Yup, closest Musial and Williams came to being in a Topps set together was the 1958 all star card of Musial, but no regular card.
I've read that the reason Musial did not appear in Topps was they just didn't offer him what he wanted.
Another story I read was that Sy knew the owner of the Cardinals and agreed to have Topps (or Cy personally, can't remember) donate to one of his charities. He agreed if the owner would get Musial to agree to be in the Topps sets. He did, but it was late 1958 and he only appeared in the late series all star sub set. I just wish Topps would have though about it and given him the missing #145 as a regular card as well.
Ted of course was in Korea in 1952 and 1953. If not, I believe he would have been in the two Bowman sets with Musial, barring an exclusive contract with Topps. Ted then jumped to Fleer in 1959 when Musial finally got a regular card in Topps, so we never really get them both in a Topps set as regular cards.
They did appear together in the 49 Leaf set, as well as the Red Man set. Musial also appeared in the 1954 Red Heart set and the 1955 Rawlings set. Not sure if those were exclusive contracts. If so that would explain why he wasn't in Topps those years.
Not sure about 1956. There's another disappointment. If Musial had been in the 1956 Topps set, it would have been a perfect set.
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