Let's Hear Some Funny or at Least Inventive Explanations for This:

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by scotgreb

"Turn your head and cough"

Beat me to it!

[Collectorsince62]

I asked a long-time Topps photographer where they kept all these types of images. He told me in the pro-file.

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by Collectorsince62

I asked a long-time Topps photographer where they kept all these types of images. He told me in the pro-file.

Ding, ding, ding!

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Collectorsince62

I asked a long-time Topps photographer where they kept all these types of images. He told me in the pro-file.

That's a good one!

[Spike]

Probably a standard Topps pose, and one that inspired 1965 Topps Embossed, with all its profiles.

Also, shot was likely taken outside on a bright day and their hat brims would've shadowed faces, so the photog used a bright flash and shot from the side.