Ron Santo And His Glorious 1961 Topps Rookie Card!!!
I had drooled over this card way before I declared myself as a Ron Santo player collector.
I have always enjoyed the 1961 set and its basic design. The Santo card offers us a nice, large photo with Wrigley Field and the visiting team’s dugout in the background.
And then there is the Topps ‘All-Star Rookie’ logo. Santo played in just 95 games during the 1960 season, but his efforts were solid enough to earn him a 4th place finish for the NL Rookie of the Year award and a spot on the Topps ‘All-Star Rookie Team’.
It’s not too often that a player’s first major brand issue features such a nice achievement!!!
I’m beyond thrilled to have one of these beauties in my collection!!!
My favorite card Brian. I think Ron is standing opposite the Cubs dugout on the third base side of the diamond with the camera pointing toward the left field corner. You can see the trees and apartments beyond the left field wall on Waveland Ave. I also like the purple cloud to the north. I’d like to think that it may have floated on a south wind over my home a few miles from there. I would have been a toddler. There’s a tenuous connection for ya.
Congrats awsome card 1 i totally need to since i2 accidentaly started a santo pc