Season in a Set Project - 1965

[ChiSoxCardboard]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Was 15 in 1965 and spent the summer at a family farm in Lonedell Missouri. Ordered the set from The Card Collectors Company in NY and they mailed each series individualy over the summer to a mail box on a dirt roard 1/2 mile from the house. Can still remember the anticipation of walking to that box regularly over the summer hoping the next package had arrived

That's an awesome story, thanks for sharing! I think we all have something along those lines, the nostalgia of being a kid and the excitement of getting new cards. The details change with the location, era, etc., but there's that similar excitement with each one!

[ChiSoxCardboard]

Second installment in the books and published! Covers Cards 13-21, which include an over-representation of HOF players: Robin Roberts (#15), Joe Morgan RC (#16), and Jim Bunning (#20). Plus one of my favorite players I've learned through this project so far, Gates Brown (#19). One question I posed in the video, which I'll pose here, too, is whether there are any examples in other Topps sets of HOFers appearing in back-to-back cards, like Roberts and Morgan.

Hope you enjoy. I've also included one of the 12 writeups which go along with the project. Would welcome any/all feedback. Thanks for watching/reading!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTN0pXxCuLc

[Casey2296]

Looks like an awesome project Brad, good luck, fantastic set.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxCardboard

Second installment in the books and published! Covers Cards 13-21, which include an over-representation of HOF players: Robin Roberts (#15), Joe Morgan RC (#16), and Jim Bunning (#20). Plus one of my favorite players I've learned through this project so far, Gates Brown (#19). One question I posed in the video, which I'll pose here, too, is whether there are any examples in other Topps sets of HOFers appearing in back-to-back cards, like Roberts and Morgan.

The most obvious one was 1956 Topps. #30 Jackie Robinson, #31 Hank Aaron, also Roberto Clemente was #33. It happened 3 more times in that set, 109 Slaughter 110 Berra, 164 Killebrew 165 Schoendienst, 194 Irvin 195 Kell.

1955 has a unique situation with #123 Koufax and #124 Killebrew both HoF RCs. Card #125 is Ken Boyer's RC, who many think will make the HOF one day.

[ALR-bishop]

Barney was a key guy for the Cardinals in 1964 but if Topps intended to include him again on card 134 in 1965 it missed....like Mantle

[G1911]

In 1962, Minoso/Stengel/Ed Mathews are 28-30

McCovey and Wilhelm are 544 and 545

[G1911]

1968 has another triple sequence, with Gaylord Perry, Willie Stargell, and Dick Williams as 85-87.

[ChiSoxCardboard]

More sequences than I thought. Very cool, thanks guys!