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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Year: 1967

“ They say twice on the card that his father was also a player but don't say who his father was...they should have. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ To quote Robert Browning from his poem 'The Faultless Painter'..."Less is more". ” -C2Cigars

“ Love that a Vintage card gets the spotlight. Oooooh and its Canadian Eh? Even though the '67 design was very bare bones on the front I still like them. The back is classic with full stats, a mini-bio and cartoons/comics. ” -captkirk42

“ Five stars all around! ” -carthage44

“ I like this card. OPC version of my favorite Topps set of the 60s. Good picture. Looks like the letter O is rolling into his glove. ” -switzr1

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Ballfan

Posts: 22
Joined: Jul 2011

Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:27 AM
His bio says that his father and great uncle were former big leaguers. In fact his father Clint Jones only made it as far as "A" ball and his great uncle , Leroy Jones, made it as far as the Texas League.

NJDevils

Posts: 6344
Joined: Sep 2010

Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:04 AM
You have to remember back then, 1967, there was no internet stuff to look up stuff. Topps took a lot of things they heard or read as semi-fact and put them on a card. That's why if Topps gets a birthday wrong back then, it usually followed the guy on all subsequent Topps until the end of his career.

switzr1

Posts: 6332
Joined: Dec 2013

Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:11 AM
Kind of like how 24 hour news media works! ------------------------------- I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.

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