The 1983
Cowboys police set consists of 28 cards; twenty-three players,
Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry and four cheerleaders. Fronts have
game-day photos, with a Cowboys helmet and Kiwanis Club logo located at the bottom left and right. Card backs feature
"Cowboys Tips" and a listing of the sponsors (Kiwanis Club, local law
enforcement agency and the Dallas Cowboys Weekly).
Notable cards include Hall of
Famers Landry, running back Tony Dorsett and defensive tackle Randy White. The
cards are not numbered except for the player's uniform numbers, and the year
"1983" is not mentioned anywhere on the cards. Twenty-three of the photos were
taken by photographer Ron Scribner.
Die-hard 'Boys fans will be interested in four cards featuring players that never appeared on a regular Topps card, but played for Dallas multiple seasons -- safety Dextor Clinkscale (1980-85), guard Kurt Petersen (1980-85), guard Howard Richards (1981-86) and wide receiver Doug Donley (1981-84).
The
1983 set was apparently released in modest quantities, but anyone interested in finding the cards should find a steady trickle of them on eBay. A fair price for a NRMT complete set is in the $20 to $25 range.
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(1) Rafael
Septien, K
(11) Danny
White, QB
(20) Ron
Springs, FB
(24) Everson
Walls, CB
(26) Michael
Downs, S
(30) Timmy
Newsome, RB
(32) Dennis
Thurman, CB
(33) Tony
Dorsett, RB
(47) Dextor
Clinksdale, S
(53) Bob
Breunig, LB
(54) Randy
White, DT
(65) Kurt
Petersen, G
(67) Pat
Donovan, T
(70) Howard
Richards, G/T
(72) Ed Jones,
DE
(78) John
Dutton, DT
(79) Harvey
Martin, DE
(80) Tony Hill,
WR
(83) Doug
Donley, WR
(84) Doug
Cosbie, TE
(86) Butch
Johnson, WR
(88) Drew
Pearson, WR
(89) Billy Joe
DuPree, TE
Tom Landry, Head
Coach
Melinda May,
Cheerleader
Dana Presley,
Chherleader
Judy Trammell,
Cheerleader
Toni Washington,
Cheerleader
I have multiples of the 4 players that Topps never made a card of even though they were regulars. I am missing 4 cards for a complete set but have lots of multiples.
ReplyDeleteI have multiples of the 4 players that Topps never made a card of even though they were regulars. I am missing 4 cards for a complete set but have lots of multiples.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what a complete set of 28 cards would be worth now, in 2018.
ReplyDeleteI have complete sets of 1979, 1980, 1981 & 1983. Any idea why there wasn't a 1982 set?
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming this stopped in 1983 and there aren't any 1984 sets floating around.