The 1st sport card, you remember seeing?

[hysell]

Was in 1974, on a hot summer day.I was walking home on B & Northern railroad tracks.On some of the railroad ties{OILED},was what looked like maybe 5 to 8 packs of baseball cards laying there!I guess some one just wanted the rock hard gum that used to come with the cards?Was maybe 70 to 100 cards laying around, but the 1st card i saw was #393. Olando Pena {p} for the Cardinals.Not the best player or card in the set, but was my 1st!I was hooked ever sense,football, hockey.Next year i added Basketball & none-sports.Was easy collecting in those days for .10 cents a pack! Boy, how things have change.Thanks for your time,Rob.

[MULLINS5]

I remember bits and pieces of my first birthday, but can't remember the first time I saw a sports card. The earliest I remember seeing them was in the late 80s when my dad was selling them in his shops. My dad remembers selling baseball cards as a kid in his father's gas station back in the 50s/60s. He also remembers his dad occasionally opening s jar of mayonnaise, skimming the surface with a knife, spreading it on a sandwich, and then putting the jar back on the shelf for sale.

[gonzo]

On the bottoms of Hostess Twinkies boxes at the grocery. Alas, we were a Little Debbie family.

[Cozumeleno]

Easy for me - a John McNamara 1986 Topps card. That was the year I started collecting after my grandmother bought me a rack pack of cards.

I made my first trip to the local card shop that year and they had a penny box. The owner, who I would get to know over the years, pretty much knew I had no idea what I was doing when I stepped into the shop and introduced me to the box. You could trade any two of your cards for any one in the box. It was his way of keeping young kids entertained and out of their hair.

For some unknown reason, finding a well-used 1986 Topps John McNamara card sitting on the top is the very first memory I have when it comes to collecting. By 1987 I became a little more seasoned and made my first 'real' purchase when I bought a Dwight Gooden 1987 Topps card for $2.25.

In hindsight, that was a bad deal. But as a Mets fan growing up, you couldn't pry that thing out of my hands.

[MartyFromCANADA]

Definitely O-Pee-Chee Hockey, either 83' or 84'. No exact card.

[frankbmd]

I started from the bottom of the deck.

[gracecollector]

I remember being at a cousin's birthday party in the winter of 1979, and finding a 1970 Topps Harmon Killebrew card with a torn corner in the basement where we played ping-pong. I had never seen a baseball card before, and since I had just started little league that year, I was intrigued. I asked my cousins about them and they told me about gum packs. The next spring, I was hooked on looking for packs at the drug stores and grocery markets my mom dragged me to.

[pokerplyr80]

I remember seeing the 89 upper deck Griffey the first time I went to a local card shop. It's still one of my favorite cards to this day.

[Eggoman]

My First Day at kindergarten - someone bummed me a 1968 Indians Rookies card with Lou Piniella on it so that I could "flip" cards with the other kiddies.

I quickly won a 1969 Dave Adlesh and have never looked back...

[texmrsport]

1969 Topps football. A kid had some in my second grade class. The bright colors in the background were amazing. I've been a collector ever since.

[chris6net]

I remember getting a Gene Mauch card in my first pack I opened in 1971 and being disappointed. Then a few cards later Tommie Agee was there and I was in heaven!

[rjackson44]

1971 topps at the local grocery store ,,,remember flipping tham at the schoolyard.who knew ,,

[Manny Trillo]

1975 Don Gullet

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[T206Collector]

1979 Topps Reggie Jackson

[bwbc917]

My first card was a 1958 Vic Power, an older kid gave it to me. Vic was one of my favorites, he was magical around first base.

[btcarfagno]

1973 Topps Carl Yastrzemski. I was 2 years old.

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[KingFisk]

1980 Geoff Zahn. My mom bought me a pack of cards when I was 5 and I was fascinated. I also got Dan Petry in that pack. And a Darrel Porter, who had a cool All Star distinction.

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[ullmandds]

I don't remember a "first" card but the first cards I ever owned were a bunch of 1970 topps that I had organized by team in rubber banded stacks.

I remember the first card trading event I went to as a kid...at the library...and some girl had a babe ruth card. I wanted it so badly I offered to trade her all 50-60 or so 1970 topps cards I had for it...but she wouldnt bite.

It was a 1976 topps babe ruth!

[gemmint77]

I was 10 and our small south Texas town had just opened its first hobby shop. I remember walking in with my younger brother and seeing all the Mid 80's Topps and Donruss cards. My eyes were drawn to the 68 Ryan Rookie for $50.00 bucks!!

[hoot-owl]

And the back of a 1962 Post Alpha-bets box. Still some of my favorite sets. 1st year I bought packs at the Main Street NewsRoom--1965. Couldn't believe the "pink" borders on the Yankees and Pirates.

[autograf]

1974 Topps wax pack..........

Also remember the Hostess cards fondly. Lots of hoho's and king don's rolling back in those days.............

[Hoy4HOF]

The 1960 Topps Don Demeter that I pulled from a pack as a kid.