Wendell Ladner Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: depicted
content: Ladner, Wendell
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Wendell Ladner basketball card is number 226 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Memphis Tams forward on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Wendell is a tiger on the court,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Wendell played in the ABA from 1970-1975, playing for the Memphis Pros, Carolina Cougars, Memphis Tams, Kentucky Colonels, and New York Nets. Wendell won an ABA championship playing for the New York Nets in the 1973-74 season. Ladner was also named a two-time ABA All-Star and was selected to the All-Rookie Team in 1971. Tragically, Ladner died in a commercial plane crash on June 24, 1975, just outside New York City. Ladner's body was identified in the wreckage due to the ABA championship ring worn on his finger.
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: 1982.0568.090
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.090
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