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

[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.

[KJA]

Originally Posted by 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.

Looks like he had a 2022 card in Chrome Platinum Anniversary with the White Sox.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Ralph Houk's rookie card was 1952 Topps. His last card was 1985 Topps I believe, I think that's actually on topic, though I'm not sure after reading a lot of the other posts.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by KJA

Looks like he had a 2022 card in Chrome Platinum Anniversary with the White Sox.

Close enough. 58 years from first to last card, wow.

Casey Stengel is pretty close. 1910 T210 to 1965 Topps.

Which means you can get from 1910 to 2022 in just two people, although not continuous of course.

[judsonhamlin]

You can get from Old Judge to 2024 Topps in 3 - Connie Mack 1887 OJ to 1940 Play Ball then Ted Williams through to 1971/2 Topps to Dusty Baker who has a card in 2024 Heritage. Not continuous either, but still

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Close enough. 58 years from first to last card, wow.

Casey Stengel is pretty close. 1910 T210 to 1965 Topps.

Which means you can get from 1910 to 2022 in just two people, although not continuous of course.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

You can get from Old Judge to 2024 Topps in 3 - Connie Mack 1887 OJ to 1940 Play Ball then Ted Williams through to 1971/2 Topps to Dusty Baker who has a card in 2024 Heritage. Not continuous either, but still

amazing

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

You can get from Old Judge to 2024 Topps in 3 - Connie Mack 1887 OJ to 1940 Play Ball then Ted Williams through to 1971/2 Topps to Dusty Baker who has a card in 2024 Heritage. Not continuous either, but still

i would contend that it cant just be any card or career award,,,the person has to be an active manager or player for the card..

[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.