Al Smith Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1970
label: copyright date
content: 1971
name: label: depicted
content: Smith, Al
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Al Smith basketball card is number 181 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 Denver Rockets guard The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Al is the quiet man of the Rockets,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Smith played his entire five-year career in the American Basketball Association, the first three years for the Denver Rockets, the last two for the Utah Stars. In the 1973-74 season, Smith led the ABA in total assists (619) and assists per game (8.1)
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Basketball Cards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0568.037
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm