Tom Washington Basketball Card

Description:

This Tom Washington basketball card is number 240 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the New York Nets forward on a green background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Tom’s nickname is ‘Trooper’,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.

Tom spent his entire career in the ABA from 1967-1973, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pipers, Minnesota Pipers, Los Angeles Stars, Floridians, and New York Nets, winning a title with the Pipers in 1968. Washington also was an ABA All-Star in 1969, and tled that league in field goal percentage in 1968 and again in 1970.

Date Made: 1972Copyright Date: 1969

Publisher: NBA Properties, Inc.Depicted: Washington, TomMaker: NBA Properties, Inc.

Name Of Sport Or Game: BasketballLevel Of Sport: ProfessionalWeb Subject: Sports

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure, Basketball Cards

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0568.118Accession Number: 1982.0568Catalog Number: 1982.0568.118

Object Name: card, basketball

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-ddae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_665055

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