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Posted By: MW

In my opinion, the reason Canadian issues must be included in the subset known as "rookie cards" is because to exclude them would make such a definition argumentatively academic.

For example (albeit, a modern one), is Mark Messier's rookie the 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee or the 1984-85 Topps? And how about the Tony Esposito Rookie? (1969-70 OPC vs. 1971-72 Topps).

Also, a quick review of many of the 1930's O-Pee-Chee issues yields scores of "conventional" rookie cards including those of Eddie Shore, Charlie Conacher, Turk Broda and Syl Apps, among others.