LaRue Martin Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1973
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: depicted
content: Martin, LaRue
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: This LaRue Martin basketball card is number 89 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 Portland Trailblazers’ center. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “LaRue is on a weight-gaining program,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Martin was taken first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1972 NBA draft, selected due to great performances against star centers Bill Walton and Jim Chones in college. Unfortunately, Martin is known as one of the most underachieving number one picks in NBA history, playing only four years for Portland, averaging 5.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. Martin retired in 1976, right before the Trailblazers won their first NBA championship in 1977.
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: 1982.0568.027
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.027
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