Great athletes with no cards

[GasHouseGang]

I'm sure many women athletes from the early days (even as recently as 1980's WBL) don't have cards unless they were team issued. I've never seen any kind of set for the league and the WBL folded after three seasons. I would imagine the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is similar.

[shagrotn77]

I'm sure some of these HOF football players appear on team issues, but I'm not aware of any individual issues from their playing days:

Joe Guyon
Ed Healey
Fritz Pollard
George Trafton
Duke Slater

I have seen a Guyon postcard, but it appeared to be a one off, not part of an actual multi-item issue.

I have a list of basketball HOF players with no individual issues somewhere. There are a LOT.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I'm sure many women athletes from the early days (even as recently as 1980's WBL) don't have cards unless they were team issued. I've never seen any kind of set for the league and the WBL folded after three seasons. I would imagine the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is similar.

There are a number of cards for the great female players - Cassie Campbell, Geraldine Heaney, Hayley Wickenheiser, Cammi Granato, Manon Rheaume. I remember the Esso Heroes of Hockey set. The cards were about 5x7 and came with a binder. When I followed the U.S. Women's national team rather religiously from 1997-2003 I would see the Classic cards pop up every so often, especially the Cammi Granato in the Providence uniform. They trained in my town, Walpole, Mass, just a mile from Gillette Stadium. One of the greatest players who does not appear to be on a card is Hockey Hall of Famer Angela Ruggerio. It is possible the Tulsa Oilers may have issued a card or postcard when she played with them.

FYI, the Patty Kazmaier Award, the women's equivalent of the Hobey Baker Award, is named after the daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Dick Kazmaier, the last Ivy Leaguer (Princeton) to win the award.

Here is a link to a site for women's hockey cards:

http://www.whockey.com/card/