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Specs
Year: 1981
Title: TCMA
Size: 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
Number in Set: 13
Overview
The 13-card 1981-82 set is the only hockey set The Card Memorabilia Associates (TCMA) made over their 15-year history (120+ sets). The front’s show a color posed photo on white stock. The backs are numbered and have some biographical information with career highlights (better details than Topps/OPC printed) between two hockey sticks framing the text.
TCMA sold the cards be the set in their Collector’s Quarterly magazine, and it’s believed they produced ~3000 sets.
Example
Key Cards
11 of 13 cards are Hall of Famers, but TCMA printed them all in equal quantities.
Checklist
1 Norm Ullman
2 Gump Worsley
3 J.C. Tremblay
4 Lou Fontinato
5 Johnny Bucyk
6 Harry Howell
7 Henri Richard
8 Andy Bathgate
9 Bobby Orr
10 Frank Mahovlich
11 Jean Beliveau
12 Jacques Plante
13 Stan Mikita