Leroy Ellis 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: Ellis, Leroy
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Leroy Ellis basketball card is number 18 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Los Angeles Lakers center-forward on a blue background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Leroy wears contact lenses,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Leroy played 14 seasons in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, Baltimore Bullets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers. Ellis had the notable distinction of playing for the 1972 Lakers who won a then-record 69 games and the NBA title. The very next season, Ellis then played for the 76ers who lost a record 73 games in 1973.
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: 1982.0568.073
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.073
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