Most of the kids who were collecting 1971 Bazooka football cards weren’t alive the last time those big boxes of penny bubble gum had a card on the back. While Topps spent the 1960s delivering an annual baseball set of some sort, it had no such arrangement with the NFL players. It didn’t last long. The ’71 set marks the end of the line for vintage Bazooka cards. If you … [Read more...] about 1971 Bazooka Football Set Sparked 1-Year Revival
1959 Bazooka football set
1959 Bazooka Football Set Includes Greats, Extreme Scarities
It doesn’t often come up when the rarest post-War sports card sets are discussed but it probably should. It’s also one of the best-looking sets Topps ever produced. The 1959 Bazooka football card set was issued within months, possibly weeks, of the company’s initial Bazooka box set that featured baseball players. The baseball issue spawned several more years’ … [Read more...] about 1959 Bazooka Football Set Includes Greats, Extreme Scarities