NFLNFL Indianapolis Colts Trading Cards1956–1973Hall of Fame · 1979

Johnny Unitas

Johnny Unitas on the wall — for the Colts fan who knows the Golden Arm.

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Career snapshot

Passing: 40,239 YDS · 290 TD · 253 INT · 78.2 passer rating

Accolades

★ Super Bowl V champion (Baltimore Colts, 1970 season)

★ Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1979, first ballot)

★ 3× NFL MVP (1959, 1964, 1967)

★ 3× NFL Champion (1958, 1959, 1968)

★ 10× Pro Bowler · 5× First-Team All-Pro

★ Threw a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (1956–1960) — record stood 52 years until Drew Brees broke it in 2012

★ Led Baltimore over the Giants in the 1958 NFL Championship — “The Greatest Game Ever Played”

★ NFL 1960s All-Decade Team · NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

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1957 Topps #138 is Unitas’s rookie card and one of the most iconic vintage football pieces ever produced — a high-grade copy is a cornerstone of any vintage NFL or Baltimore Colts collection. The 1958 Topps, 1959 Topps, and 1962 Topps cards anchor his MVP-era vintage pieces. For premium collectors, his Panini National Treasures patch-autographs and Colts retrospective jersey relics offer the high-end memorabilia options.

About Johnny Unitas at FreshDCards

Cut by Pittsburgh in 1955, Johnny Unitas was playing semi-pro ball on a sandlot in western Pennsylvania when the Baltimore Colts called the next year. From there he built the template for the modern NFL quarterback: 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass (a record that stood 52 years until Drew Brees broke it in 2012), three NFL MVPs, the 1958 NFL Championship overtime win against the Giants — “The Greatest Game Ever Played” that vaulted pro football onto national television — and Super Bowl V to close his Colts tenure.

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