John Johnson Basketball Card
John Johnson Basketball Card
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- Description
- This John Johnson basketball card is number 43 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Cleveland Cavaliers forward-guard on a green background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “John served 6 months in military in 1971,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
- Johnson played 12 years in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, and Seattle SuperSonics. Johnson was a two-time All-Star with the Cavaliers and won an NBA title with the Sonics in 1979.
- Object Name
- card, basketball
- date made
- 1972
- copyright date
- 1969
- depicted
- Johnson, John
- publisher
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- maker
- Topps Chewing Gum
- 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
- 1982.0568.084
- accession number
- 1982.0568
- catalog number
- 1982.0568.084
- 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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