🏈 Joe Montana 1981 Topps #216 Rookie RC Football Card PSA 7 Near Mint — Born New Eagle Pennsylvania June 11 1956, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, San Francisco 49ers 3rd Round Pick 1979, 4x Super Bowl Champion (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV), 3x Super Bowl MVP, 8x Pro Bowl, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1994, Never Threw a Super Bowl Interception in 122 Attempts Across Four Games — The 1981 Topps Base RC of the Greatest Clutch Quarterback in NFL History

Card #216 from the 1981 Topps football set — the base Rookie Card of Joe Montana, the New Eagle, Pennsylvania quarterback who played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 1979 NFL Draft at 82nd overall, and went on to win four Super Bowl championships, three Super Bowl MVP awards, eight Pro Bowl selections, and two NFL Player of the Year awards before being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994 in his first year of eligibility — graded PSA 7 Near Mint. The 1981 Topps set was the mass-market football card issue of its era, and card #216 — Joe Montana's entry into the official trading card documentation — has become one of the most recognizable rookie cards in the football card hobby, associated with the player whose career produced the most remarkable sustained record of clutch performance in NFL history: four Super Bowl championships, zero Super Bowl interceptions across 122 pass attempts in four games, and the complete composure under late-game pressure that made him the standard definition of the franchise quarterback. Condition: NOS.

🌟 New Eagle, Pennsylvania — Washington County — Notre Dame — The Making of Montana

Joe Montana was born June 11, 1956, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania — a small borough in Washington County, in the coal and steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. He was raised in the nearby borough of Monongahela, in a region of Pennsylvania that has produced a concentration of NFL quarterbacks across generations — Johnny Unitas, Dan Marino, Joe Namath, and Montana all came from western Pennsylvania, a coincidence that has produced more than one theory about the region's particular formation of athletic talent and competitive character. Montana played his college football at the University of Notre Dame, contributing to multiple comeback victories that defined his reputation as a player who was most effective when the situation required it least. The 1979 Cotton Bowl — where Notre Dame trailed Houston by 34 points in the second half before Montana led a comeback to win 35-34 in the final seconds — remains the defining pre-NFL demonstration of what the country was about to experience for thirteen years. Condition: NOS.

🏆 Four Super Bowls — Three Super Bowl MVPs — Zero Super Bowl Interceptions — The Clutch Career That Has No Equal

Joe Montana's Super Bowl record is the defining statistical story of his career: four appearances, four victories, three MVP awards, and 122 pass attempts without a single interception. Not one. Across four different games, four different opponents, four different defensive coordinators with months to prepare game plans specifically designed to make him throw the football to the wrong jersey, Montana never once did. The Catch (January 10, 1982 NFC Championship): a 6-yard TD pass to Dwight Clark with 51 seconds remaining to defeat the Dallas Cowboys at Candlestick Park and reach his first Super Bowl. The Drive (Super Bowl XXIII, January 22, 1989): a 92-yard drive in the final 3:10, ending with a TD pass to John Taylor with 34 seconds left to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 in what many consider the greatest two-minute drive in NFL history. Four championships. Three MVP trophies. Zero interceptions when the championship was on the line. The 1981 Topps #216 in PSA 7 Near Mint is the base RC of the quarterback who built that record over thirteen seasons in San Francisco and two final seasons in Kansas City before Canton called in 1994. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Card: 1981 Topps #216 Joe Montana Rookie RC. Grade: PSA 7 Near Mint. Format: 1981 Topps base RC. Set position: #216. Player: Joe Montana. Born: June 11, 1956, New Eagle, Pennsylvania. Raised: Monongahela, Pennsylvania. College: Notre Dame Fighting Irish. NFL Draft: 3rd round, 82nd overall, 1979 NFL Draft, San Francisco 49ers. NFL Career: San Francisco 49ers (1979-1992) → Kansas City Chiefs (1993-1994). Achievements: 4x Super Bowl champion (XVI/1982, XIX/1985, XXIII/1989, XXIV/1990), 3x Super Bowl MVP, 8x Pro Bowl, 2x NFL Player of the Year, Pro Football HOF 1994 (first ballot). Super Bowl record: 122 attempts, 0 interceptions. Condition: NOS.

🏈⭐ New Eagle. Washington County. Pennsylvania. Coal country. Monongahela. The river. Western Pennsylvania. The quarterback factory. Unitas. Marino. Namath. Montana. The same regional DNA. Notre Dame. The Cotton Bowl. Down 34. The comeback. 35-34. The first sign. San Francisco. The 49ers. Third round. 82nd overall. Bill Walsh saw what the scouts didn't weigh correctly. The West Coast Offense. The precise footwork. The release. The accuracy. The composure. The Catch. 1982. Dwight Clark. Six yards. 51 seconds. The Dallas Cowboys couldn't stop it. Super Bowl XVI. The first ring. Super Bowl XIX. The second ring. The Drive. Super Bowl XXIII. 92 yards. 3:10. 34 seconds. John Taylor. The third ring. Super Bowl XXIV. The fourth ring. 122 Super Bowl attempts. Zero interceptions. The 1981 Topps. #216. PSA 7. Near Mint. The base RC of the most clutch quarterback in the history of American football. In the slab. Condition: NOS.