1979 Topps
This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1979.
Baseball
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
Base set |
726 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Parallel Sets
United States
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
Burger King Phillies |
23 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Burger King Yankees |
23 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
In 1979, only two parallel sets were produced by Topps. Both were for the Burger King fast food chain, which had had Topps produce promotional sets for its outlets. The offering for 1979 was reduced from the four teams which had set the previous year to two teams - the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. Again the cards were virtually identical to the 1979 Topps regular issue cards for distribution at outlets in the home areas of the teams. Some of the players had a different photo or photo cropping variation than the their Topps counterpart and the card number on the back was in a different typeface. The Burger King sets has 22 cards plus a checklist card. Several cards reflected players changing teams, most notably Pete Rose (Phillies) and Tommy John (Yankees).
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 gray cardstock and featured French and English text on the reverse and O-Pee-Chee logo on the obverse in place of the Topps logo.
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
O-Pee-Chee |
374 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Football
In 1979, Topps issued two Football sets featuring the National Football League.
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
Base set |
528 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Team Checklists |
28 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Hockey
Topps issued one set featuring the National Hockey League for the 1979-1980 season.
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
Base set |
264 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Basketball
Topps issued one set featuring the National Basketball Association for the 1979-1980 season.
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
Base set |
132 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
Soccer
In 1979, Topps issued two sets in the United Kingdom featuring soccer players and one sticker set in the United States featuring logos of the North American Soccer League (NASL). The United Kingdom cards fronts are basically identical to the 1978 Topps football cards issued in the United States.
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
|---|---|---|---|
English Footballers |
Blue back |
396 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
Scottish Footballers |
Red back |
132 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
NASL Stickers |
logo stickers |
33 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
References
- Beckett, Dr. James et al. (2002). "Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide". Beckett Publications-Dallas, Texas ISBN 1-930692-17-X
- Super 70's 1979 Burger King Baseball
- Super 70's 1979 Baseball Cards
- A&BC, FKS and TOPPS collection
- Stein's Football Card Site
- Galleries of English Football Cards