Larry Steele Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: depicted
content: Steele, Larry
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Larry Steele basketball card is number 26 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Portland Trail Blazers forward on a blue background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Larry played part of senior year at Kentucky with a broken hand,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Larry played in the NBA from 1971-1980, and spent his entire career with the Trail Blazers, winning an NBA Championship in 1977. Known for his strong defense, Steele led the NBA in steals per game (2.7) in the 1973-74 season. Steele's jersey number (15) was retired by the Trail Blazers on October 11, 1981.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 1982.0568.111
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.111
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