '80s all decade team.

A look at the card back is very similar to Topps regular issue with the exception of the Coca-Cola logo.

Each team set has a header card.  I was hoping it might be a checklist but instead you receive an offer for an uncut sheet of football cards.

I don't remember seeing these cards when I was a kid.  So while doing a little research for this post I was curious to learn that Topps issued a set of 84 cards for 7 NFL teams (Redskins, Chargers, Colts, Cowboys, Giants, Cardinals and Oilers). None of which were the Vikings, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me that I never saw them.  The good thing about these is that the team sets are very affordable so completing this set shouldn't be much of a challenge.  I wish I could go back and order one of those uncut sheets for $4.

Now onto the giveaway from the prior post.  There were 6 comments from my prior post that came up with a creative way to say 100.  I spun the wheel and the winner is Bo by a thread!  Congratulations!