1961-62 Topps

    Complete (23/23).

  • #1 Phil Watson coach
  • #2 Ted Green RC
  • #3 Earl Balfour
  • #4 Dallas Smith RC
  • #5 Andre Pronovost
  • #6 Dick Meissner RC
  • #7 Leo Boivin
  • #8 Johnny Bucyk
  • #9 Jerry Toppazzini
  • #10 Doug Mohns
  • #11 Charlie Burns
  • #12 Don McKenney
  • #13 Bob Armstrong
  • #14 Murray Oliver
  • #15 Orland Kurtenbach RC
  • #16 Terry Gray RC
  • #17 Don Head RC
  • #18 Pat Stapleton RC
  • #19 Cliff Pennington RC
  • #20 Boston Bruins graded PSA 5
  • #21 HH: "Action Near the Cage"
  • #44 HH: "Dollard Doubles as Goalie"
  • #64 HH: "Going, Going, Gone!"

This was the first Topps set that featured action cards in addition to base cards, the first to feature a coach card (Phil Watson, who took over for the legendary Milt Schmidt mid-season), the first to include a checklist card, and also the first that depicted rookie cards differently (well, only half of the rookie cards).

1961-62 rookie cards1961-62 base cards

Rookie cards of Don Head and Ted Green

A couple of the cards are in gorgeous, gorgeous condition, but have a pin hole at the top, and then I have their counterpart with no pinhole but in shabbier condition. Sometimes I'm not sure which to keep and which to mark as a double…