1968 Jack in the Box San Diego Rockets Basketball Card Set and Checklist

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Specs

Year: 1968

Title: Jack in the Box San Diego Rockets

Size: 2″ by 3″

Number in Set: 14

Overview

The fast-food chain Jack-in-the-Box sponsored this San Diego regional card release.

The fronts feature a posed head and shoulders shot of each player. Beneath the photo, centered, is the team name and player’s name with the San Diego Rockets team logo on the left and Jack-in-the-Box logo on the right side of the text. The backs are blank, leaving the set unnumbered.

Example

1968 Jack in the Box San Diego Rockets Pat Riley – Front
1968 Jack in the Box San Diego Rockets Pat Riley – Reverse

Key Cards

The key cards are Pat Riley and Evlin Hayes (their first pro cards).

Some collectors believe that Harry Barnes and Henry Finkel were short prints in a version of the set that Jack-in-the-Box released in 1968 and that they reissued the set in 1969 (with higher print numbers), replacing them with Bobby Smith and Bernie Williams.

Checklist

Rick Adelman

Harry Barnes

Jim Barnett

John Block

Henry Finkel

Elvin Hayes

Toby Kimball

Don Kojis

Stu Lantz

Pat Riley

Bobby Smith

John Trapp

Art Williams

Bernie Williams