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1960 Fleer Baseball | |||
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After issuing a set devoted entirely to Ted Williams in 1959, Fleer went with an "All-time Greats" theme for 1960. Great players and leaders from Cap Anson through Williams (still under contract with Fleer) were honored. Except for Williams (who was playing his final season), all of the players in the set were retired. Some -- like Bob Feller, Hal Newhouser and Ralph Kiner -- had been away from the game for a short time, while others were not known to young collectors at the time and in some cases were deceased. This was likely done to prevent Fleer from being sued by Topps for violation of player contracts. The set is also known as the "Baseball Greats" set. There are 79 cards in the set (and one variation). Except for a few players like Marty Marion, Lefty O'Doul and Paul Derringer, most of the people featured are in the Hall of Fame. Most are players, but some executives (Ed Barrow, Branch Rickey, Warren Giles and commissioners Judge Landis and Ford Frick) have cards as well. Several players are shown in "old-timer" or unfamiliar uniforms, and many of them appear to have been well past their playing days when the pictures were taken. Card fronts feature a picture of the subject. Some were color pictures, but most were black-and-white photos with color added by machine. A solid-colored -- blue, green, red or yellow -- octagonal shape frames the picture and a white border surrounds the card. At the bottom of the card, the player's name appears. A few cards (like Ernie Lombardi's) are horizontally arranged. The backs have a short biography and the career batting or pitching statistics for the players. At the top of the obverse side, a crown inside a box shows the card number, with the words "Baseball Greats" and the person's name, date of birth (and in some cases, his death) to the right. At the bottom, a photo credit and Fleer copyright line are found. Although only 79 cards are listed in the checklist below, there are known cards of Joe Tinker and Lefty Grove with a #80 Pepper Martin back. It's likely that a Martin card was planned but scrapped because Fleer was unable to get permission from him to use his image. These variations are scarce and are not considered a part of the complete set. | |||
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1960 Fleer Football | |||
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1960 marked the first venture for Fleer into the world of football card production. This 1960 Fleer football card set with 132 cards is generally known to be off-centered as Fleer attempted this feat. This set also includes the players from the AFL debut season. One of the unique features of the 1960 Fleer football card set is that several well known coaches are featured with individual cards, something that ceased to exist until the 1989 Pro Set release. The key card in this set is Jack Kemp’s rookie card #124. Other important cards are: Sid Gillman #7, Sammy Baugh #20, George Blanda #58, Hank Stram #116, and Ron Mix #118. | |||
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1960 Fleer # 1 Harvey White --- Boston Patriots |
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