Two non-baseball:
1) in the classic 1964 episode of "The Fugitive" entitled "Nemesis", Kurt Russell portrays Phillip Gerard Jr., young son of the indefatigable detective on the trail of Dr. Richard Kimble ( David Janssen). The kid hides in the backseat of Kimbles's car, and drops Topps football cards out the window in order to leave a "trail" for his dad to follow. Closeups clearly show a 1963 Jim Brown and a 1960 Forrest Gregg. Without giving away the ending, let me just say it involves the card of another contemporary icon.
2) In the big screen's 1944 "Double Indemnity", the walls in the apartment of insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) are decorated with blowups of several T-220 boxing cards, including John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett.
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