One Card Only - Champion

Card Number 378: Upper Deck Goodwin's Champions, 2014; #93

This card set featured sportsmen from a variety of sports, and historical figures like Napoleon and Beethoven. Upper Deck didn't have an official license from Major League Baseball so depicted some of the featured baseball players in normal clothes.

This painted portrait of Tony in suit and tie combined with a baseball cap immediately reminded me of photos of his induction ceremony at the Hall of Fame. 

The Goodwin's Champions sets have been issued by Upper Deck over a few years and are deliberately retro in their look and feel. Like some of Topps's retro ranges, "Goodwin" refers to a tobacco company which incidentally originally owned the "Gypsy Queen" tobacco brand that is now the name of a Topps set. The Upper Deck Goodwin cards in this set are a heavy stock and the card has a subtle varnish finish making it a really nice card to look at 'in hand'.

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