Elmore Smith Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1972
name: label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Company, Inc.
label: depicted
content: Smith, Elmore
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Elmore Smith basketball card is number 19 in a series of 264 manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1973-1974 NBA season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Buffalo Braves center. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Elmore has 3 younger brothers playing basketball,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Elmore played for eight seasons in the NBA (1971-1979) as a member of the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Elmore led the league in blocks per game and total blocks in 1974. On October 28, 1973, Smith set the all-time single-game record of 17 blocks against the Portland Trail Blazers.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: African American
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: 1982.0568.039
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm