Nate Williams Basketball Card

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Description:

This Nate Williams basketball card is number 54 in a series of 264 manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. of New York, New York for the 1973-1974 NBA season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Kansas City-Omaha Royals forward. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Nate is known as ‘Iron Man’,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.

Prior to 1971, college underclassmen were not allowed to enter the NBA draft. The 1971 Supreme Court case of Haywood v. NBA granted underclassman eligibility in case of economic hardship. The ruling resulted in a supplemental draft, with Williams, an underclassman at Utah State, chosen first by the Cincinnati Royals.

Date Made: 1973

Depicted: Williams, NateMaker: NBA Properties, Inc.Topps Chewing Gum

Web Subject: SportsName Of Sport: BasketballLevel Of Sport: Professional

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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: 1982.0568.052.2Accession Number: 1982.0568Catalog Number: 19823.0568.052.2

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/ng49ca746ad-851b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1415040

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