Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisJOE
We don't really know if Jackie Robinson advertently chose his 1949 Bowman card. When the George Moll Agency (that produced
the Bowman cards) signed up the players for the rights to portray them in their sets, they would offer them a few $$ and a stack
of their cards. I heard this straight from George Moll in a conversation with him in 1981. Sorry, to bust your bubble (gum).
Your JRobby was printed on two different backs....white or gray cardboard. Looking at yours, I would say its back is gray ?
And if it is, then your's was printed in the later press runs in the Summer of '49. However, if you have the white version, it was
printed in the initial press runs in the Spring of '49. When I get a chance, I will scan my two Bowman JRobby's and we'll compare.
DAVE
JRobby is not in the 1947 Tip Top Bread set.
TED Z