51 Wheaties
I always wondered about this set. Why would Wheaties, or whoever issued the set include a Mantle in a 1951 set? His rookie year? Makes no sense!
Why include a guy who only played in 96 games, hit .267 with 13 HR's? Remember he wasn't MICKEY MANTLE yet!
I am not even convinced this is a Wheaties issue. Just because the same photos were used in a later issue, does not make it so. Some of the photos like the Ashburn were normal team stock issue photos.
I always wondered if any of the photos could be found by photo collectors who could date the photo. I bet some of them were after 1951!
Am I off base here??
Fred
Last edited by whiteymet; 09-14-2013 at 07:19 PM.
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