1958 Topps #66 Bart Starr PSA NM-MT 8

1958 Topps #66 Bart Starr PSA 8 - Before Starr Became the Standard

The 1958 Topps #66 Bart Starr captures Green Bay’s future field general before the championships, MVP awards, and Lombardi-era mythology transformed his name into football royalty. Starr was entering only his third NFL season when this card was issued, still a young quarterback on a Packers team searching for direction. Within a year, Vince Lombardi would arrive in Green Bay, beginning one of the greatest transformations in professional football history—and Starr would ultimately become the man entrusted to lead it.

Graded PSA NM-MT 8, this example represents an impressive early playing-era card of Starr, issued just one year after his celebrated 1957 Topps rookie. That timing gives #66 tremendous appeal: it belongs to the brief window before the Packers dynasty existed, when Starr’s place in football history remained completely unwritten. A PSA 8 second-year card offers collectors an early look at the quarterback before his familiar image became synonymous with winning in Green Bay.

What followed was extraordinary. With Starr under center, the Packers captured five NFL championships in seven seasons, including victories in the first two Super Bowls. He was named NFL MVP in 1966 and earned MVP honors in both Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II, while his quarterback sneak in the closing seconds of the legendary 1967 Ice Bowl remains one of football’s defining moments. Starr eventually retired with a postseason record of 9-1 as a starting quarterback, and his .900 playoff winning percentage remains a remarkable part of his legacy.