Object Details
- Description
- This Bob Love basketball card is number 166 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 National Basketball Association season. In the 264 card set the subset 161-170 were cards of the previous year's NBA All-Stars. The front of the card features an in-game action photo of the Chicago Bulls forward. The card’s reverse notes Love’s All-League honors as well as his statistics from the 1970-1971 and 1971-1972 All-Star games.
- Love played in the NBA from 1966-1977, playing for the Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, New York Nets, and Seattle SuperSonics. Love became a star player during his time with the Bulls, being named to three All-Star games, three All-Defensive Second teams and two All-NBA Second teams between 1971 and 1975.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- publisher
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- depicted
- Love, Bob
- maker
- Topps Chewing Gum
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- date made
- 1972
- copyright date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- Object Name
- card, basketball
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