1934-2021
Today marks another passing of a legend. Sometimes an over-used term, but not in this case. Hank Aaron was a hero of my youth. Unlike some other heroes, I never later learned of a dark side. My opinion was not tainted over the years. He was as great off the field as on.
I happen to be tinkering with another project, and had he makings of this card ready. My project is how Topps got their All-Star cards wrong. We've all noticed how Topps All-Stars didn't match the actual All-Stars or even The Sporting News All-Stars. So I'm working on correcting that. In 1969, Hank Aaron was named a Sporting News All-Star, and was a starting outfielder in the 1969 All Star Game. But Topps left him out of the subset.
I wanted to include this actual card here as well. I started collecting in 1974 and this card contained two if my favorite players. Great pictures, too. It is a shame that they both recently passed.
I've made countless Cards That Never Were of Hank Aaron. Here are as many as I can remember at this time. I'm sure that I'm leaving out a few.
