Photo is Actually.....Someone Elseby Jack Webster - 183 cards (Last updated on Mar 25, 2024) |
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Though he never made it above double-A ball, I collected cards of a guy I played little league ball with. He had about ten cards and one of them was in a top prospects set (Ryan Howard was another in the set), but the photo wasn't him. Hated that for him.
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That is Jim Podoley. Podoley wore #24. Volney Peters wore #79.
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I think you're right that it isn't Volney Peters, but I don't think it's Jim Podoley either. Podoley wore #24 and the player pictured is wearing # 74.
Upon further research it appears the player pictured is Laurie Niemi, who played for the Redskins from 1952-53 and wore #74. If you look at his 1954 Bowman card you can see it's clearly him
http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3196/cid/805738/1954-Bowman-63-Laurie-Niemi
I originally identified the card as Volney Peters based on an article on FootballCardGallery.com
http://www.footballcardgallery.com/mistaken_identities/
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I love a mystery. That jersey was only used during the 1955, 1956, and 1957 seasons. Laurie Niemi's last season was 1953, so it can't be Niemi either. Jersey #74 was not used in the 1955, 1956, & 1957 regular season. #74 was used by Bob Morgan in 1954. It could be Bob Morgan in 1955's preseason. Morgan didn't make the team in 1955. Or it could be some other player from 1956 or 1957 preseason that was cut.
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In line 1 you say the jersey was only used during 55-57
In line 2 you say #74 was NOT used from 55-57
Niemi wore #74 in 1952 & 1953. The photo Topps used had to be taken before 1955 when facemasks became mandatory.
Cut & paste this link to look up NFL team uniform history.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/uniform.cgi?number=74&team=was
Article on facemasks
https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2013/10/21/helmets-and-facemasks-once-were-optional-nfl-gear/
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Don't forget, 1982 Donruss had the Shane Rawley and Juan Eichelberger photos incorrect.
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Didn't know about the Rawley & Eichelberger errors. Thanks for the tip.
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The uniform says it all. That style uniform was only used for 3 seasons. And the solid gold colored (no stripe) helmet was introduced in 1956. Jersey #74 was last issued to Bob Morgan in 1954 and not issued again until 1962 to Ed Khayat. ALL available jerseys and NUMBERS are used during training camp and before the final cuts. Once a final roster is made, then jersey numbers are issued. That's why I believe it could be Bob Morgan during 1955's training camp (though it's the wrong helmet). Or some other player that was cut prior to regular season in 1956 or 1957. Niemi would never had an opportunity to wear that style uniform or helmet.
Face masks in photos don't factor in. Just look at the card of rookie Ron Kramer in this set. An obvious 1957 photo. http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3201/cid/806288/1958-Topps-58-Ron-Kramer. Plus many players still played without face masks after 1955.
The mystery goes on...
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Mistakes can be made....but Quintana in place of Sale is horrible.
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Great list. This is a tricky one, but 2014 Topps Chrome WWE Atomic Refractor #74 Jimmy Uso is a picture of his twin brother/tag team partner Jey Uso. Actually all of the Chromes of the Usos appear to be switched names that year (based on an eBay search I just did), but this is the only scan we have in the database. They are twins, but their tattoos are different. The same photos are used in 2014 Topps but the names are correct there.
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A lot more of these than I imagined! Two basketball ones off the top of my head:
1983-84 Star #246 and 247 were originally issued with photos reversed, they were corrected.
1998-99 Flair Showcase #23 shows the correct person in the small color photo but the large black & white background photo is a different player. The player it is supposed to be (Michael Olowokandi) was the #1 draft pick that season. The back photo was fellow rookie Roshown McLeod. It was not corrected.
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Yes, I'm finding a LOT more than I ever imagined. Have almost 50 more that I haven't added yet.
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Great list! I found two more cards from the same set:
1989 Donruss #212 The player in the picture is Nelson Simmons and not Mickey Brantley
1989 Donruss #491 The player in the picture is Damon Berryhill and not Doug Dascenzo
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Thanks. I'll add them to the list!
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I remember the 1981 Donruss having a few of these. I went to the error page on this site and found 3 which I have listed below. You already had the LaCorte / Niemann error listed.
26a John Ellis ERR: With bat; photo actually Danny Walton
26b John Ellis COR: With glove; corrected photo
143 Frank LaCorte UER: Photo is actually Randy Niemann
261a Vern Ruhle ERR: Head shot; photo actually Ken Forsch
261b Vern Ruhle COR: Head to waist shot
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I did a search on this site for the word "actually". Quite a few more cards came up as a result.
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I did the "actually" search and came up with a bunch more. Thanks for the tip.
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http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3566/cid/887212/1995-Pro-Line-32-Mark-Carrier The person they used on the front is a different Mark Carrier than the one on the back.
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Wow. This is quite a list. I managed to recognize a few of the miscast individuals. Thank you for this good reference of error cards here.
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Thank You. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's been a lot of fun putting it together.
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http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/149/cid/67666/1990-Upper-Deck-562a-Jeff-Innis
Here's one you could add. The player on the front is actually David West.
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Thanks for the tip!
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Not sure if you added it (didn't make it through) but this 14-15 Martin Hanzal card is acutally of Keith Yandle. http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/93829/cid/6775227/2014-15-Upper-Deck-MVP-107-Martin-Hanzal
Also my all-time favorite hockey card is the Rogie Vachon card where they pasted his head onto someone else's body. | ||
Thanks for the tip. I just added it to the list. | ||
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http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/40612/cid/3998603/2006-Bowman---Blue-98-Todd-Heap Here's another football one. The player on the front is actually Jason Witten | ||
2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres #17a Matt Pender pictures Curtis Granderson | ||
I always think it's funny when the guy pictured isn't even the same race as the guy that should be pictured | ||
I believe that Machado error is actually Matt Duffy. | ||
1970 MLB Photo Stamp NNO Grant Jackson is actually John Boozer. I'm not 100% sure but 2013 Topps #393 Andres Torres looks a lot like Aubrey Huff. | ||
Nice one TraderJack! Added to list. | ||
I'll take your word for it lfbBirds Cards. Change made. | ||
1992 Classic Draft Picks #15 - Benji Grigsby....is actually Brent Gates | ||
2017 Topps Archives #272 Jose Canseco is his twin brother Ozzie. | ||
Canseco added. Thanks.
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Grigsby card added. Thank You. Never imagined when I started this list that there would be so many of these. Keep them coming!
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Are you sure the '61 Sherman Jones card is really Eddie Fisher? Jones wore #36 and Fisher wore #39. They do look alike. | ||
Al Leiter has a wrong photo card, that was updated, in the 1988 Topps set. Also look for the Bob Gibson card in the 1991 Wiz Mets set. Its meant to be the early-mid 1980s Brewer pitcher who pitched a game for the Mets in 1987, but the photo is of the HOFer Bob Gibson who coached for the mets in 1981. | ||
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This is the counterpart to the Ron Johnson Error. | ||
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https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/99804/cid/7023046?PageIndex=1 Photo is actually of Marcus Henry | ||
Front photo is Edgar Bennett, https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3327/cid/862790 | ||
Thanks. I'll add it to the list.
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2018 Donruss #20 Matt Olson is actually photo of Ryon Healy. https://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/166728/166728-10864575Fr.jpg | ||
Courtesy of Ken Reid's Hockey Card stories books: 1986 O-Pee-Chee Joel Otto and Moe Lemay's photos appeared on each other's card 1989 OPC Brian Leetch #326 - Actually David Shaw 1991 Premier #158 - Kirk McLean - Photo on back of card is Frank Caprice 1982 OPC Paul McLean #386 - Actually Larry Hopkins 1975 OPC #337 - Terry Crisp - Actually Don Saleski 1975 OPC #107 - Doug Riseborough - Actually Bob Gainey 1980 OPC #275 - Doug Riseborough (again) - Actually Serge Savard 1983 OPC #105 and #106 - Steve Larmer and Ludzik were swapped
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https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3205/cid/806976 Photo is Lamar McHan. Packers 1960s sideline jackets had the uniform numbers on the lower left side. #17 can be seen in the picture, which was Lamar McHan's uniform number. Jim Ringo's uniform number was 51. | ||
A few oops with Edgar Martinez: https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/120/cid/44736/1988-Donruss-The-Rookies-36-Edgar-Martinez The irony of these two is that its of Tino Martinez. https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/65836/cid/4438361/1990-CMC-Calgary-Cannons-12-Edgar-Martinez https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/59872/cid/3496043/1990-CMC-439-Edgar-Martinez When Tino came to the Yankees prior to the 1996 season, the cable channel the Yankees were on at the time ran an ad featuring Tino on a psychiatrist's couch saying how in Seattle it was "Edgar this, and Edgar that" and now he was "free to be his own Martinez" now that he was in New York. The shrink rolls his eyes, and shakes his head and he glances to pictures of Lou Gehrig and Don Mattingly on his book shelf. | ||
2015: https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/119246/cid/8272716/2015-Leaf-Ultimate-BA-DM1-David-Martin > This is Todd Martin 2016: https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/130826/cid/8883600/2016-Leaf-Metal-BA-DM1-David-Martin > This is also Todd Martin Leaf managed to make the same mistake twice in a row with an autographed card, which obviously means that the signature stickers were signed before the player saw the actual card. | ||
Here's one of my favorites: Photo is actually Jake Marisnick not Christian Yelich. | ||
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Thanks DarkSide830!
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Doug Risebrough photo is Bob Gainey. https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4839/cid/1180184/1975-76-O-Pee-Chee-107-Doug-Risebrough https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4841/cid/1172307/1975-76-Topps-107-Doug-Risebrough Yvon Labre photo is Jean Lemieux https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4842/cid/1180836/1976-77-O-Pee-Chee-161-Yvon-Labre https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4844/cid/1172736/1976-77-Topps-161-Yvon-Labre Bill Hogaboam photo is Michel Bergeron https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4845/cid/1181423/1977-78-O-Pee-Chee-148-Bill-Hogaboam https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4847/cid/1173075/1977-78-Topps-148-Bill-Hogaboam Rick Bourbannais photo is Bernie Federko https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4845/cid/1181587/1977-78-O-Pee-Chee-312-Rick-Bourbonnais Jack Lynch photo is Bill Collins https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4845/cid/1181644/1977-78-O-Pee-Chee-369-Jack-Lynch Bryan Maxwell photo is Brad Maxwell https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4848/cid/1182091/1978-79-O-Pee-Chee-216-Bryan-Maxwell https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4849/cid/1173491/1978-79-Topps-216-Bryan-Maxwell J. Bob Kelly photo is Bob Kelly https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4850/cid/1182631/1979-80-O-Pee-Chee-306-J.-Bob-Kelly Doug Risebrough photo is Serge Savard https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4852/cid/1183050/1980-81-O-Pee-Chee-275-Doug-Risebrough
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A few Redskins ones I know of https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/61988/cid/3842694/2010-Panini-Adrenalyn-XL-399-Reed-Doughty- https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/92135/cid/6511505/2013-Topps-Turkey-Red-36-Brandon-Jenkins https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/8154/cid/1003547/2002-NFL-Showdown-347-Marco-Coleman https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4032/cid/925160/1997-Pinnacle-Certified-90-Terry-Allen https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3233/cid/816053/1982-Topps-523-Don-Warren Bonus CFL card https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/99804/cid/7023046/2014-Upper-Deck-CFL-168-Antoine-Pruneau | ||
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A fairly recent Topps mistake - https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/216370/cid/13711169/2019-Topps-Update-150-89-Jim-Palmer Also curious why you think 174 is not Machado. So hard to tell with viewing his side/back of head, no visible number, and the logo airbrushed out. | ||
This Sean Murphy rookie is actually of Matt Chapman https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/233434/cid/15491100/2020-Topps-Update-U-216-Sean-Murphy Also found a Francisco Cervelli Topps Total card actually of Joe Musgrove https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/227883/cid/14438058/2020-Topps-Total-174-Francisco-Cervelli
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Thanks jdogg1228, Tscastle & C2Cigars! Will add each of them. | ||
1961 Topps CFL #101 The card is the team card for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but the team photo on the front is actually a team photo for the 1959 Cleveland Browns. https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9493/cid/1076651/1961-Topps-CFL-101-Saskatchewan-Roughriders | ||
2015 Topps card 505 is labeled as Arodys Vizcaino. A comment on the card says it is Yoanner Negrin, who never played a MLB game | ||
I don't see any comments on the 2015 Topps card #505.
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https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/97340/cid/7773806/2015-Topps-505-Arodys-Vizcaino
"This is an error card. The player pictured is Yoanner Negrin" |
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