Bill Bridges Basketball Card
Object Details
- publisher
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- depicted
- Bridges, Bill
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- Description
- This Bill Bridges basketball card is number 17 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 Philadelphia 76ers forward on a yellow background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Bill works with underprivileged youngsters,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
- Bridges played in the NBA for 13 years as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. Bridges was a three-time NBA All-Star, and won an NBA championship as a member of the Warriors in 1975. Bridges averaged 11.9 points and 11.9 rebounds for his career.
- 1972
- copyright date
- 1969
- ID Number
- 1982.0568.064
- accession number
- 1982.0568
- catalog number
- 1982.0568.064
- Object Name
- card, basketball
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Basketball Cards
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport or game
- Basketball
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_665065
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e3c1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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