Mount Rushmore?

[Doug]

I'd go with the N172 Anson (in uniform), T206 Wagner, 1933 Goudey Lajoie and 1952 Topps Mantle. That would make for one heck of a four card collection IMO!

[drdduet]

E107 Wagner
M116 Johnson
E95 Cobb
E103 Matty

Or

T206 Chase pink
tin top Jax
T205 Cicotte
Obak Weaver

[hank_jp]

Forgetting for the moment the intricacies of a full body image versus a portrait, here is my selection for the most significant "Rushmore 4" epitomizing modern day sports:

Babe Ruth 1921 Exhibit The quintessential baseball player
Jim Thorpe M101-5 The olympian who excelled in many sports
Jackie Robinson 52 Topps The man who broke the color barrier in America's
sport
Pele Any card showing his in the air backward scisssor kick
The most well known personality in the #1 international game

[quinnsryche]

Here are my top 4 and why:
T206 Honus Wagner - the most important card in the history of the hobby.
T206 Ty Cobb (red background) - maybe the most popular and sought after pre-war card.
T206 Walter Johnson (portrait) - most frequently voted the best looking card ever produced.
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle - THE definitive post-war and most recognizable card in collecting.
I completely discount any votes for cards from ANY other sport (esp. basketball, hockey and soccer????) than baseball. It all started with BASEBALL card collecting and will ALWAYS be #1 hands down.
Feel free to disagree, that's what this forum is all about!

[alanu]

Not sure which cards but baseball only would be,

Ruth (how could he be left out?)
Cobb
Mantle
Aaron

[paul]

How about these:

Peck & Snyder Reds
G&B Al Spalding
Just So Cy Young
1914 Baltimore Ruth (I'll take a blue one, please)

[Bill Stone]

T206-Wagner
T210-Jackson ( what could have been)
1933 Goudey Ruth
1955 Topps Dale Long -representing every journeyman ballplayer who day in and day out contributed so much to the game.