Elmore Smith Basketball Card

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Description:

This Elmore Smith basketball card is number 19 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 Buffalo Braves center. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Elmore has 3 younger brothers playing basketball,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.

Elmore played for eight seasons in the NBA (1971-1979) as a member of the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Elmore led the league in blocks per game and total blocks in 1974. On October 28, 1973, Smith set the all-time single-game record of 17 blocks against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Date Made: 1973Copyright Date: 1972

Publisher: NBA Properties, Inc.Topps Company, Inc.Depicted: Smith, ElmoreMaker: Topps Company, Inc.NBA Properties, Inc.Topps Company, Inc.

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Name Of Sport Or Game: BasketballLevel Of Sport: ProfessionalWeb Subject: SportsAfrican American

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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: 1982.0568.039Accession Number: 1982.0568Catalog Number: 1982.0568.039

Object Name: card, basketball

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (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-e4e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_665103

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