Mike Lewis Basketball Card
Mike Lewis Basketball Card
- Description
- This Mike Lewis basketball card is number 219 in a series of 264 manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1973-1974 NBA/ ABA season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Carolina Cougars center dribbling a red, white and blue American Basketball Association basketball. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Mike suffered an Achilles Heel Injury Last Season,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
- Mike played his entire six-season career in the ABA, playing for the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota/ Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors, and Carolina Cougars. Lewis was an ABA All-Star in 1971. The Achilles tendon injury mentioned on the back of the card ended Mike’s career, as he only played in three games for the Cougars during the 1973-1974 season.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- card, basketball
- date made
- 1973
- copyright date
- 1970
- 1971
- publisher
- Topps Chewing Gum
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- depicted
- Lewis, Mike
- maker
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- 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
- 1982.0568.026
- accession number
- 1982.0568
- catalog number
- 1982.0568.026
- subject
- Basketball
- Professional
- Sports
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- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Basketball Cards
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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