George Thompson 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: Thompson, George
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This George Thompson basketball card is number 221 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 guard on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “George’s uniform #24 was retired by Marquette,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Thompson played in the ABA from 1969-1974 for the Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors, and Memphis Tams. He was a three time All-Star in the ABA from 1972-1974. He spent the 1974-75 season playing in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks. On October 14, 1972, Thompson set a single-game ABA record for free throw attempts with 29, making 24 of them.
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: 1982.0568.112
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.112
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