Mike Lewis Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1970
label: copyright date
content: 1971
name: label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: depicted
content: Lewis, Mike
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
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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: 1982.0568.026
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.026
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