The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1969-70 Topps Basketball Cards Were A Landmark
Set Notes
40 years ago, something new and different showed up in the candy aisle - basketball cards.
Excerpt
For kids who grew up in the 1960s, "basketball cards" wasn't even a phrase. Not unless an older brother just happened to have a few 1961-62 Fleer stuck away in a box. Or an uncle who offered tales of a Topps set produced in 1957. Baseball cards were king. Football was around.
Basketball? You'd have better luck finding hockey card packs.
The arrival of a special player and two marquee teams on each coast changed that.
Rookies
- (2) Gail Goodrich
- (6) Lucius Allen
- (7) Tom Boerwinkle
- (8) Jim Walker
- (10) Nate Thurmond
- (12) Gus Johnson
- (14) Jon McGlocklin
- (15) Connie Hawkins
- (18) Dick Barnett
- (20) John Havlicek
- (23) Rick Adelman
- (25) Lew Alcindor
- (26) Jack Marin
- (27) Walt Hazzard
- (29) Keith Erickson
- (30) Bob Rule
- (31) Dick Van Arsdale
- (32) Archie Clark
- (40) Billy Cunningham
- (41) Joe Caldwell
- (42) Leroy Ellis
- (43) Bill Bradley
- (45) Jerry Lucas
- (46) Neal Walk
- (48) Bob Kauffman
- (49) Mel Counts
- (51) Jim Barnett
- (55) Dave Bing
- (56) Wes Unseld
- (59) Larry Siegfried
- (60) Willis Reed
- (61) Paul Silas
- (62) Bob Weiss
- (65) Lou Hudson
- (68) Len Chappell
- (70) Jeff Mullins
- (72) Tom Sanders
- (74) Dave Stallworth
- (75) Elvin Hayes
- (78) Bob Love
- (79) Tom Van Arsdale
- (80) Earl Monroe
- (82) Don Nelson
- (83) Happy Hairston
- (85) Dave DeBusschere
- (86) Bill Bridges
- (87) Herm Gilliam
- (91) Chet Walker
- (94) Kevin Loughery
- (98) Walt Frazier
More set notes
Only three baseball players, but some very significant non-baseball cards mark this set.
The 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team joins rookies and traded veterans.
Focusing on more than 150 years worth of America's most famous movers and shakers.
This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.
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