John Wetzel Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: depicted
content: Wetzel, John
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Topps John Wetzel basketball card is number 72 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. of New York, New York for the 1973-1974 NBA season. The front of the card features a posed picture of Atlanta Hawks guard John Wetzel. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “John served 2 year Army hitch,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Wetzel played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, and Atlanta Hawks during his seven-year NBA career. His playing career was interrupted from 1968 to 1970 due to military service. He later served as the head coach of the Suns during the 1987-88 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: 1982.0568.051
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.051
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