Last Card of HOF'ers

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Posted By: John Spencer

I watched with admiration coupled perhaps with a small touch of envy as Hal slowly but surely edged towards completing his quest of assembling the rookie cards of all HOF'ers who gained entry on the basis of their playing career. It got me thinking about the last card produced for these immortals and the difficulty and expense of trying to put together such a collection. Certainly it would require a fair amount of research. So without further adieu let's see if we can come up the definitive list of those last cards. To keep it simple, let's exclude post cards and exhibits and consider only those players whose career ended before 1941. I will start it off:
Lou Gehrig - 1936 World Wide Gum