Cards of Negro League Hall of Famers

[Matt]

Originally Posted by dougscats

I collect cards of Hall-of-Famers that were issued during their playing careers. I'm pretty sure there are a few such authentic cards of Negro League Hall-of-Famers from Cuban and, I think, Mexican Leagues, and probably from other sources as well. Can anyone identify what hall-of-famers/cards exist?

A great resource for you is the checklists at VintageCardPrices.com; you can search by player and it will pull up a checklist of all the cards of that player. Unfortunately, many Negro League HOFers had no cards issued during their playing careers. Using VCP.com for searching checklists is free.

[mannybb24]

Two websites for you--Cubanbaseballcards.com and Cubanball.com.
They will have all your answers.

Good luck on your collection!!!

[PolarBear]

Did anyone create a list that they can add to the thread?

[novakjr]

You can use the old cardboard hall of fame rookie card page as a reference. If you click on the players name, it will generally list their first 5 cards.

http://www.oldcardboard.com/ref/rookies/RookiesList.asp

[PolarBear]

Thanks. I thought there was a list like that somewhere but I couldn't remember.

[bcbgcbrcb]

If you utilize the link that David posted, you can specify Negro Leaguers on the dropdown menu and it will pull up only those individuals.

[Mollys Dad]

I have always wanted cards like this as well and was wondering if there was Clemente or Willie Mays cards issued while they played for Santurces. At one point, they both played for them at the same time briefly. Durocher sent a young Mays there to play winter ball after the season early in his career to keep him under the watchful eye of the Giants and away from bad influences.