real vintage mailday

[hazenuts]

HOFer Bob Pettit, one of the best PF ever played the game. His St Louis Hawks were the only team that defeated the Celtics Bill Russell in NBA Final. His career achievement

NBA champion (1958)
2× NBA Most Valuable Player (1956, 1959)
11× NBA All-Star (1955–1965)
4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1956, 1958–1959, 1962)
10× All-NBA First Team (1955–1964)
All-NBA Second Team (1965)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1955)
2× NBA scoring champion (1956, 1959)
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 50 Greatest Players
No. 9 retired by Atlanta Hawks

1957 Topps PSA 8 (low pop, only one higher in 9)

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[Mires]

Great card my friend! Great color and awesome image!

[daeve]

beautiful card and great youtube

[thecomebacker]

Love seeing Vintage in Super high grade quality! Conragts on a sick mailday!

[WillC]

One of the classiest players the NBA had known. Your maildays are always worth checking out. Keep them coming.

[the27guy]

Holy nice! That cost you some serious coin. Nice man. Top 5 pf ever right there and best hawk ever.

[cp3fan]

Awesome card of an extremely underrated player.

[hazenuts]

Awesome card of an extremely underrated player.

I agree. Pettit should be right up there with Russell, Wilt, he really was that good in his prime the more i get to learn about him.

[WillC]

One of my favourite quotes about Pettit...

George Yardley: “I’ve always felt that Boston would still have been the dominant team in basketball, even without Russell, because Heinsohn was exactly what Cousy needed. The disastrous team would have been St. Louis if Russell had never been traded to the Celtics. They might never have lost a game, what with him and Pettit on the same team. As a matter of fact, if I were starting a team and had a choice between Russell and Pettit, I would take Pettit over Russell. I think he was the better basketball player and could do a lot more things. He rebounded as well as Russell. He didn’t block shots, but he scored considerably more. He was very unselfish and a much more likable person… Had he and Russell played on the same team, it would have been outrageous.”

[rauchand]

Dude, sick

[1s1ah]

What a card! Thanks for sharing! :)!

[LincecumPC]

I thoroughly enjoy your maildays. Great pickup.

[brandonlec]

Very cool addition to your collection!

-Brandon