Classic Sports Card of the Day

In 1962 the Topps card company put out, along with the usual baseball player trading cards, a series of  special cards featuring select players. From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , this is one of the favorites of those cards, titled “Manager’s Dream” and featuring two of the greatest players active at that time and of all time – Mickey Mantle … Read More

1970 Topps hockey card of Pat Quinn, who had a nine year career as an NHL defenseman, followed by a long stretch as a head coach. Quinn was drafted twice in NHL expansion drafts, first by the Vancouver Canucks when they entered the league in 1970, and then again by the Atlanta Flames in 1972. He served … Read More

With Monday Night Football opening its’ season tonight, here is the 1967 football card of Homer Jones, who made a huge play in the first Monday Night Football game ever played in 1970. Playing for the Cleveland Browns, Jones returned the second half kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown to spark his team’s 31-21 win … Read More

1957 Topps football card of “Johnny U”, Baltimore Colts’ Hall of Fame quarterback John Unitas. This was Unitas’ “rookie” card, since it was the first one made of him. He had been cut by the Steelers because their coach claimed he “wasn’t smart enough”, but after joining the Colts in 1956 he went on to … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1969 Topps basketball card of the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, former Piston Dave Bing. Bing is a Hall of Famer who was NBA Rookie Of The Year in 1967 and was a 7 time all star in his 12 pro seasons. He was named one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players … Read More

1963 Topps baseball card of Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson, when he still a member of the Cincinnati Reds. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles prior to the 1966 season, and is the only player to win the MVP Award in both the National and American Leagues. He won the triple crown in … Read More

1972 Topps hockey card of Buffalo Sabres winger Rick Martin. Martin, along with Rene Robert and Gilbert Perreault, combined to form the most famous line in team history, and one of the most productive lines in NHL history, the “French Connection” line. He was a 7 time NHL All-Star, and holds the Sabres’ franchise record for … Read More

On this 1960 Topps football card, Sam Huff of the New York Giants is listed as a defensive tackle, even though he was one of the greatest middle linebackers of all time. The card is obviously erroneous, since by 1960 he was already established at MLB.  Huff’s career path was guided by two of football’s all-time … Read More

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1961 Fleer basketball “action” card of the late Johnny “Red” Kerr of the Syracuse Nationals. Kerr played mostly for the Nats in his long career, but was picked in the 1966 expansion draft by the Chicago Bulls. He immediately retired to become coach of the team, and although the Bulls finished with a losing record they made … Read More

1955 Topps baseball card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of maybe the greatest pure hitter of all time, Ted Williams. Williams played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, and was the last player to hit over .400, batting .406 with 37 HRs and 120 RBI in 1941. A baseball Hall of Famer, Williams also served … Read More