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WHEATIES "STAR IN BASKETBALL" PANELS FEATURING COACHES & PLAYS
This series of 8 panels was described as “authentic pointers on basketball plays and technic by these leading coaches … Learn the fine points of basketball! Get all 8 instructions at your grocer’s.” The four coaches each had 2 numbered panels: Sam Barry (#1 & #2, USC), Dave MacMillan (#3 & #4, Minnesota), Nat Holman (HOF) (#5 & #6, CCNY), and Isabelle Payne (#7 & #8, various women’s barnstorming teams). These panels were the first basketball collectible to feature coaches. These panels are very similar to the baseball (series 12) panels, also from 1939. This is the first numbered basketball set that wasn't part of a larger multi-sports release. Measurements: 6” x 8.25”
1939
