Artis Gilmore Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: depicted
content: Gilmore, Artis
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This Artis Gilmore basketball card is number 180 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 Kentucky Colonels center on an orange background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Artis has a standing reach of 9 feet 7 inches,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Gilmore began his career in the ABA, playing five seasons for the Kentucky Colonels from 1971-1976. He was named MVP in 1971, was picked five times for the All-Star Team, and won the ABA championship in 1975. When the NBA and ABA merged, Gilmore was drafted first overall by the Chicago Bulls in the dispersal draft. He was named to another six NBA All-Star teams during his 12-year NBA career for the Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, and Boston Celtics. Gilmore was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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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: 1982.0568.076.1
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.076.1
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