1966 Topps Series Release Dates ... Approx?

[ALBB]

yea, thats interesting..on the back of some 1960s Topps cards ,there are sometimes clues -

" he retired on May 14 ", " optioned to Tidewater on June 3, " traded to... etc..

[BillP]

hi i know i bought 6th series cards in late august, but my store never had the 7th series. by then we had philly fb cards.

[obcbeatle]

Thanks for the replies. I'll check the backs of some of those cards. I was looking at my 67T binder too and noticed last night that I bought a pack of 67T's in the 7th series! And quite a few 67T's in the 6th series. So that year I must have been buying packs in August/September? I do remember the fb cards coming out in the Fall at my local 5 and 10 and the bbc boxes either drying up or being removed by the owner. I wonder if Philly FB cards were just a Philadelphia market? I'd never heard of those fb cards till a few years ago.

[ALBB]

here is a pic of back of 67T Hi # Piersall..it .makes note that he retired May 8,...so Topps was printing 7 th series cards past that date

[bb66]

I have wondered about the same info--when series were released. I recently found a couple of old Christmas pictures(from 1966)of my brother and I opening packages from under the tree.Strewn all around us are Topps baseball card wrappers! I counted at least ten seperate wrappers. I can see at least two seperate stacks of cards we made. One had a 7th series #586 Claude Raymond on top. The other stack had a 6th Series John O'Donoghue on top. My parents had bought cards from two different late series and probably put them in our stockings!!! Wow I sure wish I had the original cards from that day.

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by bb66

I have wondered about the same info--when series were released. I recently found a couple of old Christmas pictures(from 1966)of my brother and I opening packages from under the tree.Strewn all around us are Topps baseball card wrappers! I counted at least ten seperate wrappers. I can see at least two seperate stacks of cards we made. One had a 7th series #586 Claude Raymond on top. The other stack had a 6th Series John O'Donoghue on top. My parents had bought cards from two different late series and probably put them in our stockings!!! Wow I sure wish I had the original cards from that day.

We’ll need you to post these pictures 😀

[JollyElm]

Your reference to Del Crandall was hilarious. It made me think of the 1966 Johnny Keane manager card. He looks absolutely ancient, but if the photo was taken during the 1965 season, he was only 53 years old...53!!!!!!!

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[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by obcbeatle

Thanks for the replies. I'll check the backs of some of those cards. I was looking at my 67T binder too and noticed last night that I bought a pack of 67T's in the 7th series! And quite a few 67T's in the 6th series. So that year I must have been buying packs in August/September? I do remember the fb cards coming out in the Fall at my local 5 and 10 and the bbc boxes either drying up or being removed by the owner. I wonder if Philly FB cards were just a Philadelphia market? I'd never heard of those fb cards till a few years ago.

I know we had the Philly cards in New Orleans. Pretty sure they were nationwide. I don't remember seeing AFL cards in New Orleans from the years 1962 to 1967, or maybe they were there and I just wasn't interested. I was a pretty big NFL snob, back in those days. AFL ! Yuck !

[ALBB]

Wow,..That Keene card ..holy crap

Imagine opening a pack with him, Crandell, a team card, a checklist card,and another no hat wearing bald guy !!

[bb66]

Haha Albert that would have been bad. We had the Philadelphia football cards in Knoxville,Tn. I bought them in 64',65'&66'.

[obcbeatle]

So below is the 66T Crandall I pulled from a pack in 1966. Not as extreme as the Keane, but to this 8 year old, Crandall looked older then my grandfather :-) Ironically, as I grew older I became a big Del Crandall fan since I am a big Braves and Giants fan and Crandall played for both teams (if only briefly for the Giants). Crandall was a big part of the 1957 champion Braves, and pennant winners too in 1958. He was a very good defensive catcher. In Strat-O-Matic he is almost always a "1" defensively :-) I guess he just didn't age well. And I guess I shouldn't talk :-)

(how come my image below isn't rotated correctly)?

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[bb66]

I decided to look at the backs of the 1966 Topps High-Numbered cards for any interesting dates or clues to production deadlines or anything else. Opening day that year was April 12.Several players were mentioned with late April dates:#529-Elia optioned April 29th,#531-Cunningham released April 25th,& #559-Pena optioned April 28th.Four players(cards)were mentioned for changes in the month of May-#561,584,589,&597.These four-Coleman,Fernandez,Klimchock,&Salmon were either sold,optioned,or released.Two other players were interesting because exact May dates were listed. These were the latest two dates specifically listed on 1966 high-number cards.Card #539-Astros Rookie Stars lists Carroll Sembera as being optioned to Oklahoma City May 9,1966.Card #544-Cards Rookie Stars has George Kernek optioned to Tulsa on May 9,1966.

jmoran19--I will get those two pictures from my brother as soon as I can and post them.Besides the baseball cards laying around us there was some matchbox cars and their boxes,too. Lucky kids!!!!

[BillP]

Originally Posted by cannonballsun

I know we had the Philly cards in New Orleans. Pretty sure they were nationwide. I don't remember seeing AFL cards in New Orleans from the years 1962 to 1967, or maybe they were there and I just wasn't interested. I was a pretty big NFL snob, back in those days. AFL ! Yuck !

Hi depending on the store in Lakeville/Middleboro Massachusetts you could get Philly FB (local mom & pop) or Topps (bigger chain grocery stores). The Mom & POP tended to have all sorts of stuff BB, FB, and non sports. The larger chain had Rack Packs (bb) and packs with candy in the register checkout. This was 1965-68.