Favorite Childhood card

BigDaddyBowman

What was the "special" card from your childhood? The one card that was my favorite..and to this day..everytime I see it, it reminds me of my childhood is this:





Its strange to think that I was the same age as my son is now when this card came out. Seems like yesterday...

I would like to see everyone's special childhood card.

dontippet

1985 Topps Dwight Gooden. I remember the first one I pulled. It was an awesome moment.

bobbybakeriv

Great thread BD. Here is mine. This very card got me back into collecting again!

JeremyDie1

I loved the 1990 Leaf set when it came out.

elsnorto

1978 Topps Tony Dorsett rookie card.

It was his (at the time) record run against the Vikes that turned me into a football fan and shaped my appreciation for the running back position. A few years later I bought his rookie card for $2.00 at a card show and my father thought I was crazy to spend that much "on a piece of cardboard".

Snorto~

ymarea

My special card has always been the 1972 Topps Willie Mays #49. I was 8 years old when the card was issued. Mays was/is a true living legend. One of those names that every kid seems to know as soon as he learns to speak...like Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley. I love the card's color, background, and that close-up look of Willie's aging face. The same card remained with me and survived about 34 years in pretty nice shape, until I discovered eBay and TPG. I sold my raw ex-mt Mays and bought a PSA 8. I love that card.

Elemenopeo

I've posted this before, and I wouldn't post it again had I not dipped heavily into the vino this evening while I painted my living room.

This is my brother's card. Cardenal was a favorite in our household of Cubs fans in the mid-'70s. No cooler card than this existed to us at the time. I must've made a thousand trade offers for this in those years, none of which were accepted. My brother was killed in accident in 1984, and I've assumed stewardship of it since. It's the one card in my possession I'd never sell at any price.

CDsNuts

I've posted it before, but I would've given my right ball (the dipping ball) for a 92 Donruss Ripken auto.

metalmike

My favorite childhood card is any 1970 Kelloggs card. I opened packs before that, mostly Dark Shadows and some Baseball but 1970 Kelloggs were neat kinda like the refractors of the day. I called dibs on the cards and the box and bugged Mom to buy more. 1970 Topps were a dime a pack but these were free! I even cut out the card of Killer from the box. Good memories. For some reason a bunch of cards- print overruns from the factory sets were re-packaged with iron ons and these were a flop as they were not new anymore. Those repacks are real unlike the junque marky mark introduced to the hobby. Mike

Stingray

Would have to be this one. He had that great rookie season and I remember when the 77 Topps BB came out trying to get this card, it was not easy back then. Would like to have one again (this is a pict. off Ebay):

Ladder7

Good topic... Had the set and some baseball in a converse sneaker box when I was 10 yo, but only have this one now. My favorite all-time athlete.

BunchOBull

I was born in '83, started collecting in '87. My cousin got me into the game; he was a Puckett collector, and as I idealized (not idolized) my cousin, I likewise idealized Kirby. This one I pulled from a pack as a kid.



The Bo Jackson Topps rc was a big deal for me too.

bman90278

It's hard for me to single out one specific card, but I will single out the 1975 cards, because I remember my late father buying me and my brother those cards when we were kids. Even though I was a Dodger fan, what kid didn't want a Johnny Bench or a Pete Rose card? (Card posted is not mine)

jimq112

This one was my favorite when I was growing up -



This was my first ruth card (pic stolen from ebay) and was also pretty important to me. I lost it when I lost my collection, found one when I started collecting and was pretty disappointed when the guy only wanted $2.

HighChopper

lsutigers1973

I've posted this before but just have to do it again. In 1979 while I was in bed sick, my dad went to the local drug store in the middle of a storm to buy me a few packs of 1979 Topps. All I wanted was a Dale Murphy card. Didn't get one in the few packs he bought. He made two more trips to the store buying packs until I got the Murphy. I was only 5 years old but still one of my fondest memories of my Dad.

Kid4hof03

The 1979 Staubach is also my favorite card from childhood, actually it's still my favorite to this day. The first Staubach card I ever saw came out of my best friends rack pack, it took two all pro's to get it away from him but at that point I would have traded anything to get it.

Abe

bigred1

1975 Phil Niekro, always been my favorite, but I never could throw a good knuckleball.

Publius

Actually it was anythng in the 1978 or 1979 topps football sets, I dug the way the All-pro hung on the upper border. I really liked the Chargers at the time because of Dan Fouts, jefferson, Winslow, Joiner, Muncie, but I quickly converted to the Seahawks after going to a few games and watching the Jim Zorn to Steve Largent show.


Edited to add: Great topic Ryan, Love the 79 Staubach!!

Post25

1987 O Pee Chee Dan Quisenberry - My first baseball game I ever went to I saw him pitch against the Blue Jays. Later that week I pulled his card from pack and though that was the greatest thing. I carry that card in my wallet and would never part with it.

baseballfan

always loved the 80 topps set and this card

Tvac897

My Dan Marino RC...never should have gotten rid of it...

Goot

Nice thread! Piazza may seem out of place, but he was THE MAN back then. I have a lot of '94 Post cards. The Smoltz is easily my favorite though.




My dad was cleaning out some stuff in his room and he found these. I was 3 when these packs came out. Plus, who doesn't love an 88 Donruss Braves Team set?

Goot

<< <i>1975 Phil Niekro, always been my favorite, but I never could throw a good knuckleball. >>




Nice choice. Do you own one? I picked mine up for very little cost.

69Cubs

Born and raised in Chicago, any 1971 Chicago Cub card made my heart beat a little faster when I opened the packs. I also remember getting what seemed to be a million Nate Colberts that year.

Mike

jlbsquared

not a chisox (or fisk) fan but as a catcher in little league I absolutely loved this card.....

1966CUDA

Sorry, I collect baseball now but growing up in the 70's the Wacky Packages were king and this was one of my favs.

digicat

This was the prize of my childhood collection. I don't collect football anymore, but I did when I was a kid.

I paid $200 for this in 1990 or 1991, and got it graded a few years back. Oh well.





Second up would be this: an autographed Griffey RC.

I got this signed at a show back in 1990. Good ol' Howard Johnson Hotel card shows!

BobaFett72

2 of my faves

bigred1

Goot,

Got one in same grade, just one of my faves. of favorite player, just a beautiful card, and the only auto. I paid for, at recent Chantilly show.

Tim

jlzinck

The 1st set I put together was 1975 Topps baseball and the Jim Rice RC was my favorite.

MeteoriteGuy

Since the topic is childhood, rather then my teen years, I guess the E.T. Topps set....I remember getting a bunch of rak packs, then getting some more and still not having a complete set.

NCDOLFAN

Always has been, always will be.

BobaFett72

collected these long before any baseball cards

digicat

I remember really liking the #1 card in the Empire Strikes Back set (the one with Vader and 2 Stormtroopers). I carried it around in my back pocket, folded it a little so it could stand up by itself, and eventually pinned it to my wall with some other choice cards from the set.

SoonerCowboy

I like threads such as this one because it gives me a chance to show these. Some of you may have heard the story before but here it goes again. I was at my grandmothers house when I was 9 years old and had never seen a sports card until she pulls these two off of the top of her fridge. These two cards both share the distinction of being in my collection longer then any others. I bet she didn't have any idea of the monster she had created.
Man I miss her.
Six years ago I bought a more visually appealing copy of each card and they are on the flip side of the double holder. I plan to give them to my grandson someday when I feel like he will take care of them and also when I can stand parting with them.
1976 Topps Wonderbread

kcballboy

As a Royals fan it's always been the Brett Rookie. I could never afford one as a kid and finally got to own one a couple years ago, PSA 8.

I also have a 1994 Fleer Update Rookie Sensations A-Rod that I got signed after a game in KC back in 1996, his first full year in the bigs. I always liked it because I got to meet him when he signed it.

bigfische

I once brought a 89 griffey fleer rookie to school with me and left it on the bus on the way home. I made my mom drive me to school and track down the bus driver so i could find it. I love my mommy.

clayshooter22

Yeah, I love those '82 Topps In Action cards.

I remember riding my bike to the store to get those, lol.

2dueces

Ok, So I'm old as dirt. So sue me. :0

jimmyg

We had a live in babysitter in 1981. Jamie, her son, was a year older than me (six).

I had a stellar collection of cards at that time (including the elusive Bob Horner rookie (from a pack of '79 Topps my great uncle got me). All I wanted to do was complete my 1981 Topps Angels team set. I bought pack after pack but couldn't get that darn Dave Lemanczyk. Jamie bought one pack that year and got one.

I offered him Fernando's Future Stars rookie, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Steve Yeager, Dave Lopes, and Bill Russell: The entire Dodger infield. But no. He moved out when his mom quit. He left the Dave Lamanczyk . . . on the back in thick green marker, it says, "JAMIE."

RawPlusSlabbed

<< <i>not a chisox (or fisk) fan but as a catcher in little league I absolutely loved this card.....


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Good choice. I also really loved this card as a kid.

lawnmowerman

Mine was a 1976 John Stearns card



Ah, memories

RipublicaninMass

This was the first vintage card I ever saw in a friends collection. I think I traded some 1986 junk for it thinking "wow this must be valuable...it is as old as I am ". I heisted the scan but might have mine around somewhere

rexvos

1980 Topps Archie Manning. I was 7 and my older brother gave it to me. My first Arch. Loved it.

vintagechris

The '79 Staubach was one of my favorites also. Last card and about the 3rd year I was a Cowboys fan. Some of my other Fave's in no particular order:
1959 Topps Yogi Berra(1st older card I ever bought)
1976 Topps Dick Anderson(looked just like my Dad)
1956 Topps Crazylegs Hirsch(Had a friend in school who gave me his Dad's football cards and this card was in there. Loved the pic and the name.
1972 Topps Willie Mays
1960 Fleer Babe Ruth(couldn't afford a Goudey but you could get the Fleer all day for a dollar.)
1981 Donruss Tim Raines(I was a big Raines fan)
1977 Topps Pete Rose(just like it)
1965 Topps Hank aaron(Second older card I bought)
1979 Topps All Time Ted Williams autographed as a mail request when I was 12 years old.

nearmint

Pete Banaszak grew up just down the street from me. I bought my first packs of football cards looking for a card of Pete, and I wasn't even sure he'd be on one.

MDCards

84D Mattingly RC

TheHun

It was late summer of 1971 when we were going through Toronto, Canada.

We stopped by a small 5 and dime store.

I could have gotten some candy but got two packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey cards instead.

I pulled Canadian great Guy LaFleur rookie and the legendary goalie Jacques Plante of the Maple Leafs.

I love the look, the feel of the classic white border inside the oval border ... and Plante in the Toronto jersey already looked like a Hall of Famer.

I still love these cards.

sorry - cannot get the link to work for a picture.

kmnorton

Oh, man, great topic. I was at a camp where my mother was the nurse when I was 8 and I was so homesick. Not for anything that makes sense, but this card (in particular, but my cards in general).

swankdaddy7

<< <i>Always has been, always will be. >>



Great card. I don't have a 72 Griese, although I just bought a 72 All-Pro in a 9. Are you on the Griese registry (at the top)? I just put my Griese cards on the registry this past weekend. I'm 10th on the basic and 7th on the master. My favorite Griese is 69 followed by 70.

My childhood favorite is 78 Payton and 78 Griese.