Stars shown on other player's card

[Tomman1961]

MilBraves-I agree. That is my favorite. I mentioned that one in my 1973 Topps Staub post. What do you know of the 1956 Topps Mantle background? Is that Mantle, or someone else?

[ALR-bishop]

...and who is mysterious ghost person behind Mantle in his Topps 1957 card that Topps tried so hard to obliterate but never quite did.

[k-dog]

Not 100% sure....but I have always wondered if this was Munson catching on the 72 Yaz In Action card??? I can't see enough facial hair or sideburns to determine if it is or not! LOL!



(scan courtesy of Checkoutmycards.com)

[Rich Klein]

With Maury Wills in background. Wills would not be on another Topps card till 1967

[CW]

Originally Posted by Tomman1961

MilBraves-I agree. That is my favorite. I mentioned that one in my 1973 Topps Staub post. What do you know of the 1956 Topps Mantle background? Is that Mantle, or someone else?

It's Mantle. Here's the original photo -- can't remember who posted this in the past, but I saved it on my PC. Coincidentally, a question about this card came up on the PSA forum, which made me dig this photo up. Here's the original.... they did modify the card to put the ball in Mick's glove, I believe.

[campyfan39]

Awesom CW!
Just saved that photo. It is my favorite card and always hear about the edit but never saw it. I bet he could dunk a basketball no prob haha!

[GasHouseGang]

Someone else had posted the action photo used as the background on the 1956 Topps Clemente card. Take a look. Looks like he could dunk a basketball too!

[campyfan39]

^ AWESOME! love to see more of those pics from 56. Any ideas as to where I could find them?

[bobw]

Here's the photo used for the 1956 Aaron

[Cliff Bowman]

Pete Rose is in the background.

[benderbroeth]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

^ AWESOME! love to see more of those pics from 56. Any ideas as to where I could find them?

i second this question!!!

[darkhorse9]

Theer were some cards in the 1956 set that used the same photo for two different players. I forget exactly which, but there's a photo of a first baseman lunging for a wide throw around a runner.

That same picture is apparently depicting both the firstbaseman and the runner.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Someone else had posted the action photo used as the background on the 1956 Topps Clemente card. Take a look. Looks like he could dunk a basketball too!

Yep. "The Great One" in his Rookie Campaign as he went up extremely high to take away certain extra bases from Brooklyn great PeeWee Resse in the summer of '55 at Ebbets Field. Still one of my favorite photos.

[almostdone]

By the way. If you look closely at the 1956 Mantle card you can see the dividing line where Topps spliced the picture to make it wide enough to fit the card. Look closely at the man on the left edge leaning in with the white shirt and black stripe across his chest. He is also leaning right behind the left ear on Mantle of the big picture. Don't have the card anymore but maybe someone could post an example so you can see it.
Drew

[Gr8Beldini]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Someone else had posted the action photo used as the background on the 1956 Topps Clemente card. Take a look. Looks like he could dunk a basketball too!

Man... that wall is solid concrete.