1976 Buckmans Discs Basketball Card Set and Checklist

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Specs

Year: 1976

Title: Buckmans Discs

Size: 3- 3/8 inches in diameter. 

Number in Set: 20

Overview

These regional promotional discs are unnumbered, and 20 make a complete basketball set, with a lot of the major stars of the NBA pictured on the front. The back of the disc features the address and phone number of the distributor, Buckmans Ice Cream and Bakery in Rochester, New York, and invites collectors to visit their Ice Cream Village.

The MSA on the back stands for Michael Schechter & Associates. MSA had partnerships with the various Players’ Unions to create food issue collectibles.

Buckman made baseball and football discs as well.

Example

1976 Buckmans Discs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Front
1976 Buckmans Discs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Reverse

Key Cards

The key discs are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, and Walt Frazier.

Checklist

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nate Archibald

Rick Barry

Tom Boerwinkl

Bill Bradley

Dave Cowens

Bob Dandridge

Walt Frazier

Gail Goodrich

John Havlicek

Connie Hawkins

Lou Hudson

Sam Lacey

Bob Lanier

Bob Love

Bob McAdoo

Earl Monroe

Jerry Sloan

Norm Van Lier

Jo Jo White