Their is 15 cards per pack and I believe the checklist is 90 cards. Each card has a pretty good bio on the back of the card.
#32 Danny Mack Gable
#75 Robert J. Kane
kind of a boring interlude with all the action shots in the set.
Back to the action shots.
#31 Ralph Boston
#29 Sugar Ray
I love the guy sitting at the bottom left corner with a pensive look.
Here's the back. According to wikipedia he's named after the singer Ray Charles.
#34 Debbie Meyer
#25 Edwin Moses
#54 1964 U.S. Olympic team: Men's Basketball
#83 Willie Davenport
#76 Leroy Walker
#59 1964 Men's Basketball team roster card
#22 Frank Wykoff
#2 Mark Spitz
#70 1980 U.S. Hockey team
This is a pretty cool card. It has the roster on the back. (I forgot to scan it)
#12 Dick Button
#46 Scott Hamilton
...and here's the back of the pack.
4 comments:
Since when did the jump into a puddle of mud become an Olympic sport. I would've been a gold medal contender for sure had I known about this.
Very cool. Somebody needs to come out with a modern set though..
At least they are made in the USA. I expected the back to say made in Canada or something.
A couple of interesting anecdotes around these:
- Dick Button is one of the few reasons I can stand to watch the occasional figure skating championships. He's something of an arrogant jerk, but he can back it up with his historical success. What I like is how ruthless he is when the skaters miss a landing or make some other mistake. In commentary, he could probably take Joe Buck with one punch (which I'd probably pay to see).
- About four years ago, I unloaded about three 1984 Hostess box panels on eBay with Olympian subjects. I had a guy write me in near panic about whether or not I had a Dan Gable card, in or out of the panels. Sadly, I didn't, but it opened my eyes to the ferocious (actual) wrestling fan base out there for this guy, especially if you share a border with Iowa.
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