1978 Topps

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This is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for 1978.

Contents 1 Baseball 1.1 Parallel Sets 1.1.1 United States 1.1.1.1 Burger King 1.1.1.2 Zest Soap 1.1.2 Canada 2 Football 3 Hockey 4 Basketball 5 References

[edit] Baseball

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
Base set		726	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] Parallel Sets

[edit] United States

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
Burger King Astros		23	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Burger King Rangers		23	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Burger King Tigers		23	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Burger King Yankees		23	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Zest Soap		5	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] Burger King

In 1977 Topps first produced a set featuring the New York Yankees for New York City area Burger King fast food restaurants. In 1978, the program was expanded with outlets in the home areas of the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers along with New York offering cards of their respective teams. The cards were almost identical (the photo area is slightly larger) to the 1978 Topps regular issue cards Some of the players had a different photo than the their Topps counterpart including some who have changed teams, most notably the Yankees Goose Gossage. Also of note are single rookie cards for the Tigers Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, and Lou Whitaker, who all appeared on multiple player rookie cards in the Topps set. As with the previous year, only the checklist card featured any Burger King branding.

[edit] Zest Soap

In 1978, Topps produced for Procter & Gamble's Zest brand soap a set of five cards as a promotional item. The cards were basically identical to the 1978 Topps set, but they featured bilingual English/Spanish backs, and only five players, all Hispanic, were featured. ^[1]

[edit] Canada

Since 1965, the Canadian candy company O-Pee-Chee produced virtually identical, but smaller, sets identical to the Topps issue of the same year. The Canadian printed cards were printed on grey cardstock and featured French and English text on the reverse. Some cards included traded lines.

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
O-Pee-Chee		242	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] Football

In 1978, Topps issued three Football sets featuring the National Football League.

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
Base set		528	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Team Checklists		28	2.5 x 3.5 inches
Holsun		33	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] Hockey

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (April 2008)

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
Base set		264	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] Basketball

Topps issued one set featuring the the National Basketball Association for the 1978-1979 season.

Set	Description	Cards in Set	Size
Base set		132	2.5 x 3.5 inches

[edit] References

• Beckett, Dr. James et al (2002). "Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide". Beckett Publications-Dallas, Texas ISBN 1-930692-17-X

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