Players who are more known for a card than their career.

[byrone]

To me, just about every player profiled in "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book".

At the last National in Baltimore, I bought a baseball autographed by Carlton Willey, just because their brief blurb about him meant so much to me.

[canjond]

Rebel Oakes

[btkpath]

How about Del Pratt from the 1914 Cracker Jack set!

[Bilko G]

Honus Wagner is easily the best fit for this question.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

Honus Wagner is easily the best fit for this question.

I respectfully disagree. The easiest answers to this question are players whose careers are long forgotten (or were never worth remembering to begin with), but who happen to have sought-after and/or rare cards.

It is a much tougher argument to say that a man with a spectacular career - a member of the inaugural group elected to the Hall of Fame - is better known for a card than his amazing on-field accomplishments.

Cheers,
Blair

[Collectorsince62]

How about all the "other guys" on multi-player rookie cards? Fritz Ackley is my favorite ('65 T Carlton).

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

I respectfully disagree. The easiest answers to this question are players whose careers are long forgotten (or were never worth remembering to begin with), but who happen to have sought-after and/or rare cards.

It is a much tougher argument to say that a man with a spectacular career - a member of the inaugural group elected to the Hall of Fame - is better known for a card than his amazing on-field accomplishments.

Cheers,
Blair

I kind of agree and don't agree with your statement. Amongst true baseball fans, maybe, maybe not. Let's not forget that this is legitimately THE most famous card ever, and the legendary nature of this card might even outshine his spectacular career, or at the very least be on equal footing.

Now outside of a true and knowledgeable baseball fan, often times if you were to mention his name, most people would know him as "that guy with the famous baseball card". You know, "the one that the nuns sold", or "the one that some guy found in their grandpa's attic, that's worth a lot of money." Hell, just about everyone alive has once heard about one of these being found in an attic somewhere. It's pretty much an Urban Legend, right up there with Sasquach, the Chupacabra, the Lochness Monster, and maybe even "Pop-Rocks and soda"..

[cdn_collector]

The two names that immediately jumped into my mind when I read the title of this thread [both already mentioned]:

Bill O'Hara
Ten Million

As for the debate on Honus Wagner, I think I actually agree. If we're considering the general population, I would argue that many know his name simply because of his card. In fact, many people I talk to just know that there is *a* really expensive card -- referring to it as 'the card that Wayne Gretzky used to own' works well up here in Canada -- but very few know who is even on it.

Regards,

Richard.

[murcerfan]

Dreyfus, Konstanty, Bruton, Houtteman and Jablonski
...no, not ambulance chasers

[Jcfowler6]

1984 Olympic Team

[T205]

I go as far as to say 52' topps Mantle.

[Bosox Blair]

Dennis Sullivan

Cheers,
Blair