Vinny Testaverde 1991 Gameday Magazine Cover
The star receiver of the Houston Oilers graces the cover of Gameday Magazine for the December 13, 1987 issue. Givins had a great sophomore year in the NFL catching 53 passes for 933 yards (17.6 yard-per-catch-average) and scored 6 touchdowns.
Gracing the cover of Game Day Magazine in September 1988 Vinny played for 6 different teams (7 if you count Cleveland 1995/Baltimore 1996 as 2 different teams) over a 21-year career. He passed for 46,233 yards and 245 touchdowns. Made the Pro Bowl in 1996 and 1998.
On the cover of Gameday Magazine in November of 1986.
Earl Morrall was the highlight of a number of backups that found their way to starting spots during the 1968 NFL season
The Star of Ole Miss in the late 1960s. Here he graces the cover of Sports Illustrated in December of 1970.
The Cardinals offensive leader throughout the majority of the 1980s decade - Neil Lomax of Portland State.
The 1979 Street & Smith's NFL Magazine Edition with Roger Staubach and Jim Youngblood on the cover. Street and Smith's used different cover pictures for different marketing regions. Other issues of the same season also featured Jim Zorn and Terry Bradshaw.
1979 was also the year the Rams would make it all the way to Super Bowl XIV.
Larry Wilson, the Cardinals Hall of Fame Safety makes the cover on this 1972 Pro Magazine. 1972 was his 13th and final year in the NFL after 8 Pro Bowls and All Pro awards.
Cleveland's Hall of Fame fullback Jim Brown on the cover of the 1963 issue of Pro Football Illustrated. Brown would have a phenomenal season leading the NFL in every rushing category with 291 carries, 1863 yards, 6.4 YPC and 12 rushing touchdowns. The 1863 yards were a new NFL Rushing record that would stand 10 years.
The Colts Hall of Fame quarterback on one of the covers of the 1965 Seasonal issue of Street and Smith's Pro Football Yearbook. Another release of the same magazine featured the 1964 NFL Champion Cleveland Browns quarterback Frank Ryan.
Lions star from the 1930s - Dutch Clark on the cover of a 1938 Lions/Redskins game program.
One of the most exciting runners of his day - San Francisco 49er Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny on the cover of the December 1955 issue of Sport magazine.
4 of the Top College Draft prospects in the 1971 NFL Draft - Jim Plunkett of Stanford, Archie Manning of Ole Miss, Joe Thiesmann of Notre Dame and Rex Kern of Ohio State - grace the cover of the October issue of Sport Magazine.
Jim Plunkett & Archie Manning would go #1 and #2 with Joe Theismann going in the 4th and Rex Kern went in the 10th.
Eric Allen played 7 of his 14 years in the league for the Philadelphia Eagles making 5 Pro Bowls. Here he makes the cover of the 1993, December 6 issue of Gameday Magazine. In 1993 he had 6 interceptions with a league-high 201 yards and 4 touchdowns including a 4th quarter 94-yard score against the Jets.
Coming off a spectacular rookie season in 1965, Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers was a hot sports media topic in 1966. Here he is on that years Fall issue of Pro Football Illustrated. He didn't disappoint making the All Pro team while leading the NFL in rushing yards with 1231 yards.
It's the start of the 1973 NFL season and Larry Csonka and the Miami Dolphins are on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Dolphins had just come off their historic undefeated season of 1972 and would repeat as NFL Champs with a win in Super Bowl VIII. Csonka would have his third straight 1,000 yard rushing season. Quarterback Bob Griese is in background.
Providing the late-game heroics in 4 victories and a tie, a 43-year old George Blanda is honored on this November issue of Sports Illustrated.
Frank Ryan and Leroy Kelly shown on a program from a Cardinals-Browns game in 1968. Fullback Ernie Green can be seen in the right-foreground. The Cardinals won 27-16.
Fullback Jim Taylor is featured on the Green Bay Press Book of 1965
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame Running back Franco Harris makes the cover of November 1973 issue of Sport Magazine.
Eagles All-Pro Defensive End Reggie White is featured on this Sport Magazine cover printed in August of 1990. Up to this time White had been in the NFL as an Eagle since 1985 and had tallied up 81 sacks already. In 1990 he would add another 14. By the time his 15-year career was done he'd have 198.
After his 4th Super Bowl win in 1979, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is the cover focus of this series of Street & Smith's previewing the upcoming 1980 NFL season. Bradshaw would have another good year passing for 3339 yards, 24 touchdowns and a 75.0 passer rating.
