Saturday, February 06, 2010

1991-Impel U.S. Olympic Cards

Whenever I stop by the hobby shop he always has a bunch of these in a big bucket with reduced price packs. I finally grabbed a pack to see what they were all about.

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.
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4 comments:

  1. RoofGodFebruary 6, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    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.

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  2. sociallyawkwardjellyfishFebruary 6, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    Very cool. Somebody needs to come out with a modern set though..

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  3. TheRealDFGFebruary 6, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    At least they are made in the USA. I expected the back to say made in Canada or something.

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  4. Todd UncommonFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:14 AM

    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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