1976 Topps

Last updated

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1976.

Baseball

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
Base set6602.5 x 3.5 inches
Traded442.5 x 3.5 inches

Team Checklist Sheet

This uncut sheet was available by mail-in offer on packs. The sheet features 24 team cards from the regular set on thinner stock.

Parallel Sets

United States

In 1976, Topps produced a promotional business card for NBC featuring former baseball player and then Today Show host Joe Garagiola. The front of the card resembles the 1973 Topps baseball set with Garagiola being listed as a member of the "NBC All Stars."The reverse resembles the 1976 set, but is printed in black instead of green. Garagiola's career statistics are featured, as well as his contact information at NBC.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
1976NBC Joe Garagiola 12.5 x 3.5 inches

Canada

Since 1965, the Canadian candy company O-Pee-Chee produced virtually identical, but smaller, sets identical to the Topps issue of the same year. The Canadian printed cards were printed on grey cardstock and featured French and English text on the reverse.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
O-Pee-Chee6602.5 x 3.5 inches

Football

In 1976, Topps issued two Football sets featuring the National Football League.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
Base set5282.5 x 3.5 inches
Team Checklists302.5 x 3.5 inches

Hockey

In 1976, Topps issued two sets featuring the National Hockey League.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
Base set2642.5 x 3.5 inches
Glossy insert222.5 x 3.5 inches

Basketball

Topps issued one set featuring the National Basketball Association for the 1976-1977 season.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
Base set1443.125 x 5.25 inches

Soccer

In 1976, Topps issued two sets in the United Kingdom featuring soccer players. Unlike the previous and subsequent years, the cards bear no resemblance to any American set.

SetDescriptionCards in SetSize
English FootballersRed back3302.5 x 3.5 inches
Scottish FootballersBlue back1322.5 x 3.5 inches

Related Research Articles

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1980. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1981 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1981. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1982 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1982. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1984 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1984. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1985 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1985. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1986 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1986. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1987 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1987. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1990 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1990. All sets listed are standard size unless noted.

1991 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1991. All cards listed are standard size. Exceptions are noted.

1970s Topps

The 1970s saw Topps go largely uncontested in the sports card market. The decade featured full runs of baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Aside from issues like Kellogg's cereal premiums which ran throughout the 70s there was not much in the way of major national card manufacturers to compete with. Topps maintained its license agreement with O-Pee-Chee in baseball and hockey. The company would have significantly more ground to cover given the growth of the professional sports leagues during the decade. Major League Baseball added four new teams in 1969 and two in 1977; the National Football League added two teams in 1976; the National Basketball Association gained three in 1970, one in 1974, and the American Basketball Association picked up one in 1972; the National Hockey League acquired two teams in each of 1970, 1972, and 1974. Soccer also made the Topps roster in the 70s, producing English and Scottish 'Footballers' for distribution in the United Kingdom. Domestic soccer was not to be forgotten with a North American Soccer League sticker set in 1979. The following are trading card sets issued by Topps in the 1970s. All cards listed are standard size. Exceptions are noted.

1992 Topps

This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1992. All cards listed are standard size. Exceptions are noted.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1971.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1972.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1973.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1974.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1975.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1977.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1978.

This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1979.

References