Does anyone remember the Famous Feats and World Series cards of the early 70s and 80s?

NeilDowney

Hi Guys, Does anyone remember the Famous Feats and World Series cards that were printed in the early 70s? I believe that they were cards made from drawing done by an artist named Laughlin. I remembered these from looking though an old SCD magazine. I've done some research on them and discovered that there has been more than one of each of these sets printed. I want to double check with you guys to see if this is right. If anyone has any info on any of these card sets, let me know. Neil

Set name Year Cards
Fleer world series 1970 66
Fleer world series 1971 68
Famous Feats 1972 40
Famous Feats 1980 22 first series
Famous Feats 1980 40 second series
Famous Feats 1986 22

bobsbbcards

Neil,

Haven't heard about the 1986 Fleer Famous Feats set. Here's my info on these issues:

1968 Laughlin World Series (1903-67, 64 black and white cards)
1970 Fleer World Series (1903-69, 66 cards)
1971 Fleer World Series (1903-70, 68 cards)
1972 Fleer Famous Feats (40 cards, full color)
1980 Fleer Famous Feats (22 cards, yellow/white/black)
1980 Laughlin Famous Feats (40 cards, full color)

There are plenty of other Fleer/Laughlin issues in the same time period, but I assumed you just wanted information for the sets you listed.

Bob

NeilDowney

Hi Bob, Thanks for the info. Do you know of any other issues? Neil

carkim

1980 Laughlin Famous Feats



Carlos D. Aponte's 1980 Laughlin Famous Feats - The Number One All Time Finest Set

onlychild

YES! I remember the cards from either 72 or 73...they were "great". I wish I had a set. I enjoyed reading them as a kid. I remember one card said a player hit 3 HR's on one game each in a different state.

Kevin

bobsbbcards

Neil,

Full run of cards done by Laughlin for Fleer or on his own (including ones already talked about):

1970 Fleer World Series (66)
1971 Fleer World Series (68)
1972 Fleer Famous Feats (40)
1973 Fleer Wildest Days and Plays (42)
1974 Fleer Baseball Firsts (42)
1980 Fleer Baseball's Famous Feats (22)
1980 Fleer World Series (1940-79, 40 cards)
1981 Fleer All-Star Games

1967 Laughlin World Series (64)
1962 Laughlin Great Feats (51, red borders and blue borders)
1973 Laughlin Super Stand-Ups (12)
1974 Laughlin All-Star Games (40)
1974 Laughlin Old-Time Black Stars (36)
1974 Laughlin Sportslang (41)
1975 Laughlin Batty Baseball (25)
1976 Laughlin Diamond Jubilee (32)
1976 Laughlin Indianapolis Clowns (42, photos)
1977 Laughlin Errors (39)
1978 Laughlin Long Ago Black Stars (36)
1980 Laughlin Famous Feats (40)
1980 Laughlin 300/400/500 (30)

The Fleer sets were issued in packs; the Laughlin sets were not. If you want scans of any of the cards (or the Fleer packs), just let me know.

Bob

bobsbbcards

Here's some of the Fleer packs:

1970 Fleer World Series



1971 Fleer World Series



1972 Fleer Famous Feats



1973 Fleer Wildest Days and Plays



1974 Fleer Baseball Firsts



1980 Fleer World Series



1981 Fleer All-Star Games

mudflap02

Bob-

I don't even want to imagine how big your vault must be.... thanks for the scans!

NeilDowney

Hi Bob, Your wealth of knowledge on these somewhat oddball cards is truely amazing. I'd love to see what you know on something that you have a passion for. Thanks for all of the info and cool scans. Now if you had any for sale, I would be really impressed. Neil

NickM

Bob, since you're the man to go to for oddball cards, would you happen to be able to identify this pack?






Nick

[edited to make the links work]

Dhjacks

A few samples of the cards from my childhood. Yes, very fond memories.

bobsbbcards

<< <i>...would you happen to be able to identify this pack? >>


Nick,

Pack is 1979 Fleer Baseball Stickers. Sticker was basically a typical Fleer team logo sticker on the front, but the backs pictured 1/24th of a large picture from the previous years World Series (the World Series Photo Puzzle referred to on the front of the wrapper). Similar packs were issued in 1977 and 1978 featuring puzzle pieces from the '76 and '77 World Series respectively.

Here's scans of all three packs.

1977 Fleer Baseball Stickers Pack



1978 Fleer Baseball Stickers Pack



1979 Fleer Baseball Stickers Pack

MorrellMan

Neil,
If memory serves (and it serves less and less these days), wasn't the '86 Fleer set actually the backside of the insert logo sticker in the wax packs? And I actually thought it was '87.

NickM

That would explain why I couldn't find anything matching it in the Beckett Almanac.

Thank you.

Nick