Jerry Sloan Basketball Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: depicted
content: Sloan, Jerry
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This Jerry Sloan basketball card is number 11 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 Chicago Bulls guard on a blue background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Jerry is the last of the original Bulls,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
label: Description
content: Jerry Sloan played in the NBA from 1965-1976. He played his first season with the Baltimore Bullets, who left him unprotected in the 1966 expansion draft where he became the first pick of the new Chicago Bulls franchise. He played the rest of his career in Chicago, where he was a two-time All-Star, and an All-Defensive team member six times. He coached the Bulls for three seasons from 1979-1982, before being named head coach of the Utah Jazz in 1988. He coached the Jazz for an NBA record 22 years until 2011, recorded 15 consecutive playoff appearances from 1989-2003, and lost two NBA Finals to the Chicago Bulls. He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2009 as a coach.
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: 1982.0568.105
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.105
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