1960-61 Topps Hockey Cards
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After four sets featuring only players from the four American-based NHL teams, there was a change in the 1960-61 Topps hockey set. The Detroit Red Wings were dropped from the set as Parkhurst claimed them for their own hockey set. For the rest of the time that Topps and Parkhurst competed, they would split the NHL at three teams apiece.
1960-61 Topps Hockey card fronts feature a player picture superimposed against a background that has been divided into four blocks. Two of the blocks are white, and the other two are mixtures of red, yellow or blue. The team name and position appear above the player, while his name is below. Some cards are oriented horizontally. Card backs are printed in orange and have a change from previous hockey designs. For the first time ever, the base cards have no player biographies. The upper left corner has a box that contains the card number, with the player's name stretched out across the card. Below that is the player's team and position, followed by a single line of statistics from the previous season. Most of the rest of the card has a cartoon with a general trivia question printed in both French and English. The answer could be discovered by placing a red paper that came inside the packs over the question.
1960-61 Topps Hockey has players from the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, as well as 26 cards of players from the sport's past. These All-Time Greats cards feature a player superimposed on a golden sun, as well as vertical red and blue stripes. Interestingly, they have short biographies on the back.
The most important rookie in 1960-61 Topps Hockey is Stan Mikita.
Key 1960-61 Topps Hockey Cards:
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Set Checklist
1960-61 Topps Hockey Cards Set Checklist
2 Paddy Moran All-Time Greats
3 Joe Malone All-Time Greats
4 Ernie "Moose" Johnson All-Time Greats
5 Nels Stewart All-Time Greats
6 Bill Hay RC
7 Eddie Shack
8 Cy Denneny All-Time Greats
9 Jim Morrison
10 Bill Cook All-Time Greats
11 Johnny Bucyk
12 Murray Balfour
13 Leo Labine
14 Stan Mikita RC
15 George Hay RC
16 Mervyn "Red" Dutton
17 Dickie Boon RC
18 George "Red" Sullivan
19 Georges Vezina
20 Eddie Shore All-Time Greats
21 Ed Litzenberger
22 Bill Gadsby
23 Elmer Vasko
24 Charlie Burns
25 Glenn Hall
26 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper All-Time Greats
27 Art Ross All-Time Greats
28 Jerry Toppazzini
29 Frank Boucher All-Time Greats
30 Jack Evans
31 Jean-Guy Gendron
32 Chuck Gardiner All-Time Greats
33 Ab McDonald
35 Frank Nighbor All-Time Greats
36 Lorne "Gump" Worsley
37 Dean Prentice
38 Hugh Lehman All-Time Greats
39 Jack McCartan RC
40 Don McKenney
41 Ron Murphy
42 Andy Hebenton
43 Don Simmons
44 Herb Gardiner All-Time Greats
45 Andy Bathgate
46 Fred "Cyclone" Taylor All-Time Greats
47 Francis "King" Clancy All-Time Greats
48 Edward "Newsy" Lalonde All-Time Greats
49 Harry Howell
50 Ken Schinkel RC
51 Tod Sloan
52 Doug Mohns
53 Camille Henry
54 Bronco Horvath
55 Cecil "Tiny" Thompson All-Time Greats
56 Bob Armstrong
57 Fern Flaman
58 Bobby Hull
59 Howie Morenz All-Time Greats
60 Dick Irvin All-Time Greats
61 Lou Fontinato
62 Leo Boivin
63 Moose Goheen All-Time Greats
64 Al Arbour
65 Pierre Pilote
66 Vic Stasiuk
