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Originally Posted by Rich Klein
Way back in the day when I edited the Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles we called the Ford card a 1967 Nassau Health Ford one-card set. My guess is Christy was issued, looking at the back of the card, at about the same time and I'd call that a 1967 card as well
Rich
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That’s very interesting. So, in my brief research on this, I have found that there are actually two different Whitey Ford cards (pictured here). The backs are also different as my card mentions both Nassau and Suffolk counties whereas the Ford card lists only Nassau County. The two Ford cards also have different back styles from each other. That must mean that there were different print runs, no?
Both player’s homes are listed as different towns in Long Island, New York, so I guess that’s the focus of how players were chosen? Were there other cards of other players who lived on Long Island? Has anyone ever seen a third player?