Card, Baseball
Object number2017.2.2
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1956
OriginUSA
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Ken Rosenstein
Description1956 Topps Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates 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 across bottom proper right quadrant "Roberto Clemente".
Front has text in top proper right corner "ROBERTO CLEMENTE / outfield PITTSBURGH PIRATES".
Reverse has red and black text including "TOPPS / 33 / ROBERTO WALKER CLEMENTE outfield PITTSBURGH PIRATES / [physical and biographical information] / [comic strip] / MAJOR & MINOR* LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS / [statistics] / FIELDING / [statistics]".
MarksReverse has maker's mark in green along right side "© T.C.G. PRINTED IN U. S. A."
Historical NotesA 1956 Roberto Clemente Topps baseball 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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