Tired of these sets with only two and three cards? Then the 1977 Sportscaster cards are for you! This is a huge set with 88 series (that's right 88 series!). Each series has 24 cards, but this is another multisport card issue. Every month you could send $1.89 plus postage and get that months series of 24 cards. This was avaiable for about three years. Another fun tibit of this cards is that they were international, so you could collect these cards in different languages.
The really good thing about these cards are that they are gorgous. They are large (approx. 4 3/4" x 6 1/4"), but the corners are smoothed out so you can pick these up in great condition. The pictures are very colorful and each card has an icon in the upper right to distingush the sport. There may be a bunch of cards here, but the cards are inexpensive.
Check out this website to watch the TV commerical for the Sportscaster cards!
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=2
I have attempted to catalog all 100 of the basketball cards from each series (The first number is the series and second number is the card from the series):
| Card # | Card Description |
| 1-24 | Pete Maravich |
| 2-03 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2-09 | Sergei Belov USA-USSR |
| 3-15 | Julius Erving |
| 4-12 | Bill Russell |
| 4-14 | Dave Cowens |
| 4-15 | Rick Barry |
| 5-10 | Refs Signals |
| 5-19 | Knicks vs. Lakers |
| 6-08 | UCLA Dynasty |
| 6-21 | George McGinnis |
| 7-12 | USA vs. Russia |
| 7-13 | Walt Frazier |
| 7-20 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 8-10 | Jerry West |
| 9-12 | Nate Archibald |
| 9-16 | USA vs. Russia - A Game for Giants |
| 10-18 | John Havlicek |
| 11-24(A) | UCLA vs. Houston (Bill Walton) |
| 11-24(B) | UCLA vs. Houston (Lew Alcindor) |
| 12-13 | Wes Unseld |
| 13-04 | Europen Champ Cup - Ignis Varese Team |
| 13-10 | Wilt Chamberlain & Jerry West |
| 14-18 | Oscar Robertson |
| 16-14 | Elgin Baylor |
| 18-20 | Jackie Chazalon |
| 19-14 | Bob Pettit |
| 20-21 | 24 Second Clock - Sixers |
| 21-14 | Bevo Francis |
| 22-08 | Lew Alcindor - Milwaukee Bucks 1970-71 |
| 23-03 | Pete Maravich |
| 26-24 | Villeurbanne |
| 30-10 | Fouls and Penalties - Hawks vs. Bulls |
| 30-12 | Kareem Abdul Jabbar |
| 30-13 | Randy Smith - NBA All-Star Game |
| 33-04 | Bill Walton - Pivot Play |
| 34-14 | Defenses - College Action |
| 35-06 | Julius Erving - Highest Scoring Game |
| 36-08(A) | Artis Gilmore |
| 36-08(B) | Artis Gilmore Error (The picuture is from card 36-12) |
| 36-12(A) | Phil Ford - Four Corner Offense |
| 36-12(B) | Four Corner Offense Error (The picture is from card 36-08) |
| 36-22 | Kentucky vs. Duke |
| 38-11 | Paul Westphal |
| 38-12 | Biddy Basket - Playground Game |
| 39-10 | Maccabi of Tel-Aviv |
| 39-15 | Doug Collins |
| 40-07 | Marques Johnson |
| 42-02 | Bernard King |
| 43-01 | Washington Bullets Vs. Seattle Supersonics |
| 43-18 | Maurice Lucas - Power Forward |
| 44-16 | Butch Lee |
| 44-21 | Phil Chenier - 3-Guard Offense |
| 52-24 | Hank Luisetti |
| 53-22 | Jack Sikma |
| 54-15 | George Mikan |
| 54-23 | Manuel Raga |
| 55-18 | Leonard Robinson |
| 56-11 | Marvin Webster |
| 59-05 | David Thompson |
| 60-08 | Carol Blazejowski |
| 61-10 | Bill Bradley |
| 62-09 | Calvin Murphy |
| 63-05 | Blake Crotty - First TV Game |
| 63-20 | Austin Carr |
| 64-04 | Mu Tieh-Chu - Chinese Tour |
| 64-24 | Three Referees |
| 65-02 | Wilt Chamberlain - Playing Volleyball |
| 65-15 | Hal Greer - 20000 Point Club |
| 66-11 | Hall of Fame |
| 67-02 | Nancy Lieberman |
| 67-11 | Bob Morse |
| 73-03 | Rudy Tomjanovich |
| 74-07 | Eric Money - A Pro Oddity |
| 74-18 | Larry Bird |
| 75-22 | Slick Watts - J. Walter Kennedy Award |
| 76-08 | Rudy Williams - Longest Shot |
| 76-14 | Inge Nissen |
| 77-05 | Kevin Porter |
| 77-21 | Nat Holman & Joe Lapchick |
| 78-02 | Erving Johnson |
| 78-24 | Dave Bing |
| 79-10 | Ouliana Semenova |
| 79-15 | Phil Ford |
| 79-19 | Randi Burdick - Women's Basketball League |
| 80-23 | Al McGuire |
| 81-02 | Lenny Wilkens |
| 81-05 | Marv Albert |
| 82-02 | Moses Malone |
| 82-15 | Greg Kelser - Academic Basketball Team |
| 83-07 | Louis Dampier - 3 Point Goal |
| 83-17 | Dutch Denhart |
| 84-09 | Mike Riordan - United Basketball Association |
| 85-15 | Pat Colasurdo - Women's Draft |
| 85-22 | Mike Scheib & Alton Byrd - Naismith Award |
| 86-06 | Kiki Vandewaghe & Ernie Vandewaghe |
| 86-08 | Danny Ainge |
| 93-20 | James Naismith |
| 102-02 | Ray Meyer |
| 103-04 | Ann Meyers |
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