Dave Bing Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1970
name: label: depicted
content: Bing, Dave
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Dave Bing basketball card is number 21 in a series of 175 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1970-1971 National Basketball Association season. The card is longer than standard cards, measuring 2½ inches by 4 ¾ inches. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Detroit Pistons guard on an orange background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Dave is a car dealer in the off-season,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Dave Bing was the second pick overall by the Detroit Pistons in 1966, and he quickly became a star in the NBA. Named to seven all-star teams in his 12-year career, Bing was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990. He was also named one of the 50 best NBA Players in 1996. Bing continued his success in his life post-basketball, forming the successful Bing Steel Business, as well as being elected Mayor of Detroit in 2009.
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: 1982.0568.389
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.389
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.35 cm