1963 Fleer Ken Hubbs

Waste not, want not. Since I place an actual photo of Dick Ellsworth on his 1966 card, I needed to find a new home for the Ken Hubbs photo that Topps had mistakenly used. So here is a 1963 Fleer version of Ken Hubbs. Instead of the baseball player in the yellow diamond, I opted to mimic the 1963 Fleer Maury Wills NL MVP card.

1966 Topps Dick Ellsworth - Error Card Corrected

In 1966 Topps used a photo of Ken Hubbs on Dick Ellsworth's card. Here is the corrected version that never was.  Using Ken Hubbs' photo was particularly haunting because Hubbs had been killed in an airplane crash two years earlier.

Ellsworth had 22 wins for the 7th place Cubs in 1963. In 1964 he was selected to the All Star team. But in 1966 he led the league with 22 losses. At the end of the season he was traded to the Phillies.

1963 Topps Eli Grba - Error Card Corrected

Eli Grba was the "Original Angel". He was the first player drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 Expansion Draft.  Unfortunately his problems with alcohol would cost him his career. He was back in the minors from 1963 until the end of his playing days in 1967. The original version of this card contained the photo of a very recognizable Ryne Duren and his trademark glasses.

If you are a regular follower of this blog you might remember the photo. I had previously used it when creating this 1961 card of Ryne Duren who was traded to the Angels at the beginning of 1961 but appeared as a Yankee in the 1961 set.

1969 Aurelio Rodriguez - Error Card Corrected

The famous "error card", Topps' 1969 Aurelio Rodriguez, actually featured Angels' bat boy, Leonard Garcia. Here is a corrected version with Rodriguez's photo. Below is the original card with Garcia getting proper recognition.

1971 Topps Adrian Young - Error Card Corrected

In case you were wondering, Yes! I will do requests. 

Jim from Downingtown suggested that I create a card for Adrian Young that featured his actual photo. The original card featured a photo of Rick Duncan who was a punter on the 1968 team. 

Adrian Young was the captain of the 1967 national champion USC Trojans. He lived in Ireland until he was 10 and ironically had his defining game against the Fighting Irish in 1967 when he tied a conference record with 4 interceptions.

A quick search of the internet resulted in no color pictures of Adrian Young in an Eagles uniform, but Jim provided this great action shot. So I went horizontal on it. Jim also provided the research on who all the other players are pictured in this shot.

"Adrian Young is in the center of the photo, wearing a very un-linebacker-ish #35. He is fighting off a block from Giants' backup TE #87 Rich Kotite (who would later coach the Eagles after the Buddy Ryan years). The Giants' tackle is #77 Dick Hanson (his only season in the league). The running back appears to be wearing #34, which would be Junior Coffey. The other Eagles are #24 safety-turned-cornerback, Nate Ramsey and #83 defensive tackle Don Hultz."

Here is the original 1971 Topps card of featuring Rick Duncan: 

And here is a BONUS CTNW of Rick Duncan on a 1968 Topps card. 1968 was the only season Duncan actually saw action in an Eagles uniform.

Once again I want to thank Jim for his suggestion. I had fun and learned a little by making these cards. Keep 'em coming.

Jim from Downingtown has several card related blogs. His blogs specialize on a single set/year providing insight into the individual cards from that set. Those blogs include football cards from 1967, 1968, 1971 and 1972. and baseball cards from 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. He also has a 1960s Baseball blog. Click on any of the hyperlinks to go to his corresponding blog page. Let's face it, if you've read this far down on this page, you are as big a card-geek as I am and you will enjoy his work.