Earl Monroe 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: Monroe, Earl
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Earl Monroe basketball card is number 142 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 New York Knicks guard . The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Earl has recovered from an injury to his left foot,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Earl “The Pearl” Monroe was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in 1967, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award that season. He was traded to the New York Knicks in 1971 and spent the rest of his career with the team. Monroe was a four-time NBA All-Star and won the 1973 title with the Knicks. After retiring in 1980, he has since been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990, and was named one of the 50 all-time greatest NBA players in 1996.
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: 1982.0568.029
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.029
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