I'm supposed to talk about the back of the card, but I'm drawn to the jersey. He's got a collar on the shirt. That's something one doesn't see frequently on a card.
6-5. He's a big guy. Candian-born. Another guy who recently had a birthday.
I hadn't seen him called "Fergy" before. It was alway Fergie. Did this ever get corrected or spelled differently on his other Kellogg's cards?
1972, 1973, 1977 - Ferguson or Fergy.
1975 - Ferguson only.
Did Topps call him Fergy?
1966 - 1968 - Ferguson
1970, 1973 - 1975 - Ferguson, Fergie. Even the 1974 cartoon calls him Fergie.
1969, 1971, 1972 - Fergie
He even signed his Topps cards Fergie.
Jenkins was around for my early days at Wrigley Field but he was gone when I started attending lots of games after college. A few years ago I got into a skybox where he was the guest of a group of card collectors. It was fun talking to the collectors even though I didn't say much to Mr. Jenkins.
Six consecutive 20-win seasons is impressive. Those were the only winning seasons that the Cubs had in a 20-year stretch (1964 - 1983).
Fergie is wearing a jacket under his jersey.
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