Rick Adelman Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: depicted
content: Adelman, Rick
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Rick Adelman basketball card is number 117 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 Portland Trail Blazers guard on a blue background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Rick’s hobby is playing pool,” as well as a short biography and career statistics. It is apparent Adelman is wearing his jersey backwards, which looks strange compared to modern cards but was common in basketball cards until the early 1970s.
label: Description
content: Adelman played for the San Diego Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz, and the Kansas City-Omaha Kings during his seven-year NBA career (1968 to 1975). Adelman went on to coach the Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, and Minnesota Timberwolves after his playing career was over. His Portland Trail Blazers teams lost in the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: 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: 1982.0568.059
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.059
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