interesting/funniest description on Back of Card

[1952boyntoncollector]

Whats the best/interesting/funniest description you ever seen on the back of a baseball card.

I know there was 1952's topps card that said the player worked as a gas station attendant in the off season that i thought would be unusual to put on the back of a card..


i wonder if that guy was member of the gas house gang..

[stlcardsfan]

Dal Maxvill was an electrical engineer and worked as one in the off season. That was on one of his cards.

[Rich Klein]

1980 Topps Football JIm Langer Card; Jim enjoys Drinking Beer.

And Topps were targeting 10 year old boys in those days??

[Rich Klein]

1980 Topps Football JIm Langer Card; Jim enjoys Drinking Beer.

And Topps were targeting 10 year old boys in those days??

[1952boyntoncollector]

thats funny..but budweiser probably a sponser

[mets41]

1964 Topps Dave Bennett rookie (Phillies) card: "this 19 year old fire-baller is just 18 years old).

[bnorth]

I am going with the 1970 Pedro Borbon.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

The 1954 Paul Minner I just won in the raffle says that Paul declined to fight a batter last season to protect his new $200.00 set of teeth!

[tonyo]

I borrowed this from another thread

[clydepepper]

That last one is hard to beat, but here is my attempt.

1989 MLB Umpire Set

Standard questionnaire responses on card backs.

Frank Pulli's response to 'No one knows I'm' - Blind

Several others answered - 'Sensitive' or even 'Very Sensitive'

John Shulock said no one knows he's 'Really a nice guy'

Bob Davidson said that no one knows he's 'Intelligent'

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

1980 Topps Football JIm Langer Card; Jim enjoys Drinking Beer.

And Topps were targeting 10 year old boys in those days??

That was funnier the first time.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

I love this one:



Trull played up to and including 1969, while Blanda played though 1975.

[Exhibitman]

Read Dave Bennett's bio:



I always got a kick out of the 1974-75 Frazier card too:

[h2oya311]

My favorite:

1969 Topps Test - Bowie Kuhn

Check out his eyes, batting and fielding records. Not very PC at all!

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by tonyo

I borrowed this from another thread

Memorex or Photoshop? I guess from my childhood, I liked some of the ones in Topps Big Baseball, but can't remember any specific one.

[darkhorse9]

My favorite is from the 1941 Play Ball card of Harry "Gunboat" Gumpert. It says: "harry did not set the baseball world on fire last year. At times he wasn't very good....."

[Exhibitman]

Holy crap, I can't believe a card maker would really write that. The poor guy's family must have been so excited about his being on a card...until they read the back. Sy Berger once said in an interview that the hardest part of his job was trying to find something nice to say about a lousy player for a card back: "What can you say -- 'This guy stinks'?" Apparently, at Gum, Inc., the answer was "yes." I can't see that on the back of my Gumpert card; it has this instead:

[David W]

Here's a funny bio on Lou Brock's 67 Topps, proclaiming his defensive prowess.

While Lou came up in 62 as a CF, and played mostly RF in 63, in 1964 and 65 and 66 he was almost exclusively in left field. And I don't ever recall him being considered an outstanding thrower or defensive wizard.

Am I wrong on this?

[Koufax32fan]

1955 Bowman Eddie Waitkus - number 4.

"In 1949, I was shot by a deranged girl...... the girl who helped me so much is now my wife."

I will try to post a scan tomorrow.

[Republicaninmass]

52 topps also waitkus

"shot by a crazed girl and was close to death"

[Koufax32fan]

Here is the Waitkus

[Koufax32fan]

Here is another pre-war card - the back of the T205 Addie Joss is interesting (but not funny)

[SMPEP]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words!

Cheers,
Patrick

[steve_a]

The 1976 Laughlin tribute to the Indianapolis Clowns has a number of great backs (and fronts). This is far and away my favorite, due in great part to sharing the same name. If you have an extra copy, I am always buying this card.

[porkchops]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

They say a picture is worth a thousand words!

Cheers,
Patrick

This has to be one of Robert Crumb's contributions
durring his time with TOPPS .... great card , wonder
if it gets special notation when graded .
Ken

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by porkchops

This has to be one of Robert Crumb's contributions
durring his time with TOPPS .... great card , wonder
if it gets special notation when graded .
Ken

Too early-Crumb was there in '65

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by porkchops

This has to be one of Robert Crumb's contributions
durring his time with TOPPS .... great card , wonder
if it gets special notation when graded .
Ken

I think O'Toole's tool might have been done by Irwin Hasen, who did the 54 and 55 cards at least, possibly more.

[porkchops]

You may be right toppcat .
As far as I've been able to find out ,
Crumb didn't work at topps till 1965 .
Ken