The poll just finished. Thank you to the 159 people who voted.
The 1936 World Wide Gum is now Joe DiMaggio's official rookie card.
It's just amazing how things have changed. I remember, I was around eighteen or nineteen years old and I purchased Joe "Neverrrrrrr Get Cheated" Orlando's new book titled The Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby. On page 102 - I still have this book - he calls the 1938 Goudey DiMaggio's official rookie card, and back then it probably was. I believe that, for a long time, in order for any card to be called a rookie, it had to be made by a major American manufacturer. However, today collectors just want the first card of their favorite athlete regardless of where it is from. It could be a 1986 Panini Mike Tyson (from Italy) or a 1958 Alifabolaget Pele (from Sweden) or a 1936 World Wide Gum DiMaggio (from Canada). Collectors have become more open minded and this has made the hobby more fun.
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