Lynn Dickey Card Appraisal

1981 Topps Lynn Dickey #154 Green Bay Packers Football Card

This is a vintage sports trading card from the 1981 Topps NFL series, featuring Lynn Dickey, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The card measures the standard 2.5 by 3.5 inches and is printed on typical 1980s cardboard stock with a semi-matte finish. The front design features a close-up action photograph of Dickey wearing a yellow Packers helmet with a white and green center stripe and a Riddell logo. The layout includes a distinct yellow border on the left side with 'PACKERS' printed vertically in black bold lettering and a green 'LYNN DICKEY' header at the top. A small purple football icon in the bottom right corner identifies his position as 'QB'. Regarding condition, the card exhibits multiple visible issues that would impact its professional grading: the centering is significantly shifted toward the top-right border, the corners show noticeable rounding and softening, and there is visible edge wear along the right side. Small surface indentations and a slight loss of luster are present, typical for an ungraded card of this age that has been handled without protective casing. This piece represents the late-70s to early-80s era of sports memorabilia production, characterized by industrial-scale printing and varying quality control in paper cutting.