1980 Topps Greg Pryor No Name and his not so blue friends

[Cliff Bowman]

The 1980 Topps Greg Pryor missing name on the front of the card has been known for several years, but there are other 1980 Topps cards missing names or missing blue ink at the top of the cards. The missing blue ink occurs on the top rows of the A* and B* sheets, which were printed on the same very large 264 card sheet before they were cut in half to make two separate 132 card sheets. Just like the yellow name cards on the E* and F* sheets, the only cards affected were on the top rows. I don't know what caused this printing flaw, but I don't believe it was running out of blue ink. On the A* sheet, there are Greg Pryor name missing, Jose Morales missing blue in position banner, Pepe Frias unaffected, Scott Sanderson possibly missing blue in border line (don't have), Ted Sizemore missing blue in position banner, Doug Bair missing name, Roger Metzger missing blue in position banner and name yellow rather than green, Mike LaCoss missing name, Willie Stargell missing blue in position banner, Alan Trammell possibly missing blue in border line (don't have), Jim Palmer unaffected, on the B* sheet Manny Sanguillen missing blue in position banner (don't have), Joe Nolan unaffected, Tom Donohue missing name, Wayne Garland unaffected, Mike Parrott missing blue in position banner and name yellow rather than green (don't have), John Ellis unaffected, Mike Squires missing name (don't have), Eric Soderholm unaffected, John Lowenstein unaffected, Marty Pattin possibly missing blue in position banner (don't have), Dick Davis unaffected. The difference between the 1980 Topps missing name cards and the 1980 Topps yellow name cards is that when there is missing blue ink the space is blank, and where there is missing red ink there remained yellow letters in the space.