Classic Sports Card of the Day

1986 Fleer basketball card of former National Basketball Association player Glenn “Doc” Rivers. Rivers played most of his 14 year career with the Atlanta Hawks, and was known as a top point guard with great defensive skills. Rivers went into coaching after his playing career ended, guiding the Orlando Magic for 4 seasons, and was … Read More

1960 Topps baseball card of former major league pitcher Early Wynn. A big righthander, Wynn pitched for 25 seasons for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, and gained a reputation for being an intimidator, once saying that he’d knock down his own mother with a pitch if the game was on the … Read More

1933 Ice Kings hockey card of National Hockey League legend Irvin “Ace” Bailey. Bailey started his career with the Toronto St. Patricks in 1926, and played eight seasons with the franchise, which was renamed the Maple Leafs in his first year. He helped the Leafs win the Stanley Cup in 1932.  Bailey’s career came to … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com, this is a 1959 Topps football card of a player who was a man among boys in his era, defensive tackle Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb. At 6’6″ and 284 lbs., he was a giant and a massive force on the line for the teams he played with, and worked as a pro wrestler during … Read More

1988 Fleer basketball card of former NBA player Dennis Rodman. “The Worm” was known for his flamboyance on and off the court, and for being one of the top defenders and rebounders of his era. He has been ridiculed and called many things during and after his career, but one title he deserves is “winner”. Rodman was … Read More

1963 Topps baseball card of former Dodgers’ pitcher Don Drysdale, who teamed with Sandy Koufax to give the Dodgers one of the top starting pitching tandems in baseball history. Drysdale broke in with the Dodgers in 1956, when they were still in Brooklyn, but had most of his success in Los Angeles in the 1960s. … Read More

1959 Topps hockey card of defenseman Harry Howell, known for his longevity as his pro hockey career spanned 25 seasons. Howell played 17 of those seasons with the New York Rangers, gaining a reputation as a steady, “stay-at-home” style of defenseman. He was a seven time NHL All Star, and was elected to hockey’s Hall of Fame … Read More

We have featured, in past posts, the football cards of former Monday Night Football analysts, including Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Dan Dierdorf. With another MNF game coming up tonight, here is the 1966 Philadelphia card of former Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who also worked on the Monday Night telecasts. Karras had an … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , this is a 1961 Fleer “in action” basketball card of Jack Twyman of the old Cincinnati Royals. A product of the University of Cincinnati, Twyman started his 11 year  NBA career with the Rochester Royals and returned to his college roots when that franchise moved to the southern Ohio city. A six-time … Read More

Henry Aaron is one of the greatest baseball players of all time, yet this is the second time we have posted an example on the “Classic Sports Card of The Day” of an Aaron card released with an error. An earlier post featured an Aaron card that had an “action” picture on it that was actually … Read More