Scans added to my non major sport "Rookie Cards" checklist Boxing, Soccer, Wrestling, Tennis, Golf,

eagles33 · November 16, 2014 12:32PM

I finally got around to scanning all of these. I'm working on the major sports now and the Star Jordan thread has really got me tempted to pull the trigger on that one. I started a Checklist Thread a few years ago about rookie cards from sports outside of the big 4. I started just looking for boxing but it grew into something completely ridiculous and includes cricket even Jai Lai. Well that's sort of a joke because a buddy asked if I had any Jai lai cards. Here are scans .. some might be cards you don't see every day. I Used ticket stubs for the horseracing because there were no cards from around the time horse actually raced. This is just a list I came up with based on popularity and googling things like "top 25 tennis players of all time" if i'm missing anyone obvious chime in.

Player Year Set

Boxing
John Sullivan 1887 Allen & Ginter
Jack Johnson 1909 Ogdens
Jack Dempsey 1922 Boys Magazine
Joe Louis 1935 United Tobacco

Sugar Ray Robinson 1948 Leaf
Rocky Marciano 1951 Topps Ringside
Muhammad Ali 1965 Lampo - has other earlier issues that are hand cut or over sized discussed HERE .. but this is my personal pick.
Joe Frazier 1964 Bobbie Bubble Gum Tokio

Sonny Liston 1966 Panini Campioni Dello Sport
Roberto Duran 1973 Panini Campioni Dello Sport
George Foreman 1973 Panini Campioni Dello Sport
Sugar Ray Leonard 1981 Panini Sport Superstars

Rocky 1979 Rocky II Topps
Mike Tyson 1986 Panini Supersport Italian
Evander Holyfield 1986 Browns Boxing
Roy Jones Jr. 1991 Kayo

Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1997 Brown's Boxing
Manny Pacquiao 1999 Word Boxing

Golf
Walter Hagen 1926 Spalding
Bobby Jones 1926 Lambert & Butler Robert T.
Ben Hogan 1951 Berk Ross
Gary Player 1962 Dickson Orde & Co

Arnold Palmer 1965 Bancroft Tiddlers Giants Of Sport
Jack Nicklaus 1971 Barratt & Co Famous Sportsmen
Payne Stewart 1983 Miller Press
Greg Norman 1986 Panini Supersport Uk

Phil Mickelson 1992 Diamond Sports
Tiger Woods 1996 S.I. For Kids
Rory Mcilroy 2011 S.I. For Kids
Jordan Speith 2015 S.I. For Kids

Horse Racing
Man o' War 1920 MatchRace Vs Sir Barton (Ticket)
Seabiscuit 1937 Hunting Beach Handicsp (Ticket)
War Admiral 1937 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)
Citation 1948 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)

Secretariat 1973 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)
Seattle Slew 1977 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)
Affirmed 1978 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)
American Pharoah 2015 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)

Zenyatta 2008 Breeders Cup (Ticket)

Jockeys
Willie Shoemaker 1955 Kentucky Derby (Ticket)
Mike Smith 1991 Horse Star Jockey
Calvin Borel 1992 Horse Star Jockey
John Velazques 1992 Horse Star Jockey

UFC/MMA
Bruce Lee 1974 Yamakatsu Way of the Dragon
Chuck Norris 1974 Yamakatsu Way of the Dragon Series 2
Ken Shamrock 1995 BBM
Randy Couture 1998 Culture House - Asics Heros of Wrestling

Chuck Liddell 2003 Sherdog
Royce Gracie 2006 Pride Card Collection

Olympics
John Weissmuller 1926 Spalding Champions
Mark Spitz 1968 Panini
Michael Phelps 2003 Czech Stadion
Greg Louganis 1981 Panini Sport Superstars

Jesse Owens 1935 Muratti Cigarettes
Roger Bannister 1954
Carl Lewis 1985 Poulain Greats of the Game
Usain Bolt 2008 SI For Kids

Dan Jansen 1994 Signature Rookies
Apolo Anton Ohno 2004 Leaf Fans of the Game
Karch Kiraly 1989 SI For Kids Voleyball
Lance Armstrong 1992 Impel Olympicard

Racing
Mario Andretti 1969 Panini Campioni Dello Sport
Richard Petty 1972 Stp
Dale Earnhardt 1983 Uno
Jeff Gordon 1987 World Of Outlaws

Michael Schumacher 1992 Grid Formula One
Valentino Rossi 1997 Edigamma I Grandi Campioni Dello Sport
Jimmie Johnson 2000 Sp Authentic

Soccer
Pele 1958 Ave Ltda. Colecao Titulares (could choose from many other Pele Rookie options)
George Best 1964 Barratt & Co. Ltd Famous Footballers
Diego Maradona 1978 Figurita Crack Mundial
Roberto Baggio 1985 Panini Calciatori

David Beckham 1995 Raven Manchester Utd. Red Devils
Cristiano Ronaldo 2002 Panini Mega Craques
Leo Messi 2004 Spanish Panini Megacracks
Neymar 2009 Gol Cards

Rugby
Gareth Edwards 1979 Venorlandus Rugby
Jonah Lomu 1995 Dynamic Marketing All Blacks Rugby
Francois Pienaar 1992 Sports Deck Rugby

Cricket
Donald Bradman 1930 John Player & Sons Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar 1992 ProSport Cricket (he also has a 1992 Pro Sport card from india which is a few months earlier but its over sized so going with this one)

Tennis
Rene Lacoste 1926 Lambert & Butler
Fred Perry 1930 Cloetta
Rod Laver 1968 Mira (only have the panini so far)
Arthur Ashe 1966 Ruiz Romero Fútbol Tenis Ciclismo

Bjorn Borg 1974 Panini Sport Vedettes
Jimmy Connors 1980 Deportistas Argentinos
John Mcenroe 1980 Deportistas Argentinos
Andre Agassi 1987 Panini

Pete Sampras 1991 Netpro
Andy Roddick 2001 Netpro
Roger Federer 2003 Czech Stadion
Rafael Nadal 2003 Netpro

Real Wrestling
Frank Gotch
Daniel Gable 1972 Panini Munich

Wrestling (80s heavey since thats the time I watched wrestling)
Andre The Giant 1974 Yamakatsu New Japan Pro Wrestling
Ric Flair 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A
Hulk Hogan 1981 Popy
Hulk Hogan 1982 Wrestling All-Stars

Mr. T 1983 The A-Team Topps
The Road Warriors 1985 Wrestling All Stars
Randy Savage 1985 O-Pee-Chee Series 2
The Brittish Bulldogs 1985 O-Pee-Chee Series 2

Roddy Piper 1985 O-Pee-Chee Wwf Pro Wrestling Stars
Bret Hart 1987 O-Pee-Chee Wwf Pro Wrestling Stars
Sting 1987 Wonderama Test
Ultimate Warrior 1989 WWF Super Stars Of Wrestling Series 3

Demolition 1989 WWF Super Stars Of Wrestling Series 1
Steve Austin 1991 Cromy
The Rock 1994 Miami Hurricanes

XGames (Surfing, Skatieboarding, Snowboarding ect..)
Duke Kahanamoku 1913 Pan Handle Scrap World's Champion Athletes
Kelly Slater 1987 Astroboyz
Eddie Aikau 1987 Astroboyz
Liard Hamilton 2009 Goodwin Champions
Evel Knievel 1974 Evel Knievel Topps
Tony Hawk 1989 SI For Kids
Shaun White 2003 SI For Kids
Mike Stewart 1987 Astroboyz

Bowling
Don Carter 1972 PBA Tour Bowler Photos
Dick Weber 1972 PBA Tour Bowler Photos
Pete Weber 1990 Kingpins PBA

Other
Cachin (Jose Uriarte) 1984 Berensens' Hartford Jai Alai
Gary Gait 1993 MILL Lacrosse Lacrosse

vintagefun · November 16, 2014 1:20PM

Awesome thread! All very cool. I really enjoy getting educated on cards outside the 4 majors.

Particular interest for me, the Pele, the George best, and my favorite...the signed Andretti!

Thanks for sharing.
Jim

SumoMenkoMan · November 16, 2014 1:55PM

Very nice! Thanks force sharing!

PMKAY · November 16, 2014 1:57PM

These are awesome. Curious about the Rocky sticker, why did you choose that one as his "rookie card"? I don't know anything about that set but am guessing he's on several cards?

BLUEJAYWAY · November 16, 2014 2:07PM

Thats alot of work. Much thanks for your efforts. I liked the horse racing and Nascar items. The best 3 Triple Crown races for me were the 1978 ones so was really interested in that ticket. Got the original Saratoga program from 1978 Travers at Saratoga when Affirmed was DQ'ed with the win awarded to Alydar.

eagles33 · November 16, 2014 7:38PM

Thanks. I just picked that card in the Rocky set because I liked the pic of him. I just sort of threw Rocky and me t in there.

Dpeck100 · November 16, 2014 8:23PM

Awesome thread!!

What a selection of cards and tickets.

LarkinCollector · November 16, 2014 10:29PM

Awesome cards and always appreciate some golf love! I didn't know the Payne Stewart and Mickelson rookies, though I happen to have the 92 Phil. Mine has Silver borders and yours appear to be black from the scan? I guess that will have to go in my next sub.

blee1 · November 16, 2014 10:34PM

Very cool stuff!

eagles33 · November 16, 2014 10:46PM

The mickelson has a silver foil boarder too. It's just the scan. I don't love that card but so much earlier than his upper deck I had to go with it

packman · November 16, 2014 10:56PM

Great cards. Thank you for sharing.

miwlvrn · November 17, 2014 12:09AM

Awesome stuff as always. It is nice to see it in a single thread.

A couple points:

Why did you go with a 1926 Spalding Weissmuller instead of the 1921 W551 (relatively easy to find and pretty inexpensive) or the 1924 Willard Chocolate (a bit tougher but not super high cost)?

Too bad the Kahanamoku RC's are so pricey, that would be fun to get as well.

Absolutely fantastic to see Gary Gait in there but it seems really incomplete to only have Gary but no Paul Gait along side him. Gotta get that one too, in addition to what I'm sure is a large list of other cards you're looking to add to this collection, not just lacrosse but other sports too.

We all look forward to seeing what is added next.

eagles33 · November 17, 2014 12:23AM

good feedback about the Weissmuller.. to be honest i never knew about a card from 1924.. i'll look into it. I think the 1921 card is a strip card.. is that right? i tried to pick a factory cut card over a handcut cards if there was one produced around the same time.. i also tied to eliminate cartoon drawings.. like the 47 boxing set and oversized cards like the sports casters. In some cases it was just personal preference but in other cases its just ignorance.. like in this case. There are always new cards popping up that I never knew about or that psa doesnt grade yet that i'm looking to add. I just got a 1980 McEnroe card from argentina that i have to get graded along with a 1966 Ashe. The 1966 set has been approved for grading but the 1980 Deportistas Argentinos set still needs some work.

miwlvrn · November 17, 2014 2:53AM

A huge portion of Weissmuller's cards, throughout many years of production, were misspelled as Weismuller instead of Weissmuller. What you have is the earliest of the two-S cards. So if you just looked up the name on the pop report, you'd have missed a lot of cards too. Take a look at the master set composition (it is filed under "non-sport: entertainment" instead of "misc-sports: vintage misc-sports (Pre-1970)" since half his cards are from his acting career and half his cards are from his swimming career). And yes, the 1921 W551 is a strip card, so you're probably more interested in the 1924 Willard.

Love that you took my suggestion a while back to pick up a Valentino Rossi.

I understand the Hemmets and it sounds like you didin't want the 1962 Swedish Rekord Journal due to it being a hand-cut issue, but is the reason you didn't go with the 1964 Chocolates Simon Cassius Clay due to the size of the PSA holder?

eagles33 · November 17, 2014 3:40AM

That's exactly why. I was debating between hammets and Lampo but ended up going with the lampo. The orange card was an option too.

eagles33 · November 23, 2014 2:27AM

I just got this in the mail. It's the closest to a ticket from a seabiscuit race I could find. I really want something from Narraganset Park but this will do for now. He raced in a few Races at San Anita in 1937. The first race he won there was the Huntington Beach Handicap on 2/9/1937. I'm hoping to get this Slabbed and have that race mentioned. He ran in the San Anita handicap which is more popular but lost. I think this will look great slabbed next to the other tickets

eagles33 · December 16, 2014 11:32AM

Updated with the correct Connors Rookie

1976 Nabisco Jimmy Connors

elronmckenzie · December 16, 2014 11:55AM

Great stuff! I'm a fan of that Valentino Rossi and that Chuck Norris is just plain awesome!

dytch2220 · December 16, 2014 9:15PM

This is a very cool collection. I have to second Ross on the Norris, I wasn't even aware he had a RC.

miwlvrn · February 14, 2015 6:28AM

Whenever I see an example of this card, I can't help but think how good a fit it would be for your collection.

eagles33 · February 14, 2015 6:37AM

It's on my list. I'm just hoping to find a raw one on the cheap. I Just made some changes to the tennis rookies. Added these but haven't gotten them back yet

23795526 EXCELLENT 5 1966 Ruiz Romero Futbol Tenis Ciclismo 211 Arthur Ashe Card

23882088 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1930 Cloetta "Ross" 16 Fred J. Perry Card

And this one but it's not approved for grading by psa yet
8485522 1980 Argentina Argentinos and World Athletes Stickers John McEnroe UER/Misspelled Joan 1.5

miwlvrn · February 14, 2015 7:09AM

Good find on the McEnroe. I've got a 1980-81 Svijet #85 McEnroe subbed on the supersize special.

ReggieCleveland · February 14, 2015 7:43AM

<< <i>It's on my list. I'm just hoping to find a raw one on the cheap. I Just made some changes to the tennis rookies. Added these but haven't gotten them back yet

23795526 EXCELLENT 5 1966 Ruiz Romero Futbol Tenis Ciclismo 211 Arthur Ashe Card

23882088 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1930 Cloetta "Ross" 16 Fred J. Perry Card

And this one but it's not approved for grading by psa yet
8485522 1980 Argentina Argentinos and World Athletes Stickers John McEnroe UER/Misspelled Joan 1.5

>>

As someone with severe OCD this labeling would bug the heck out of me.

eagles33 · February 14, 2015 7:59AM

I agree. I hate the way they labeled it. Hopefully Psa will decide to grade them. I'm worried that even if they do decide to grade it they will just label it the way BGS did

CSUrunandstun · February 14, 2015 8:12AM

<< <i>Updated with the correct Connors Rookie

1976 Nabisco Jimmy Connors

>>

Connors is a lefty.....reverse image?

eagles33 · February 22, 2015 3:27AM

Just updated 3 tennis rookies

updated the Fred Perry and Arthur Ashe rookies

Updated the Mcenroe.. Working on the checklist to get Psa to grade these. The card is not as blurry as it is in the scan. BGS slabs don't scan well for me

Autos4Alex · February 22, 2015 5:19AM

very nice tennis cards!

DanBessette · February 22, 2015 7:56AM

I dig it.

Stone193 · February 22, 2015 8:40AM

I like all the tennis cards!

I was a big fan of tennis in the 70s and 80s - it started by watching the fall tournament in NYC - US Open.

Have never seen the Ash card before - very nice.

eagles33 · February 22, 2015 9:40AM

He has another card in the set that is more of portrait. But he is wearing a suit.. Looks more like an actor to me .. Sort of like the 1922 Chanpions Jack Dempsey card. I picked the in action for my collection

wrestlingcardking · February 23, 2015 2:35AM

That is a great Ashe card and I would have went with that one as well judging from your description.

eagles33 · March 13, 2015 1:59PM

Updated the horse racing genre with a seabiscut item.

eagles33 · May 9, 2015 10:02AM

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eagles33 · May 9, 2015 10:07AM

Finally added the big kahuna to my collection. I wanted more for his influence on surfing than for his accomplishments in swimming. It's not in great condition but I will be getting it slabbed anyways just to match the rest of the collection

miwlvrn · May 9, 2015 9:30PM

Awesome pickup. Hopefully the grade made the price a little better too. Can't go wrong with a condition-irrelevant addition to the collection like that.

LarkinCollector · May 14, 2015 5:03AM

I see the 51 Berk Ross panel/single frequently listed as the Ben Hogan rookie. Is there any reason the 48-49 Exhibit is not? Just due to large size perhaps?

eagles33 · May 14, 2015 5:15AM

that was my reason. I tried to pick the first "card" that was the closest to a traditional trading card. Fitting in a standard size slab was key and being factory cut was also important to me. I intentionally threw out the sports casters cards from the late 70s because they were so over sized. But some i just messed up on and wasnt aware of an earlier card that board members pointed out.

LarkinCollector · May 14, 2015 5:22AM

Thanks for clarifying! So what would you consider the Seve rookie? I'm thinking it should be the 79 Venorlandus.

ETA: if ignoring the 77 Sportscaster.

eagles33 · May 14, 2015 10:25AM

I thought that seve were oversized like the sports casters.. I would def be interested if they were like a standard size trading card. Do you know anything about them? I tried to research these as much as I could but there are always new cards popping up I didn't know about

LarkinCollector · May 14, 2015 10:54PM

<< <i>I thought that seve were oversized like the sports casters.. I would def be interested if they were like a standard size trading card. Do you know anything about them? I tried to research these as much as I could but there are always new cards popping up I didn't know about >>

Sorry, I was referring to the golfer, Seve Ballesteros. Is there a set named Seve as well?

eagles33 · May 14, 2015 11:33PM

oops sorry.. i was thinking of the Svijet Sporta set.

wrestlingcardking · June 20, 2015 12:53PM

I still think you could add a low grade Gorgeous George to the collection here. He was pretty influential on showmanship and you know that athletes are all about it now days. A Parkhurst in low grade would not run you much to add if you are looking to expand just a little. Great collection of diverse cards. I wish I could supply you with a standard size card of Bruno Sammartino, but I don't know of any out there. One of the most underrated cards in that whole collection is the signed Randy Couture. I hope that could be red flipped one day.....the UFC guys should go nuts over it.

eagles33 · June 21, 2015 12:01AM

I should prob add a gorgeous george. There are few additions I could make. I think the couture could get slabbed by psa now. The set is in the Beckett checklist database. I don't think I could ever get some of the other mma cards in psa slabs so just kept that sport in bgs for now. Unless anyone has some information on that Liddell card. I was able to date it because it had his age on the back but I haven't been able to find anything else about other cards in the set ect. Apparently it was distributed with DVD/VHS but I can't confirm that either. I really like it because it's so much earlier than his mainstream mma cards

eagles33 · October 21, 2015 11:02AM

Just added Spieth. Needed add some more golf after seeing Begsu and Larkincollectors golf thread.

LarkinCollector · October 21, 2015 10:58PM

Nice one! Glad I'd already picked up an 8, but thought this had a shot at an upgrade. Oops!

Beware any SIFKs from the bottom row of the sheet that aren't already graded. This one was about 1/4" short.

eagles33 · January 25, 2016 1:02PM

Just scooped up a 1926 Spalding Walter Hagen. I haven't seen this card for sale in a very long time. Does anyone one know if the ad back or bio back is more desirable? I won the bio back.. Which I would prefer I think.

LarkinCollector · January 25, 2016 10:14PM

Originally posted by: eagles33
Just scooped up a 1926 Spalding Walter Hagen. I'll post a scan when I get it. I haven't seen this card for sale in a very long time. Does anyone one know if the ad back or bio back is more desirable? I won the bio back.. Which I would prefer I think.

We have to quit bidding on the same auctions

Glad I didn't drive up the winning bid at least.
IIRC, the bio back is more common and the one I prefer. Last check, the Hagen ad back only had 1 graded copy.

eagles33 · January 26, 2016 3:51AM

haha I know... next golf card I bid on I'm reaching out to you first. I was a little surprised that I got this one. I thought it was going to go for more. Unless my saved ebay search was wrong.. I haven't seen this card come up for sale in a few years. now I can start searching for the 1925 card he has.

LarkinCollector · January 26, 2016 3:58AM

There's two others on eBay right now; they're just ridiculously priced. I think you scored that one for a great deal, the poor description didn't hurt, looked like about a PSA 4-5? I would have bid a lot stronger if I didn't have so many other snipes that day.

eagles33 · January 27, 2016 10:01AM

Psa finally accepted these for grading. The grades just popped. This was one of the more difficult sets to get in PSA slabs. I'm looking forward to seeing how they look. Mario Andretti and Maradona are also in the set.

eagles33 · February 13, 2016 3:21AM

Updated the tennis scan with the new Connors and McEnroe

Scans added to my non major sport "Rookie Cards" checklist Boxing, Soccer, Wrestling, Tennis, Golf,

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