Jerry Hill - FB

Jerry Hill was the Colts' 3rd-round pick in 1961, and played 9 seasons - all with the Colts.

He only played 1 game in 1961, then missed the entire 1962 season. 

 

From 1963-70 he started a handful of games at fullback each season, except for starting every game in 1965. He led the Colts in rushing that season. 

 

 

Teams: Colts (1961, 63-70)

    

Rudy Kuechenberg - LB

Rudy Kuechenberg was signed as a free agent by the Bears in 1967.

He played every game with Chicago for 3 seasons, finally starting 10 games in his 3rd year. Those were his only career starts. 

 

In 1970 he split time between the Browns and the Packers. In his final season he appeared in 3 games for the Falcons. 

 

His brother Bob played 14 seasons for the Dolphins. 

 

 

Teams: Bears (1967-69), Browns (1970), Packers (1970), Falcons (1971) 

   

Charlie Harper - G

Two months ago we looked at the card for Giants' guard Darrell Dess. Here's their other guard.

Charlie Harper was the Giants' 8th-round pick in 1966. He played 7 seasons in the NFL - all for the Giants. 

 

A backup guard in his rookie season, he played right tackle for the next 2 years, starting 12 games in '67 and 4 games in '68. 

 

Harper switched back to guard for the '69 and '70 seasons, starting 11 games at right guard in 1970. 

 

In 1971 he started every game at right tackle. Harper had played in every game for his first 6 seasons. 

 

In his final season (1972), he only appeared in 1 game, and it was at defensive tackle. 

 

 

Teams: Giants (1966-72) 

   

Johnnie Robinson - DB

(not to be confused with the long-time Chiefs' safety) 

 

Johnnie Robinson was drafted by the Lions (7th round) and Bills (2nd round) in their leagues' respective 1966 drafts.

He played in 14 games for the Lions in 1966 (no starts), and scored 1 TD while returning 19 kicks and punts. 

 

That was his only season in the NFL. So why does he have a card in the 1969 set? 

 

No other information can be found on pro-football-reference.com or ProSportsTransactions.com. When I flipped his card over to see what it said about the '67 and '68 seasons, all I found was a puzzle piece on the back. 

 

 

Teams: Lions (1966)