Willie Norwood Basketball Card

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Description:

This Willie Norwood basketball card is number 39 in a series of 264 manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1973-1974 NBA season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Detroit Pistons forward. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Willie played 1 year of Basketball in France,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.

Norwood played in the NBA for seven years beginning in 1971 and ending in 1978. Norwood spent the bulk of his career with the Detroit Pistons, but also played two years for the Seattle SuperSonics, and had a brief 19-game stint with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1978.

Date Made: 1973Copyright Date: 1969

Depicted: Norwood, WilliePublisher: Topps Chewing GumNBA Properties, Inc.Maker: NBA Properties, Inc.Topps Chewing Gum

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

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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: 1982.0568.032Accession Number: 1982.0568Catalog Number: 1982.0568.032

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e4de-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_665096

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