1954 Johnston Cookies #31 William 'Bucky' Walters COACH [#l] (Braves)
| Grade |
EX/EX+ |
| Book Value |
$ 20 |
| Our Price |
$ 12.50
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Al Kaline Baseball Cards
ABOUT AL KALINE
- Kaline's Rookie card is his 1954 Topps ... same year as Hank Aaron & Ernie Banks.
- In 1955 at the age of 20, Al Kaline became the youngest batting champ ever !!!
- !!! He still is !!!
- Also in 1955, Kaline became the youngest player to hit (3) Home Runs in a game.
- !!! He still is !!!
- Kaline played (22) seasons with the Tigers, earning the nickanme "Mr. Tiger".
- Teammate Willie Horton saved Kaline's life in 1970, when Kaline swallowed his tongue after a collision.
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 2)
The first important and mainstream basketball set was issued by Bowman in 1948.
Other than a Topps set in 1957-58 and a 1961-62 Fleer set, there were no
mainstream basketball sets issued until Topps started producing yearly sets
beginning with their 1969-70 set featuring the rookie card of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
who then went under the name of Lew Alcindor.
In hockey, there were a few sets issued in the 1910's and while O-Pee-Chee issued
some sets in the 1930's, the real modern sets began in 1951 with the itroduction
of Parkhurst's first set.
In racing, while cards go back as far as the early Indy car days of 1911,
modern racing sets began in 1988 with the issues released by MAXX.