Al Smith Basketball Card
Al Smith Basketball Card
- Description
- This Al Smith basketball card is number 196 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 American Basketball Association season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Denver Rockets guard on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Al was offered baseball contract by Chicago White Sox,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
- Al Smith played his entire five-year career in the ABA, the first three years for the Denver Rockets, the last two years for the Utah Stars. In the 1973-74 season, Smith led the ABA in total assists (619) and assists per game (8.1).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1972
- depicted
- Smith, Al
- publisher
- Topps Chewing Gum
- maker
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0568.107
- accession number
- 1982.0568
- catalog number
- 1982.0568.107
- subject
- Basketball
- Professional
- Sports
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Basketball Cards
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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