Pro Set

Pro Set, was a Dallas-based company founded by Ludwell Denny. Denny had gained a trading card license with the National Football League (NFL) in 1989 after making and selling other NFL memorabilia in previous years. His licensing agreement with NFL Properties allowed Denny to gain access to its extensive photo libraryhttp://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-03/sports/sp-1730_1_football-cards and become the first card maker officially associated with a professional sports league. Across the bottom of most of his company's cards was its designation as "The Official NFL Card," a distinction it held through 1991.
Pro Set released its first hockey card set in the summer of 1990. The first card in 1990-91 Pro Set Series I was Ray Bourque. Of note, the Bourque card had an error. Some cards featured his name as Ray Borque while other cards had the correct spelling Ray Bourque. In 1991, Pro Set featured hockey cards that were in French, and also released another hockey card set called Pro Set Platinum.
At its peak, Pro Set had a 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m2) headquarters, where 225 employees designed various cards. In 1992, Pro Set forecasted sales of $165 million. A free magazine was published by Pro Set called the Pro Set Gazette. It was mailed to 1.2 million collectors every month. Beckett Publications noted that in 1991, sports cards grossed about $1.9 billion in sales in North America, so Pro Set had a dramatic impact.
==Error cards==
===Hockey===
====1990-91 Pro Set Hockey====
Card Number	Athlete 	Error 	Corrected
1 	Ray Bourque 	Misspelled name on card front, shows as Borque 	Yes
6 	Dave Christian 	Stats incorrect: 28 games with Washington and 50 with Boston 	No
9 	Rejean Lemelin 	Wrong headings for goalie & 89-90 stats are for Andy Moog 	No
10 	Andy Moog 	89-90 stats are for Rejean Lemelin, was 3rd in Vezina voting, card shows 2nd	No
13 	Dave Poulin 	Flyers stats missing from 89-90 	No
17 	Dave Andreychuk 	Photo on back is Scott Arniel 	Yes
18 	Scott Arniel 	Photo on back is Dave Andreychuk 	Yes
21 	Phil Housley 	Trade to Winnipeg tag is missing 	Yes
25 	Clint Malarchuk 	Back in action 11 days and not 2 as stated on card 	No
35 	Al MacInnis 	Misspelled Allan on card back 	No
42 	Joe Nieuwendyk 	Misspelled Niewendyk on card front 	Yes
44 	Paul Ranheim 	LW on front and C on back 	No
48 	Rick Wamsley 	Misspelled Rich in bio on card back 	No
51 	Dirk Graham 	Word sparking misspelled on card back 	No
53 	Steve Larmer 	Position and sweater number in white and should be black 	Yes
54 	Dave Manson 	Both photos actually Steve Konroyd 	Yes
57 	Troy Murray 	Position and sweater number in white and should be black 	Yes
59 	Denis Savard 	No traded stripe, Played 70 games in 86-87 	Yes
61 	Duane Sutter 	Wrong Position 	Yes
63 	Doug Wilson 	Position and sweater number in white and should be black 	Yes
70 	Bernie Federko 	Says only player from Foam Lake 	No
83 	Martin Gelinas 	Back photo is Joe Murphy 	No
84 	Adam Graves 	Stats missing 89-90 Detroit info 	No
85 	Charlie Huddy 	French language card, no accent in 1st e in Defenseur 	No
86 	Petr Klima 	Card back says born in Chomulov and should be Chaomutov 	No
96 	Steve Smith 	French language card, no accent in 1st e in Defenseur 	No
99 	Dave Babych 	Extra space included after Forum 	No
100 	Yvon Corriveau 	Washington and Hartford games not separate 	No
114 	Brian Benning 	St Louis and LA stats not separate 	No
117 	Tony Granato 	Plays RW and not C 	No
121 	Mike Kushelnyski 	No position and number on card front 	Yes
122 	Bob Kudelski 	Born in Springfield and not Feeding Hills 	No
127 	Tomas Sandstrom 	89-90 stats not printed 	No
129 	John Tonelli 	Misspelled Tonnelli on card front 	Yes
130 	Brian Bellows 	Back photo actually Dave Gagner, Front LW and back RW 	Image Corrected but position remains uncorrected
131 	Aaron Broten 	New Jersey and Minnesota stats not separate 	No
136 	Ulf Dahlen 	Rangers and Minnesota stats not separate 	No
146 	Guy Carbonneau 	Sept Isles listed as Sep Isles 	No
153 	Claude Lemieux 	Reason is misspelled as reson 	No
167 	Slava Fetisov 	Misspelled Vlacheslav on front 	Yes
169 	Alexei Kasatonov 	Stats should indicate either Soviet or NHL 	No
175 	Peter Stastny 	Front photo is actually Patrik Sundstrom 	Yes
176 	Patrik Sundstrom 	Front photo is actually Peter Stastny 	Yes
183 	Glen Healy 	Misspelled Glenn on card back 	No
188 	Hubie McDonough 	Kings and Islanders stats not separate 	No
189 	Jeff Norton 	Born Cambridge, Mass. not Acton 	No
196 	Mike Gartner 	Minnesota and Rangers stats not separate 	No
204 	Bernie Nicholls 	Kings and Rangers stats not separate 	No
208 	Darren Turcotte 	GP total says 97 and should be 96 	No
209 	John Vanbiesbrouck 	Front C and back G 	No
219 	Ken Linseman 	Bruins and Flyers stats not separate 	No
222 	Kjell Samuelsson 	Born 10/18/58 not 10/18/56 	No
228 	Phil Bourque 	Misspelled Borque on both sides 	Yes
229 	Rob Brown 	Front RW, back C; actual position LW 	No
230 	Alain Chevrier 	Chicago and Pittsburgh stats not separate 	No
236 	Mario Lemieux 	Missed 21 games not 11 	No
240 	Kevin Stevens 	Front LW, back C 	No
242 	Zarley Zalapski 	Pittsburgh misspelled as Pittsburg 	No
244 	Lucien DeBlois 	Front C and back RW; misspelled Deblois in bio on back 	No
248 	Tony Hrkac 	Blues and Nordiques stats not separate 	No
254 	Tony McKegney 	Red Wings and Nordiques stats not separate 	No
257 	Joe Sakic 	Front 88 and back 19 	No
260 	Jeff Brown 	Nordiques and Blues stats not separate 	No
261 	Gino Cavallini 	on back, Meagher is misspelled as Meager 	No
272 	Rich Sutter 	Canucks and Blues stats not separate 	No
290 	Gilles Thibaudeau 	Islanders and Leafs stats not separate 	No
300 	Jyrki Lumme 	89-90 Canadiens and Canucks stats not separate 	No
301 	Andrew McBain 	Photo on back is Jim Sandlak 	Yes
303 	Dan Quinn 	Penguins and Canucks stats not separate 	No
316 	Mike Liut 	Capitals and Whalers stats not separate 	No
322 	John Tucker 	89-90 Buffalo Sabres team affiliation and stats missing 8 games 	No
330 	Dale Hawerchuk 	No traded stripe 	Yes
335 	Fredrik Olausson 	Misspelled Frederik on both sides 	Yes
377 	Bob Murdoch, Adams Trophy card 	One tie in 1989-90 should be 11 ties 	NO
378 	Brett Hull 	Byng Trophy, Should be Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 	No
383 	Gord Kluzak 	Masterton Trophy - Should be Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 	No
395 	Brett Hull (League Leader) 	Born 8/9/64 not 9/9/64 	No
400 	Darren Turcotte (League Leader)	Front RW, back C 	No
421 	Jiri Hrdina 	Calgary logo on front should be Pittsburgh 	No
428 	Jacques Cloutier 	White position and number on front, not black 	No
430 	Michel Goulet 	White position and number on front, not black 	No
465 	Neil Wilkinson 	Uniform number on front is 5; should be 35 	No
466 	JJ Daigneault 	Front Jean Jacques and back JJ 	No
470 	Todd Ewen 	Photo on back actually Eric Desjardins 	Corr
556 	Peter Zezel 	Card says number 25 and sweater shows 9 	No
593 	Stephane Matteau RC 	Front RW and back LW 	No
596 	Ken Sabourin 	Front LW and back D; actual position is C 	No
613 	Mike Craig 	Wearing 50 and card says 20 	No
614 	JC Bergeron 	Front JC and back Jean Claude 	No
668 	Bob Gainey 	Stats and bio are Bob McCammon's 	No
676 	Brian Sutter 	Coaching totals say 0-69-21 and should be 70-69-21 	No
678 	Bob McCammon 	Stats and bio are Bob Gainey's 	No
703 	Wayne Gretzky's 2000th Point 	2.33 goals per game should be 2.33 points per game 	No
http://onestophockeycards.com/proset.htm
====1991-92 Pro Set Hockey====
Card Number	Athlete 	Error 	Corrected
15 	Pierre Turgeon 	Born 8/29 not 8/28 	No
17 	Benoit Hogue 	Stats show two seasons with Winnipeg and should say Buffalo 	No
88 	Paul Cyr 	Stats show New York, should say NY Rangers 	No
159 	Brian Leetch 	Career points total shown as 329 should be 229 	No
165 	Brian Mullen 	Transaction says drafted by San Jose and was actually traded 	No
168 	Kelly Kisio 	Transaction says drafted by Minnesota, was actually traded to San Jose	No
219 	Adam Oates 	Stats are off-line from top to bottom 	No
225 	Wendel Clark 	Connecticut not capitalized in last line 	No
239 	Robert Kron 	Type in stat box is smaller than others 	No
319 	Pittsburgh Penguins Cup Champs	Fourth line says won in 5 games and should say 6 games 	No
328 	Neil Wilkinson 	Born Manitoba not Minnesota 	No
531 	Nicklas Lidstrom 	Misspelled Niklas on front 	No
603 	Kirk McLean League Leaders 	Leader logo shows PPG and should be GAA 	No
http://onestophockeycards.com/proset.htm
====1991-92 Pro Set Platinum====
Card Number	Athlete 	Error 	Corrected
166 	Michel Goulet 	Wrong photo on front 	No
197 	Craig Billington	Front photo actually Chris Terreri	No
http://onestophockeycards.com/proset.htm
==Products==
*NHL Hockey Series 1 (1990–91)
*NHL Hockey Series 2 (1990–91)
*NHL Hockey Series 1 (1991–92)
*NHL Hockey Series 1 French (1991–92)
*NHL Hockey Series 2 (1991–92)
*NHL Hockey Series 2 French (1991–92)
*NHL Hockey (1992–93)
*Parkhurst Hockey Series 1 (1991–92)
*Parkhurst Hockey Series 1 French (1991–92)
*Parkhurst Hockey Series 2 (1991–92)
*Parkhurst Hockey Series 2 French (1991–92)
*Parkhurst Hockey Update (1991–92)
*Parkhurst Hockey (1992–93)
*Parkhurst Hockey Update (1992–93)
*Pro Set Platinum Hockey (1991–92)
*Pro Set Puck Candy 1991-92 http://www.prohockeyfr.com/cartes/Proset.htm
==References==
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