Card, Baseball
Object number2017.2.1
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1955
OriginUSA
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Ken Rosenstein
Description1955 Topps Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates rookie baseball card.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 2.625 × 3.75 × 0.031 in. (6.7 × 9.5 × 0.1 cm)InscriptionsFront has facsimile signature in black in the bottom right quadrant "Roberto / Clemente".
Front has text across bottom: "ROBERTO CLEMENTE" in white text and "outfield PITTSBURGH PIRATES" in black text.
Reverse has red, green, and black text including "ROBERTO WALKER CLEMENTE / outfield / Pittsburgh Pirates / TOPPS / 164 / [player physical and biographical information] / MINOR LEAGUE BATTING RECORD / ... / FIELDING / ..."
Reverse has a comic in the top right corner.
MarksReverse has green text just below center "© T.C.G. / printed in U.S.A."
Historical NotesRoberto Clemente Topps 1955 rookie card. .Prior to 1957 Clemented is listed as “Roberto”, yet starting in 1957 and ending with 1969, Topps Americanized his name (as other media sources did) to “Bob”, a name which he never went by.
Related person
Roberto Clemente Walker
(1934 - 1972)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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