Paul Silas Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: depicted
content: Silas, Paul
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Paul Silas basketball card is number 55 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Boston Celtics forward on a red background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Paul went on weight reduction program upon joining the Suns,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Silas played in the NBA from 1964 until 1980, playing for the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, and Seattle SuperSonics. Silas was a two time All-Star, and won three NBA Championships—two with the Celtics and one with the SuperSonics. Silas went on to become a head coach after his playing career was over, coaching the San Diego Clippers, Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Charlotte Bobcats.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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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: 1982.0568.103.1
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.103.1
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