1967 Topps, Elston Howard

Card No. 25

One of the all-time great backstops and the man who broke the New York Yankees' color barrier in 1955, hats off to Elston Howard....I picked this card up at a show a few summers ago and was elated to do so....This is Elston's penultimate Topps card and his final as a Yankee....He's wearing a Boston uniform on his Topps swan song in '68....Howards' rookie appeared in the beautiful '56 set....The Yanks traded the former MVP and 12-time All-Star to the rival Red Sox on August 3, 1967.

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1967 Topps, Frank Robinson

Card No. 100

The only man to win MVP in both leagues, the great Frank Robinson is today's Jukebox hit....Earned N.L. MVP award in 1961 with Cincy and captured Junior Circuit honors in '66 with Baltimore....This is Frank's second card as a member of the O's....His rookie can be found in the 1957 Topps set....In 1967--one year removed from his second MVP season--Robinson smashed 30 homers and logged 94 RBIs for the Birds.

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