1957-58 Topps Hockey Cards
Product Details
After issuing a premier hockey set in 1954-55, Topps took two years to monitor the hockey market before releasing a second set. Evidently, the research they did said that the cards would sell better if they also included French translations on their backs, which weren't present in the first set. Once again, 1957-58 Topps Hockey is limited only to the players on America teams. The cards were also reduced to the 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 standard Topps adopted in 1957.
1957-58 Topps Hockey card fronts have a player picture superimposed over a solid-colored background. There are three background colors: red, yellow and blue. A differently-colored solid block below the player contains his name, position and team. A team logo covers both the background and the block.
Card backs use red and blue ink that split the card into two parts. At the top left corner, a circle contains the card number. The player's name, team and position run across the top, followed by a line of stats from the previous season. The biographical information appears twice: in the blue area, it appears in English and the French translation is in the red area. To the right is a trivia question, with the English translation in blue ink and the French translation printed in red.
There are 66 cards in the 1957-58 Topps Hockey set, with the four teams grouped together numerically. The Boston Bruins show up on cards #1-18, Chicago Blackhawks take cards #19-33, Detroit Red Wings are cards #34-50 and New York Rangers are on cards 51-66.
Key rookies include Glenn Hall, Johnny Bucyk, Norm Ullman and Pierre Pilote.
Key 1957-58 Topps Hockey Cards:
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Set Checklist
1957-58 Topps Hockey Cards Set Checklist
2 Jack Bionda RC
3 Bob Armstrong
4 Fern Flaman
5 Jerry Toppazzini
6 Larry Regan RC
7 Bronco Horvath RC
8 Jack Caffery
9 Leo Labine
10 Johnny Bucyk RC
11 Vic Stasiuk
12 Doug Mohns
13 Don McKenney
14 Don Simmons RC
15 Allan Stanley
16 Fleming Mackell
17 Larry Hillman RC
18 Leo Boivin
19 Bob Bailey
20 Glenn Hall RC
21 Ted Lindsay
22 Pierre Pilote RC
23 Jim Thomson
24 Eric Nesterenko
25 Gus Mortson
26 Ed Litzenberger RC
27 Elmer Vasko RC
28 Jack McIntyre
29 Ron Murphy
30 Glen Skov
31 Hec Lalande RC
32 Nick Mickoski
33 Wally Hergesheimer
35 Terry Sawchuk
36 Guyle Fielder RC
37 Tom McCarthy RC
38 Al Arbour
39 Billy Dea RC
40 Lorne Ferguson
41 Warren Godfrey
42 Gordie Howe
43 Marcel Pronovost
44 Billy McNeill RC
45 Earl "Dutch" Reibel
46 Norm Ullman RC
47 Johnny Wilson
48 Leonard "Red" Kelly
49 Bill Dineen
50 Forbes Kennedy RC
51 Harry Howell
52 Jean-Guy Gendron RC
53 Lorne "Gump" Worsley
54 Larry Popein
55 Jack Evans
56 George "Red" Sullivan
57 Gerry Foley RC
58 Andy Hebenton RC
59 Larry Cahan
60 Andy Bathgate
61 Danny Lewicki
62 Dean Prentice
63 Camille Henry
64 Lou Fontinato RC
65 Bill Gadsby
66 Dave Creighton
