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Where the hobby started.
<b data-section-id=”1919j81″ data-start=”71″ data-end=”112″>Who actually started sports cards?
A lot of people think it was Topps… but it actually goes back even further.
The first sports cards came from tobacco companies like <strong data-start=”247″ data-end=”288″>Allen & Ginter in the late 1800s—they used them as inserts in cigarette packs.
👉 But the hobby as we know it today really started with <strong data-start=”411″ data-end=”452″>Topps in 1952.
That’s when they dropped their iconic set with players like <strong data-start=”523″ data-end=”564″>Mickey Mantle, and it changed everything.
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<strong data-start=”599″ data-end=”628″>Simple way to look at it:
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- Tobacco companies = where cards started
- Topps = what made it a real hobby
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Kind of crazy how something that started as a cigarette promo turned into what we’re all into today.
What’s the oldest card you’ve got in your collection? 👇
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Very interesting background
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