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

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by williamcohon

I think arguing that Honus Wagner fits this category because his t206 is better known to the man on the street than his career, misinterprets the sense of the question. To me, the question means who was not a famous player, but has a famous card?

No the question is "Players who are more known for a card then their careers" and Wagner DOES fit that question perfectly.

Case in point, i was on the phone with my 74 year old mother a few hours ago and asked her of she knew who Honus Wagner was. Exact question to her "Do you know who Honus Wagner is" after about a 5 second pause she said "Isn't he the guy on that rare baseball card?". That was her exact answer. She knew exactly who he was because of his T206 Baseball card. She didn't say nothing about him being a great Baseball player or the first group of members of the HOF. About a minute later as we talked about the card she even asked me "If this was the one that Wayne Gretzky owned"