1961 Topps #361B Checklist #5 [VAR:Topps yellow on front] w/Ernie Banks
PSA pop report shows [VAR:Topps yellow on front] w/less than 1/2 number as the common $15 variation. Backs are also different.
Grade |
EX/MINT |
Book Value |
$ 15 |
Our Price |
$ 19.95
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NHL's Original Hockey Teams
The Original Teams of the NHL (1917)
National Hockey League (NHL) was formed in 1917.
The original four teams were all from Canada:
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Wanderers
Ottawa Senators
Toronto Arenas (now Toronto Maple Leafs)
The Quebec Bulldogs were also part of the founding meeting but did not
field a team the first season.
The "Original Six" (1942-1967)
The "Original Hockey Teams" usually refers to the "Original Six."
These six teams formed the NHL from 1942 to the 1967 expansion.
They were:
Boston Bruins
Chicago Black Hawks (now Blackhawks)
Detroit Red Wings
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
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Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Yankees
Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame
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Derek Jeter, nicknamed "The Captain," was a highly decorated
American professional baseball shortstop who spent his entire
20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the
New York Yankees, becoming a five-time World Series champion
and a Hall of Fame inductee.
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)
The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years,
baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales
the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal.
In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball
cards in their products as well.
Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper
shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in
1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.
The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players
in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was
issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.