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1948 Bowman Basketball - The First Basketball Card Set

6 April 2007

Photo: OldJudge.com
Bowman, who had recently changed over from Gum, Inc. is credited with issuing the first major basketball card set.  Consisting of 72 fairly rare cards, the 1948 Bomand basketball set includes a very rare rookie card of Mikan, and several rookie Hall of Famer cards (A. Phillip, B. Davies, J. Fulks, and J. Pollard).
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