Gene Kennedy Basketball Card
Object Details
- Description
- This Gene Kennedy basketball card is number 208 in a series of 264 that was manufactured by the Topps Company Inc. for the 1972-1973 American Basketball Association season. The front of the card features a posed picture of the Dallas Chaparrals forward on a green background. The card’s reverse features a small cartoon image illustrating the factoid that “Gene’s nickname is ‘Goo’,” as well as a short biography and career statistics.
- Kennedy played five seasons in the ABA for the Dallas Chaparrals, San Antonio Spurs, Spirits of St. Louis, and Utah Stars from 1971-1976. He played the 1976-77 season for the NBA’s Houston Rockets.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1972
- copyright date
- 1969
- ID Number
- 1982.0568.088
- accession number
- 1982.0568
- catalog number
- 1982.0568.088
- publisher
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Topps Chewing Gum
- depicted
- Kennedy, Gene
- maker
- Topps Chewing Gum
- NBA Properties, Inc.
- Object Name
- card, basketball
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Basketball Cards
- name of sport or game
- Basketball
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_665088
