1968-69 Topps Hockey Cards
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Some changes occurred with the 1968-69 Topps Hockey set that would alter the landscape of hockey cards forever. For the first time since 1960, the cards would be printed in the United States. From this point forward, the sets would be differentiated between the two countries with two separate sets. O-Pee-Chee issued its own set in Canada, which would be larger and have more subset and specialty cards. On the other hand, the back text reverted to English-only as the bilingual translations would head north with OPC.
1968-69 Topps Hockey card fronts would retain a horizontal format for the final time. A player picture takes up one-third of the card, superimposed in front of an artist's rendition of a generic hockey play. A team logo would appear in the upper right corner. The bottom area contained a series of arrow-shaped boxes. The player's name appeared in the first box, his team city and position in the next, and then his picture was superimposed over the last one. Backs were broken up into two main sections. The player's name was included in a white stripe running along the top, with the card number included inside a puck-shaped icon in the upper left. A box on the left includes a cartoon about the player, and the one on the right gives his position and team city followed by a short biography and a single line of stats from the previous season.
All 12 teams were included in 1968-69 Topps Hockey, with each team getting its own section of consecutively-numbered cards. There was also one checklist card in the set.
Although one would think having six new teams would cause a set to feature a number of rookie cards, that doesn't happen here. The only rookie of consequence in 1968-69 Topps Hockey is Bernie Parent. While it's a significant card, the larger OPC set would end up getting more of the junior players in the future.
Key 1968-69 Topps Hockey Cards:
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Set Checklist
1968-69 Topps Hockey Cards Set Checklist
2 Bobby Orr
3 Don Awrey
4 Ted Green
5 Johnny Bucyk
6 Derek Sanderson
7 Phil Esposito
8 Ken Hodge
9 John McKenzie
10 Fred Stanfield
11 Tom Williams
12 Denis DeJordy
13 Doug Jarrett
14 Gilles Marotte
15 Pat Stapleton
16 Bobby Hull
17 Ron "Chico" Maki
18 Hubert "Pit" Martin
19 Doug Mohns
20 Stan Mikita
21 Jim Pappin
22 Ken Wharram
23 Roger Crozier
24 Bob Baun
25 Gary Bergman
26 Kent Douglas
27 Ron Harris RC
28 Alex Delvecchio
29 Gordie Howe
30 Bruce MacGregor
31 Frank Mahovlich
32 Dean Prentice
33 Pete Stemkowski
34 Terry Sawchuk
35 Larry Cahan
36 Real Lemieux RC
37 Bill White RC
38 Gord Labossiere RC
39 Ted Irvine RC
40 Eddie Joyal
41 Dale Rolfe RC
42 Lowell MacDonald RC
43 Phil "Skip" Krake
44 Terry Gray
45 Cesare Maniago
46 Mike McMahon
47 Wayne Hillman
48 Larry Hillman
49 Bob Woytowich
50 Wayne Connelly
51 Claude Larose
52 Danny Grant RC
53 Andre Boudrias RC
54 Ray Cullen RC
55 Parker MacDonald
56 Lorne "Gump" Worsley
57 Terry Harper
58 Jacques Laperriere
59 J.C. Tremblay
60 Ralph Backstrom
61 Jean Beliveau
62 Yvan Cournoyer
63 Jacques Lemaire
64 Henri Richard
65 Bobby Rousseau
66 Gilles Tremblay
68 Arnie Brown
69 Harry Howell
70 Jim Neilson
71 Rod Seiling
72 Rod Gilbert
73 Phil Goyette
74 Vic Hadfield
75 Don Marshall
76 Bob Nevin
77 Jean Ratelle
78 Charlie Hodge
79 Bert Marshall
80 Billy Harris
81 Carol Vadnais
82 Howie Young
83 John Brenneman RC
84 Gerry Ehman
85 Ted Hampson
86 Bill Hicke
87 Gary Jarrett
88 Doug Roberts
89 Bernie Parent RC
90 Joe Watson
91 Ed Van Impe
92 Larry Zeidel
93 John Miszuk RC
94 Gary Dornhoefer
95 Leon Rochefort RC
96 Brit Selby
97 Forbes Kennedy
98 Ed Hoekstra RC
99 Garry Peters
100 Les Binkley RC
101 Leo Boivin
102 Earl Ingarfield
103 Lou Angotti
104 Andy Bathgate
105 Wally Boyer
106 Ken Schinkel
107 Ab McDonald
108 Charlie Burns
109 Val Fonteyne
110 Noel Price
111 Glenn Hall
112 Bob Plager RC
113 Jim Roberts
114 Gordon "Red" Berenson
115 Larry Keenan
116 Camille Henry
117 Gary Sabourin RC
118 Ron Schock
119 Gary Veneruzzo RC
120 Gerry Melnyk
121 Checklist
122 Johnny Bower
123 Tim Horton
124 Pierre Pilote
125 Marcel Pronovost
126 Ron Ellis
127 Paul Henderson
128 Dave Keon
129 Bob Pulford
130 Floyd Smith
131 Norm Ullman
132 Mike Walton
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