Classic Sports Card of the Day

Goaltender Terry Sawchuck was featured in a post on this blog early on where I designated him as my choice for the greatest goalie of all time. This is one of his early hockey cards. He played in the era before goalie masks/helmets, and when the equipment the goalies wore didn’t make them look like transformer robots. … Read More

A 1948 Leaf football card of a real football legend, the late  “Slingin’” Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins. Baugh was a pioneer in the advent of what is now the modern passing game we as fans watch today. He was included in the inaugural class inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in … Read More

1976 basketball card of Moses Malone, who came directly out of high school to play in the pros when he joined the ABA Utah Stars in 1974.  Jumping directly from high school to the pros became commonplace recently but was rare in the 1970s when Malone did it. Malone was drafted in the ABA player dispersal draft by … Read More

1974 Topps “error” card of legendary slugger Willie McCovey. McCovey, who teamed with Willie Mays to give the San Francisco Giants a great power hitting tandem for years, wound up in San Diego at the tail end of his career. Before the ’74 season the Padres were slated to be moved to Washington, D.C.  The … Read More

  “The Great One”…Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers, who is the greatest hockey player of all time, bar none. He shattered the NHL record book after joining the league along with the Oilers when the WHA folded. After helping the Oilers end the Islanders’ dynasty and winning multiple Stanley Cups, Gretzky was traded to … Read More

  From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1962 football card of Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell. On this card Mitchell is listed as a Washington Redskin but is still wearing his Cleveland Browns uniform, having just been traded. He was a respected 1,000 rusher as a back with the Browns, but his being added to the Redskin … Read More

1963 Topps baseball card, supposedly of Chicago Cubs outfielder Don Landrum. Oops, another error! The picture on the card is of an all-time Cubbies’ favorite, third baseman Ron Santo. Santo was always one of the under-appreciated players of his time, usually playing second fiddle to Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson as far as third basemen of the … Read More

1972 Topps basketball card of NBA great Rick Barry. Barry was one of the league’s most prolific shooters in his career, and was the main cog in the Golden State Warriors’ unexpected title run in 1974. Barry was also one of the league’s greatest free throw shooters, using an unorthodox underhand style. Barry played a … Read More

1987 hockey card of former Los Angeles King Luc Robitaille. A 2009 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Robitaille, having played 14 seasons in L.A., holds most of the Kings’ career scoring records. He won a Stanley Cup as a member of the Detroit Red Wings in 2002. He was the highest scoring left winger … Read More

1968 football card of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, a Hall of Famer. Dawson quarterbacked the Chiefs to 3 American Football League championships, one in the league’s third season of existence when they were still the Dallas Texans. The other title game victories sent the Chiefs on to Super Bowls, as they lost the … Read More