OT: Who Determined That Mantle's Rookie Card was the 52 Topps

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OT: Who Determined That Mantle's Rookie Card was the 52 Topps

View Poll Results: Which card do you believe is the Mantle Rookie card?
1951 Bowman	215	89.58%
1952 Topps	25	10.42%
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11-05-2017, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

This has been discussed in prior threads more than once. Hard to argue with Barry's point that 1951 came before 1952

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I guess you could call the 52 card his "Topps rookie card" and be correct.

By that logic every card in the set except for a handful of '51 Red and Blue Backs and some All-Stars are "Topps Rookie Cards"

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