Thread: How well-known are these all-time great sports figures?
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Old 03-07-2018, 07:07 PM
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George Mikan's card from the 1948 Bowman set is one of the iconic basketball cards in the hobby. A PSA 10 sold for $403,000 a few years ago.

Bill Russell has often said that Mikan was his hero growing up.

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...mikan-69/3629/
He surpassed him, and then some, pretty quickly.
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