Card Identification Forum

Hello,

I have this 1991 Fleer John Alt football card showing on the front.  The back of the card is a 1991 Fleer baseball Bob Melvin stat info.  Has anyone seen this card before?   I could not find anything about it online.

Thanks

Print error - you won't find this on any site's checklist including TCDB's. I remember hearing that the same happened with Topps as well (mixed sports on a single card). The printer simply put the wrong front sheet in to get the wrong backs.

Yes, I have a 1991 Topps with Hensley Meulens (baseball) on the front and Leonard Griffin (football) on the back.  Very odd for the same sort of issue to happen with two different brands, presumably at different printers, in the same year.

Extremely odd. Baseball is produced much earlier than football.  Why would printed one-side sheets be laying around for months and to get "accidently" used for football. Sounds more like a mischievous employee. Especially Fleer, i.e., Billy Ripken.

Thanks for the info everyone!

Football season cards are printed much later in the year than baseball. Junk era baseball sets typically hit late the previous year ie, Nov/Dec '90 release for 1991 baseball sets while 1990 football sets have been out a few months. They would be printed at the same the time or would overlap one another for a period. 

Those 1991 Topps BB/1990 Topps FB cards are very common, at least a decade ago you'd see singles and sheets all over ebay. Not surprised that Fleer stuff turned up. 1991 UD Baseball and Hockey ones have also turned up in smaller quantities.