Gerald Govan 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: Govan, Gerald
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Gerald Govan basketball card is number 238 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 center on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Gerald played Italian pro ball in 1964,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Govan played his entire career in the ABA and played every year the league existed, from 1967-1976. Govan played for the New Orleans Buccaneers, Memphis Pros, Utah Stars and Virginia Squires. Averaging 44 minutes per game and logging a total of 3698 minutes, Govan led the ABA in both those categories for the 1970-71 season. For his career, Govan played 22,925 minutes, which are the third most in the history of the ABA.
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: 1982.0568.077
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.077
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