I think this might be my first, possibly second post on the Postwar side...I am primarily a Prewar collector. So this post will be a mashup of both sides of the collecting divide.
There are 9 Hall of Fame players that have regular issue cards during their playing career in sets from both Prewar (1941 and before), AND were trodding the basepaths in the Topps era (1951 and after):
Lou Boudreau
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Bob Feller
Johnny Mize
Pee Wee Reese
Phil Rizzuto
Enos Slaughter
Ted Williams
The fun thing is, the 1941 Double Play set is the only Prewar issue that has all nine of these players (the 1939-46 Exhibits include 5, while the 1941 Play Ball set includes 4).
Here are my top 5 Double Play cards depicting 6 of these Hall of Famers (The Mize/Slaughter card is twice the fun at half the price). My examples are all sliced in half, just like the makers expected their sticky fingered little collectors to accomplish.
Brian
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