What player/manager from 1952 Topps had the last Topps card in later years?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

From the 1952 set....

Not THAT amazing. He was 67, there have certainly been older managers.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Not THAT amazing. He was 67, there have certainly been older managers.

Older, maybe. But none in the majors for longer.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Older, maybe. But none in the majors for longer.

Dusty Baker? Connie Mack? Baker's RC was 1971 and I don't know if they still make manager cards, but he could have had one 50 plus years later. Even if you don't count LaRussa's comeback, his RC was 1964 and he could have had a manager card in 2011, 47 years later. 58 years later if you count his recent comeback. Joe Torre RC 1962 was still managing in 2010 (48 years).

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Dusty Baker? Connie Mack? Baker's RC was 1971 and I don't know if they still make manager cards, but he could have had one 50 plus years later.

In professional baseball (counting a few years in the minors) Reds Tenure was 76 years with 74 of them being consecutive. (And 67 years just with the Cardinals). That's longer than Dusty Baker is old. Connie Mack I believe is 65 years total.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

In professional baseball (counting a few years in the minors) Reds Tenure was 76 years with 74 of them being consecutive. (And 67 years just with the Cardinals). That's longer than Dusty Baker is old. Connie Mack I believe is 65 years total.

And therefore what? You don't get a card for being an executive or consultant or whatever Red was in his 70s and 80s, we are talking about player - manager sequence. Jake said it was "amazing" Red had a card 38 years after 1952 Topps (42 years from his RC) and I'm putting that in context.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And therefore what? You don't get a card for being an executive or consultant or whatever Red was in his 70s and 80s, we are talking about player - manager sequence. Jake said it was "amazing" Red had a card 38 years after 1952 Topps (42 years from his RC) and I'm putting that in context.

You quoted my post insinuating Red wasn't the longest. Didn't know we were still talking about cards. Reading it after the edit makes more sense now.

In the case of OFFICIAL topps releases (no weird off sets) I think from rookie to last official release I believe it's Frank Robinson.

1957 topps rookie to manager card in 2005 topps so 48 years.
I'm not sure about modern cards either, but a friend told me about that one of Frank. Also, Not sure about Tony but that could be if he has a recent release.

[Peter_Spaeth]

LaRussa would be longer if he had a 2022 card with the White Sox, much longer. 1964 to 2022 is 58 years. But I dunno if they made one, guess I can look it up.

[Bill77]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

You quoted my post insinuating Red wasn't the longest. Didn't know we were still talking about cards. Reading it after the edit makes more sense now.

In the case of OFFICIAL topps releases (no weird off sets) I think from rookie to last official release I believe it's Frank Robinson.

1957 topps rookie to manager card in 2005 topps so 48 years.
I'm not sure about modern cards either, but a friend told me about that one of Frank. Also, Not sure about Tony but that could be if he has a recent release.

Just to add a little more to Frank's legend here is his 2006 Topps manager card.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Not THAT amazing. He was 67, there have certainly been older managers.

Its amazing given the 1952 topps context, very few others from that 1952 are close to Red's 1990, thats the amazing part.. as for the manager part.

If was a player of course more amazing..but thats why i wondered for each manager and player what their last year was in a topps issue after the 1952 set..

[Republicaninmass]

1952 dick Williams was also RC, but I dont know if he had a card past 1987 topps