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Originally Posted by Bosox Blair
I respectfully disagree. The easiest answers to this question are players whose careers are long forgotten (or were never worth remembering to begin with), but who happen to have sought-after and/or rare cards.
It is a much tougher argument to say that a man with a spectacular career - a member of the inaugural group elected to the Hall of Fame - is better known for a card than his amazing on-field accomplishments.
Cheers,
Blair
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I kind of agree and don't agree with your statement. Amongst true baseball fans, maybe, maybe not. Let's not forget that this is legitimately THE most famous card ever, and the legendary nature of this card might even outshine his spectacular career, or at the very least be on equal footing.
Now outside of a true and knowledgeable baseball fan, often times if you were to mention his name, most people would know him as "that guy with the famous baseball card". You know, "the one that the nuns sold", or "the one that some guy found in their grandpa's attic, that's worth a lot of money." Hell, just about everyone alive has once heard about one of these being found in an attic somewhere. It's pretty much an Urban Legend, right up there with Sasquach, the Chupacabra, the Lochness Monster, and maybe even "Pop-Rocks and soda"..