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1979-80 Topps Basketball Cards

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Marking the third year in a row, 1979-80 Topps Basketball went with a 132-card set in the standard size and without any subsets.

Despite giving the cards a more contemporary look for the new decade, the '79-80 product offers one of the lowest-valued basketball releases of the era.

1979-80 Topps Basketball Set Details

The 1979-80 Topps Basketball card fronts display a player image that is usually a game-action photo. Below the picture is a banner icon that wraps around a basketball. The part of the banner covering the ball contains a team name, with the player's name over to the left on another part of that banner. The player's position appears below that.

Once again, All-Star players are credited on their base cards with a circular icon indicating which team they made.

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The back has the requisite basketball icon with the card number in the upper left-hand corner, with the player's name inside a stripe extended from that ball. A team quiz cartoon appears below inside its own box, with the player's vital stats to its right. A year-by-year career statistic display and write-up follow. A black stripe with a position, city and team name runs along the right horizontal side.

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The rookie crop is thin in 1979-80 Topps Basketball. Alex English is the key rookie card and other rookies of note include Reggie Theus and Mychal Thompson.

Key 1979-80 Topps Basketball Cards

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132 cards.

Key: AS=All-Stars.

1 George Gervin - San Antonio Spurs AS
2 Mitch Kupchak - Washington Bullets
3 Henry Bibby - Philadelphia 76ers
4 Bob Gross - Portland Trail Blazers
5 Dave Cowens - Boston Celtics
6 Dennis Johnson - Seattle SuperSonics
7 Scott Wedman - Kansas City Kings
8 Earl Monroe - New York Knicks
9 Mike Bantom - Indiana Pacers
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Los Angeles Lakers AS
11 Jo Jo White - Golden State Warriors
12 Spencer Haywood - Utah Jazz
13 Kevin Porter - Detroit Pistons
14 Bernard King - New Jersey Nets
15 Mike Newlin - Houston Rockets
16 Sidney Wicks - San Diego Clippers
17 Dan Issel - Denver Nuggets
18 Tom Henderson - Washington Bullets
19 Jim Chones - Cleveland Cavaliers
20 Julius Erving - Philadelphia 76ers
21 Brian Winters - Milwaukee Bucks
22 Billy Paultz - San Antonio Spurs
23 Cedric Maxwell - Boston Celtics
24 Eddie Johnson - Atlanta Hawks
25 Artis Gilmore - Chicago Bulls
26 Maurice Lucas - Portland Trail Blazers
27 Gus Williams - Seattle SuperSonics
28 Sam Lacey - Kansas City Kings
29 Toby Knight - New York Knicks
30 Paul Westphal - Phoenix Suns AS
31 Alex English - Indiana Pacers RC
32 Gail Goodrich - Utah Jazz
33 Caldwell Jones - Philadelphia 76ers
34 Kevin Grevey - Washington Bullets
35 Jamaal Wilkes - Los Angeles Lakers
36 Sonny Parker - Golden State Warriors
37 John Gianelli - New Jersey Nets
38 John Long - Detroit Pistons RC
39 George Johnson - New Jersey Nets
40 Lloyd Free - San Diego Clippers AS
41 Rudy Tomjanovich - Houston Rockets
42 Foots Walker - Cleveland Cavaliers
43 Dan Roundfield - Atlanta Hawks
44 Reggie Theus - Chicago Bulls RC
45 Bill Walton - San Diego Clippers
46 Fred Brown - Seattle SuperSonics
47 Darnell Hillman - Kansas City Kings
48 Ray Williams - New York Knicks
49 Larry Kenon - San Antonio Spurs
50 David Thompson - Denver Nuggets
51 Billy Knight - Indiana Pacers
52 Alvan Adams - Phoenix Suns
53 Phil Smith - Golden State Warriors
54 Adrian Dantley - Los Angeles Lakers
55 John Williamson - New Jersey Nets
56 Campy Russell - Cleveland Cavaliers
57 Armond Hill - Atlanta Hawks
58 Bob Lanier - Detroit Pistons
59 Mickey Johnson - Chicago Bulls
60 Pete Maravich - Utah Jazz
61 Nick Weatherspoon - San Diego Clippers
62 Robert Reid - Houston Rockets RC
63 Mychal Thompson - Portland Trail Blazers RC
64 Doug Collins - Philadelphia 76ers
65 Wes Unseld - Washington Bullets
66 Jack Sikma - Seattle SuperSonics

67 Bobby Wilkerson - Denver Nuggets
68 Bill Robinzine - Kansas City Kings RC
69 Joe Meriweather - New York Knicks
70 Marques Johnson - Milwaukee Bucks AS
71 Ricky Sobers - Indiana Pacers
72 Clifford Ray - Golden State Warriors
73 Tim Bassett - New Jersey Nets
74 James Silas - San Antonio Spurs
75 Bob McAdoo - Boston Celtics
76 Austin Carr - Cleveland Cavaliers
77 Don Ford - Los Angeles Lakers
78 Steve Hawes - Atlanta Hawks
79 Ron Brewer - Portland Trail Blazers RC
80 Walter Davis - Phoenix Suns AS
81 Calvin Murphy - Houston Rockets
82 Tom Boswell - Denver Nuggets
83 Lonnie Shelton - Seattle SuperSonics
84 Terry Tyler - Detroit Pistons RC
85 Randy Smith - San Diego Clippers
86 Rich Kelley - Utah Jazz
87 Otis Birdsong - Kansas City Kings RC
88 Marvin Webster - New York Knicks
89 Eric Money - Philadelphia 76ers
90 Elvin Hayes - Washington Bullets AS
91 Junior Bridgeman - Milwaukee Bucks
92 Johnny Davis - Indiana Pacers
93 Robert Parish - Golden State Warriors
94 Eddie Jordan - New Jersey Nets RC
95 Leonard Robinson - Phoenix Suns
96 Rick Robey - Boston Celtics RC
97 Norm Nixon - Los Angeles Lakers
98 Mark Olberding - San Antonio Spurs RC
99 Wilbur Holland - Utah Jazz
100 Moses Malone - Houston Rockets AS
101 Checklist (#1-132)
102 Tom Owens - Portland Trail Blazers
103 Phil Chenier - Washington Bullets
104 John Johnson - Seattle SuperSonics
105 Darryl Dawkins - Philadelphia 76ers
106 Charlie Scott - Denver Nuggets
107 M.L. Carr - Detroit Pistons
108 Phil Ford - Kansas City Kings RC AS
109 Swen Nater - San Diego Clippers
110 Nate Archibald - Boston Celtics
111 Aaron James - Utah Jazz
112 Jim Cleamons - New York Knicks
113 James Edwards - Indiana Pacers
114 Don Buse - Phoenix Suns
115 Steve Mix - Philadelphia 76ers
116 Charles Johnson - Washington Bullets
117 Elmore Smith - Cleveland Cavaliers
118 John Drew - Atlanta Hawks
119 Lou Hudson - Los Angeles Lakers
120 Rick Barry - Houston Rockets
121 Kent Benson - Milwaukee Bucks RC
122 Mike Gale - San Antonio Spurs
123 Jan van Breda Kolff - New Jersey Nets
124 Chris Ford - Boston Celtics
125 George McGinnis - Denver Nuggets
126 Leon Douglas - Detroit Pistons
127 John Lucas - Golden State Warriors
128 Kermit Washington - San Diego Clippers
129 Lionel Hollins - Portland Trail Blazers
130 Bob Dandridge - Washington Bullets AS
131 James McElroy - Utah Jazz RC
132 Bobby Jones - Philadelphia 76ers