Classic Sports Card of the Day

This is a 1956 Topps baseball card of Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Piersall. Piersall played for 5 different teams between 1950 and 1967 and had a decent major league career, but is best known for struggling with bi-polar disorder and being portrayed by Anthony Perkins (of Psycho fame) in the movie Fear Strikes Out. … Read More

1973 Topps basketball card of former Los Angeles Laker Pat Riley. Riley was basically a spare part as a player for the Lakers but would later coach them to multiple NBA titles. Riley currently runs the Miami Heat and was responsible for assembling the free agent “dream team”  of Dwayne Wade, LeBron James and Chris … Read More

Topps hockey card of long time NHL veteran center Doug Gilmour. Gilmour played on seven different teams in his career, and was on a Stanley Cup-winning team in Calgary in 1989. He currently coaches junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League.

1963 football card of Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Bob Lilly, a Hall of Famer who was one of the dominant defensive linemen of his era. This card lists Lilly as an “end”, which he was starting in his rookie season of 1961. Midway through the ’63 season Dallas coach Tom Landry moved Lilly to tackle to … Read More

Baseball card of a Hall of Fame legend, the late Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente’s career lasted 18 seasons, all played with the Pirates. He won 12 Gold Glove Awards for fielding and was a 12 time all-star, and was voted the National League MVP in 1966. He was the key player on … Read More

A 1970s basketball card of Phil Jackson, who was one of the best “sixth men” in the NBA in his playing days, coming off the bench for the New York Knicks title teams of 1969 and 1973 to provide a spark at both ends of the court. Jackson’s coaching career has far surpassed his playing … Read More

www.CheckOutMyCards.com is one of the best online sites for sports cards, and this hockey card of Buffalo Sabres Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault is an example of the great cards that can be viewed there. The Sabres won a coin flip with the other expansion team entering the NHL in 1970, the Vancouver Canucks, and … Read More

  This is a 1957 Topps football card of Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr. Starr’s career began in 1956 when he joined the Green Bay Packers as an “afterthought” 17th round round draft pick, so this card is from early in Starr’s career, before Vince Lombardi arrived to coach the team. Starr flourished under … Read More

This baseball card is of former Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Elroy Face, who along with Hoyt Wilhelm was a pioneer as a reliever. The “save” statistic didn’t exist in Face’s era, as starting pitchers were expected to finish what they started, and bullpens usually consisted of over-the-hill veterans who were only brought in to mop up hopelessly … Read More

Basketball card of the late great Randy Smith of the old Buffalo Braves. Smith was the only NBA player in history to come out of tiny Buffalo State College, where he was a three-sport standout, starring not only in basketball but also soccer and track. At one time, Smith was the NBA’s iron man, as … Read More