Leroy Ellis Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: depicted
content: Ellis, Leroy
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Leroy Ellis basketball card is number 34 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 Philadelphia 76ers center The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Leroy came to the 76ers in a trade involving Bill Bridges,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Ellis was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers before playing for the Baltimore Bullets and Portland Trail Blazers. He won an NBA championship after returning to the Lakers for the 1971-1972 season. That Lakers team set a then-NBA record for wins in a season with 69 victories. The next season (1972-73), Ellis played for the 76ers. That season the 76ers set an NBA record of 73 losses.
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: 1982.0568.013
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.013
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