The 1st sport card, you remember seeing?

[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!

[spaidly]

I don't remember the player -- only the year. 1974 wax packs. I was 8.

[Jobu]

1986 Topps rack packs at the local variety store. I was 8 years old and had no idea what a baseball card was but I knew I wanted them. My mom bought my brother and me a few packs and lit a fire that still hasn't been extinguished.

This is not the pack ... I have pretty good restraint but there was no way in hell I wasn't ripping that thing open!

[rjackson44]

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

[divecchia]

Wow, you guys have great memories. The best I can do is say that it would have been 1973 Topps Hockey cards, but which card I have no clue. I do remember that I used to love the stickers that came in the packs and my favorite is pictured below.

Donato

[talkinbaseball]

I remember being down at the beach and buying 1967 Topps Wax Packs. I've been collecting off and on ever since.

John