Loy Petersen Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: depicted
content: Petersen, Loy
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Loy Petersen basketball card is number 37 in a series of 99 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1969-70 National Basketball Association season. The card is longer than standard cards, measuring 2½" by 4 11/16". The front of the card features a blue oval inset surrounded by drawn figures playing basketball. Inside the inset is a posed picture of the Chicago Bulls guard. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Loy has visions of the Bulls making the Playoffs,” as well as a short biography and career statistics. Petersen played just 69 games in his NBA career all with the Chicago Bulls.
label: Description
content: It is apparent Petersen is wearing his warm up in his photo, which looks strange compared to modern cards but was common in basketball cards until the early 1970s. It is believed that the player’s would forfeit their fee to the team if the team name appeared so many players wore their jerseys backwards, wore their warm-ups, or posed in such a way to obscure the team name.
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: 1982.0568.151
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.35 cm