I would say I started collecting Baseball cards around 1956 when I started playing Little league and became obsessed with the game.
One memory I have is from 1959. Major League relief Pitcher Bill Henry lived in my neighborhood and his son played on my Team. I for the life of me could not pull a Bill Henry from a pack of 59's. One day I bought a pack at the Utotem on the way to school and stuck them in my top pocket to open Later. Sitting on the can in Elementary school I remembered the pack and opened it and squeezed them like a poker hand, Walla Mr. Henry Cubs Card appeared.
Always making my mother Buy armour franks so I could get the coins, but it seemed like I always got Frank Malzone or Gus Triandos.
Going thru the Jello Packs at the store looking for a player you wanted on the back. Or having to endure Grape Nuts because a favorite player was on the box.
Just a few of the great memories of Collecting as a kid.
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