Object Details
publisher
NBA Properties, Inc.
Topps Company, Inc.
depicted
Smith, Elmore
maker
Topps Company, Inc.
NBA Properties, Inc.
Topps Company, Inc.
Description
This Elmore Smith basketball card is number 19 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 Buffalo Braves center. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Elmore has 3 younger brothers playing basketball,” as well as a short biographical sketch and career statistics.
Elmore played for eight seasons in the NBA (1971-1979) as a member of the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Elmore led the league in blocks per game and total blocks in 1974. On October 28, 1973, Smith set the all-time single-game record of 17 blocks against the Portland Trail Blazers.
date made
1973
copyright date
1972
ID Number
1982.0568.039
accession number
1982.0568
catalog number
1982.0568.039
Object Name
card, basketball
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
place made
United States: New York, New York City
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
name of sport or game
Basketball
level of sport
Professional
web subject
Sports
African American
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_665103