Yes Virgina, There Are Horizontal Player Topps Cards Between 1960 and 1991

I blame the fact that it was late at night when I wrote that last post. But I am not afraid to admit when I'm wrong.

So on my previous post, I said:

I love seeing images like this because it gives us an idea of what many of the cards are going to look like. For example, the 1991 card of Paul Skenes looks amazing. It reminds me that 1991 was the first year that featured horizontal cards of players that were not team cards, rookie combo cards, or any other since at least 1960. 

Since coming back, I have been pretty sure that nobody is reading what I'm writing on this humble, little blog. Apparently, people are reading.

Thank you to friend of the blog John Bateman of the Donruss 1982 blog, for mentioning:in a comment:

1973 and 1974 - Topps had a few player horizontal cards 

Now, it's embarassing enough that as a Topps collector and as someone who thinks he's an expert on Topps' catalog that I'd say something totally off-base. But the fact that a guy who writes a blog about a set from the competition had to point this out to me really makes me want to crawl into a hole and hide again.

So, I went in to look and sure enough...

Starting with 1973, here is Tommie Agee:

And Bobby Bonds:

And Boots Day (really...)

From 1974, here's Mike Epstein:

And Carlton Fisk:

Then I remembered that there were horizontal cards in 1971:

Thurmon Munson for example:

Just a reminder, my main collection doesn't start until 1976. So when I think of horizontal player cards prior to 1976, obviously I'm thinking 1955, 1956, 1960. I'm not thinking anything in the early 1970's.

And again...it was late. I wasn't thinking straight at that point.

To think, I was going to post about the two Topps Archives sets that I do have that for some reason I forgot to add to the TCDB as part of my collection tonight. 

But this was more important to mention. So thanks again John for setting me straight. Thank you to the Card Cyber Museum for images (I certainly don't have any of these cards, so this is the best place to get images). 

Mea Culpa.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama