Today is a clean up of a bunch of basketball customs, most are playoff cards, created for Brett Rijke, along with a batch of BYU Cougars and some other odds and ends. To start here are some 1957-58 Topps style creations....

Joe Roberts

Next up a single 1975-76 Topps

Luke Witte

Now a set of 1978-79 Playoff cards.....

Now we will move up a year to the 1979-80 Topps style playoff set...

Some odds and ends next....

Wayne Kreklow

Will finish up with a set of custom BYU Cougars basketball...

Tyler Haws

Not often we can offer some customs for any hoops fans out there so hope you find something you like in this post. As always they are all available to purchase, leave a comment or drop me an email at: [email protected] and I'll get back to you ASAP !!

With regular season coming to a close, this post will feature some new 2024-25 hockey customs, first some omitted players from Series 1 hockey then a batch of Rookie & Traded creations, including last nights newest Maple Leafs performer.

Jake Allen

Next up my Rookie & Traded entities....

Nathan Clurman

That's it for today, just over 2 weeks until we return to "Great White North" and will start getting orders mailed out to all my loyal patiently waiting clients, really appreciate your understanding and business. Also for others who may find our site anything you see on here is available to purchase, leave a comment  or drop us a email at: [email protected] and we will respond ASAP !! Now to get the Maple Leafs to Round 2 of the playoffs ......

It's that time of year again for us ancient Maple Leaf "believers", just like the old Snakes and Ladders game we can go down pretty quick LOL. Anyway, once again hope springs eternal. Got another bunch of early hockey along with a batch of Mike Bossy customs and the 3 newest Maple Leafs tonight.

Hugh Bolton played 5 seasons in OHA and OHA Sr. leagues with Toronto Marlies, winning an Allan Cup in 1950, before making his 2 game NHL debut with the Maple Leafs in 1949-50. Played 8 NHL seasons, all in Toronto, winning a Stanley Cup in 1951.

Danny Lewicki was the first, and until 2010 the only, player to win an Allan Cup, a Memorial Cup and a Stanley Cup while still a junior. He made his NHL debut on October 14, 1950 and, despite a groin injury ending his season early, was third in voting for the Calder Trophy.

Stan Long played three playoff games for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1951–52 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1950 to 1954, was spent in the minor leagues.

John McLellan was signed by the Maple Leafs and brought to Toronto to play for the St. Michael's Buzzers for 1945–46 and then the St. Michael's Majors, playing on the team that won the Memorial Cup in 1947. As a senior, McLellan played three seasons with the Toronto Marlboros, winning the Allan Cup in 1950. McLellan was called up to the Maple Leafs for two games in 1951–52, and they would be his only games as a player in the NHL.

I'll move on to some forgotten 53-54 customs but will let the bio on the reverse tell their stories.

Sid Abel (Coach)

Next up a batch of Mike Bossy customs ....

To finish this post we have the 3 latest players to make a new appearance with Toronto ...

Brandon Carlo

That's it for now, wish we could trade Laughton and get Grebenkin back !!! Anyway, hope you find something you enjoy in this post and as always these can be purchased (after I get back from Portugal in May), leave a comment or drop me an email at:
[email protected]

Today we will clean up some early Topps baseball starting with my take on the 1955 Topps "Missing Cards" debate, the original set never had cards 175, 186, 203 and 209 issued due to some players signing with Bowman. Some have assigned Stan Musial, Richie Ashburn, Mickey Mantle and Whitey ford as the MIAs, I have agrred with 3 but used Bob Feller as #186. I'll also list some other 1955 Topps creations.

Stan Musial

There were other players who signed with Bowman for 1955, here's my Topps versions for the following.

Early Wynn 

Finish the 1955 cards with a guy who didn't make either set, Leo Durocher

Flip now to some 1957 Topps customs starting with another Bob Feller, who spent 17 seasons as a Cleveland Indian between 1936 and 1956. A prodigy who bypassed baseball's minor leagues, Bob made his debut with the Indians at the age of 17. His career was interrupted by four years of military service (1942–1945) in the US Navy during World War II. He became the first pitcher to win 24 games in a season before the age of 21, threw no-hitters in 1940, 1946, and 1951, and 12 one-hitters, both records at his retirement. He helped the Indians win a World Series title in 1948 and an American League-record 111 wins and the pennant in 1954. Feller led the American League in wins six times and in strikeouts seven times. In 1946 he recorded 348 strikeouts, the most since 1904 and then believed to be a record. His card career is now complete with this 1957 card and his prior 1955 custom card.

 Jim Greengrass, he was a power-hitting outfielder whose career was hindered by phlebitis. He appeared in 504 games over five seasons (1952–56) for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs and Philadelphia Phillies. However, 1955 was his last good year in the majors and he struggled through the 1956 campaign, his last year in MLB, hitting .205 with five homers as a backup outfielder but didn't have a 1957 card issued.

Connie Grob, A right-handed pitcher, spent only 1 full season in Major League Baseball as a member of the Washington Senators. Grob spent the entire 1956 season with the Senators, appearing in 37 games (36 in relief). At season's end, he was reacquired by Brooklyn and spent the rest of his active career in the minors without getting a card issued.

Tom Hurd's pro career lasted for 14 seasons beginning as a shortstop in the Chicago White Sox' system, where he converted to pitching in 1948. His tenure with the Red Sox began in July 1954 when, at age 30, he appeared in 16 games for Boston in his rookie season. He then spent both 1955 and 1956 on the Red Sox' roster, working in 43 and 40 games, but in 1956, Hurd's earned run average ballooned from 3.01 to 5.33 and he would spend the rest of his pitching career in the minor leagues. He had cards in 1955 and 1956 but was left out in 1957.

Monte Irvin won a World Series in 1954 with Giants but was sent to minors in 1955. The Chicago Cubs signed him before the 1956 season and he appeared in 111 games for the Cubs that year, hitting .271 with 15 home runs. However a back injury led to Irvin's retirement as a player in 1957. His last card issued was in 1956, this one honors his final year.

Jackie Robinson was winding down in 1956, he had 61 runs scored, a .275 batting average, and 12 steals but had begun to exhibit the effects of diabetes and to lose interest in the prospect of playing professional baseball. Robinson ended his historic major league career when he struck out to end Game 7 of the 1956 World Series but never had a 1957 card issued.

Andy Seminick had a 14 year pro career before retiring at the age of 36 after the 1957 season. He had no cards issued to represent his last to seasons.

Jack Shepard only played 3 major league seasons with the Pirates, from 1954 to 1956, after a pair of games in 1953. He gained a reputation as a stalwart defensive player, batted .304 in his first full season and was named Pirates' rookie of the year. All told, he played in 278 MLB games and collected 195 hits but his off-seasons were spent continuing his education at Stanford, where he obtained master's degrees in business and education. After serving as Pittsburgh's regular catcher in 1956, appearing in a career-high 100 games, he announced his retirement to become development director at his alma mater and begin a full-time career in business. His only card appeared in the 1955 Topps offerings.

Bunky Stewart played parts of five seasons with the Senators from 1952 to 1956, though he only played regularly in 1954 (29 games) and 1956 (33 games). In his final season, Stewart pitched 105 innings, winning five games, and saving two, and also hit .250 with 2 RBIs in 28 at bats. Again his only card would be part of the 1955 Topps set

Bill White made his major league debut with the Giants on May 7, 1956 and hit a home run in his first major league at bat. He spent 1957 in military service then returned for the 1958 season and had his rookie card in the 1959 Topps set/

To finish up for today we have some 1958 Topps style baseball starting with Jerry Adair. Adair was signed by the Baltimore Orioles out of Oklahoma State University on September 2, 1958, for a $40,000 bonus and made his Major League Baseball debut with the club that day against the Washington Senators, coming into the game in the bottom of the 8th inning as a defensive replacement for shortstop Chuck Oertel. His rookie card was issued in the 1961 Topps set.

Luis Arroyo was a chunky little Puerto Rican southpaw whose out pitch was the screwball. He spent just four full seasons in the majors, plus parts of four others, from 1955 through 1963. Luis made his MLB debut on April 20, 1955, with the Cardinals, then played his next to years in Pittsburgh. He had cards issued to represent ever year except his 1957 season.

Ed Bouchee made his first major-league appearance at Connie Mack Stadium on September 19, 1956  against the Cincinnati Reds and drew a walk. His first start came two days later against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. In that game he got his first major league hit, a ninth inning RBI double off lefty Johnny Antonelli. Following the 1957 season, Bouchee was named NL Sporting News Rookie Player of the Year Award and finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting, owing to his impressive .293 batting average, with 17 home runs, and 76 runs batted in which would all prove to be career single-season highs for Bouchee. On April 24, 1957, his bases-loaded triple against Bob Friend of the Pittsburgh Pirates allowed pinch runner John Kennedy, the first black player in Phillies' history, to score his only major league run. On January 17, 1958, Spokane police arrested Bouchee for exposing himself to several young girls. He pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including indecent exposure, was sentenced to three years of probation, spent a few months in a psychiatric institution in Connecticut, and then was allowed to return to the Phillies on July 1, 1958. It is for this reason that what would've been his 1958 Topps card (#145) was not issued.

Tom Cheney was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals prior to the start of the 1952 baseball season. After spending a few years in the minor leagues, he was called up by the Cardinals in 1957, and made his Major League Baseball debut with the team on April 21, 1957. Cheney pitched in four games during the season, starting in three of them. He posted an 0–1 record with a 15.00 earned run average in 9 innings of work, giving up 6 hits, while walking 15 batters and striking out 10. The following year Cheney did not play baseball, as he was serving in the United States military. He returned to baseball for the 1959 season with the Cardinals, primarily serving as a relief pitcher in the 11 games he pitched during the season. He had a rookie card issued in 1957 Topps set before his MLB debut listing his minor league stats.

Art Fowler made his major league debut in relief on April 17, 1954, against the Milwaukee Braves, and his first big league win came in his first start, a 3–2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on April 25, 1954. Played next 3 seasons in majors before ending up in minors for 1958. His card history covers everything except 1958.

Jim Gentile was a powerful, left-handed slugger who was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a high school pitcher in 1952. The next year he was converted into a first baseman but languished for eight years in the minors for a Dodgers team that already had All-Star Gil Hodges at first base. On September 24, 1957, Gentile started at first base for the Dodgers at Brooklyn's famed Ebbets Field and followed that with 3 more appearances in '57. His rookie card was issued as part of the 1960 Topps set as an Oriole.

Eddie O'Brien, and his twin brother Johnny, were inseparable and both sought as baseball and basketball prospects. On March 19, 1953, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed the brothers to contracts calling for bonuses of $25,000 each. The O’Briens were the first twins in major-league history to play for the same team since Red Shannon and Joe Shannon appeared in one game together in 1915. Made MLB debut in 1953 but spend 1954 in military service then rejoined Pirates for 1955 but Joe's career was on the down hill. After appearing in 138 games in 1955 and 1956 he would only play 3 in 1957 and 1 in 1958, the last 4  as a pitcher !! His final card issued was in the 1957 Topps set.

Tom Poholsky made his MLB debut in 1950, appearing in 5 games with Cardinals, and added another 38 in 1951 before doing military service for 2 years. Was back with St. Louis from 1954 to 1956 before his major league career ended after 28 games with the Cubs in 1957, his cards also ended with 1957 Topps.

That's it for tonight, as usual all these can be purchased, leave a comment or drop me an email: [email protected]

Today will clean up my early hockey creations to the end of the 1952-53 OPC year, number of style and teams, hopefully something for all my hockey followers. We will begin in 1929-30 Rogers Peet set with Jesse Spring.

Spring played six seasons in the NHL and also played several seasons in minor league baseball, later was a coach in both sports. Made NHL debut with Hamilton, and had 2 cards issued as a Tiger, then saw time in Pittsburgh, Toronto and New York with Americans. Spring played for both the ice hockey Toronto Maple Leafs and the baseball Toronto Maple Leafs. In addition to playing two sports professionally, Spring played amateur lacrosse, gridiron football and also was a boxer.

Earl Miller

Miller played 110 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1927 and 1932 and won the Stanley Cup in 1932 as a Maple Leaf. His only paper appearance was as a Blackhawk in the 1930 La Presse hockey photo set.

Sammy McManus

Sammy McManus played 26 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Maroons and the Boston Bruins between 1934 and 1936 winning a Stanley Cup with the Maroons. Despite that his rookie card was as a Bruin in the 1936-37 Worldwide Gum set.

Hickey Nicholson

John Ivan ‘Hickey” Nicholson was the first native Prince Edward Islander to score a goal in the National Hockey League. Called up by the Chicago Blackhawks late in the 1937-38 season from the Kansas City Greyhounds of the American Hockey Association, Nicholson scored in his very first game facing the Boston Bruins on February 5th, 1938 wearing Hawks jersey #14. After 1 more game with Chicago his NHL career was over and he was back in AHA with Kansas City Greyhounds. The 2 game stop didn't earn him and cardboard so we did a 1939-40 OPC card to mark the accomplishment.

That takes us to a whole pile of 1951-52 Parkhurst style customs.

Steve Black                                                    Fred Burchell

 Steve Black played 113 games in the NHL with the Detroit and Chicago between 1949 and 1951 winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit in 1950. Black's only cardboard was a Beehive photo issued as a Red Wing.

Fred Burchell played four games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens: two games in each the 1950–51 and 1953–54 seasons. His minor pro career much much longer, played 17 seasons, his only card offering as a Montreal Royal in the 1952-53 St. Lawrence Sales set.

Don Campbell                                                Hugh Coflin

Don Campbell jumper right from the MJHL to the NHL playing 17 games for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. Followed that with 9 seasons in the minors without getting a card produced.

Hugh Coflin played 31 games with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1950–51 season. In the summer of 1951, Hugh had the distinction of being part of the largest player and cash transaction in NHL history to that date. Detroit sent six players to Chicago for $75,000.00 and a player to be named later, Coflin. The Wings labelled him "a promising NHL prospect" and sent him to their top farm club in Indianapolis for experience. Hugh was called up to the Red Wings and landed his name on the Stanley Cup in 1952 despite never playing any games in his career for the Red Wings.

Dave Creighton                                             Ernie Dickens

Dave Creighton started his NHL career with the Boston Bruins in 1948 and spent 6 seasons there before a trade to Maple Leafs in July 1954. It took 4 years for Parkhurst to create a rookie card for him in the 1952-53  set.

Ernie Dickens was a two-sport athlete, he played soccer for Winnipeg United Weston and then enjoyed a career in the NHL , playing with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1942 and 1951. He had Beehive photos issued for both teams as well as 1950 Hockey Stars strip card as a Maple Leaf. He have previously created him as a Leaf so had to add a Chicago creation.

Bill Durnan                                                     Pat Egan

Bill Durnan played with the Montreal Canadiens between 1943 and 1950. He was one of the best goaltenders in his time, winning the Vezina Trophy for fewest goals allowed six times, being named First All-Star team as best goaltender six times, and helping the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup twice. Despite all that his first mainstream  card, he had numerous Parade Sportive, Beehive, Quaker Oats and Exhibit photos and cards released as well as obscure Oh Boy, Berk Ross and Hockey Star strip examples, was in the 1955-56 Parkhurst Old Time Greats.

Pat Egan made his NHL debut for the New York Americans, playing in ten games in 1939-40. He played two more seasons with the Americans' franchise before serving in the military in 1942–43. He was back in pro hockey in the 1944 season, but as the Americans' franchise had folded, his rights were acquired by the Detroit Red Wings. After only half a season with Detroit, the hardrock defenseman was traded to the Boston Bruins for star offensive defenseman Flash Hollett. Egan would anchor the Bruins' defense corps for six seasons in all, before being traded to the New York Rangers in 1949, for whom he would play his final two NHL seasons. Like Durnan he had only Beehive photos as well as obscure Oh Boy, Berk Ross and Hockey Star strip examples released until Panini used him in their 2013-14 and 2014-15 sets.

Bill Ezinicki                                                 Bob Fryday

Bill joined the Maple Leafs in 1944-45 and spent 6 years with them winning the Stanley Cup three times, in 1947, 1948 and 1949. Retired after 3 more years, 2 with Boston and 1 in New York, and became a PGA tour golfer. Once again had Beehive, Quaker Oats, Oh Boy and Hockey Star strip pics released but no mainstream cards until Panini and Upper Deck used him in their 2013-14 and 2017-18 sets. We have previously posted his Maple Leaf creation so here is a Bruin addition.

Bob Fryday  played five games in NHL for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1949–50 and 1951–52 seasons and scored one goal. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1946 to 1953, was spent in the minor leagues. He had cards, as a Montreal Royal in the 1951-52 and 1952-53 Laval dairy sets.

Alex Kaleta                                                    Ross Lowe

Alex Kaleta played in the NHL for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers between 1941 and 1951 and is best known for his part in originating hockey's hat trick tradition. During his tenure with the Black Hawks, he is credited with having begun the tradition of the hat trick during the 1945–46 season, when he entered a shop in Toronto looking for a new hat. Without enough money to buy one, he reached an agreement with shop owner Sammy Taft that if he scored three goals that night in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he would earn a free hat. In fact, that night, on January 26, 1946, he scored four goals against the Leafs. Once again had Beehive, Oh Boy and Hockey Star strip pics released but no mainstream cards

Ross Lowe played three seasons in the NHL from 1949 to 1952, made his debut for the Boston Bruins in 1949-50 then was dealt to Montreal Canadiens in mid-season 1950-51. He played 77 career NHL games, scoring six goals and eight assists for fourteen points. His 1950-51 rookie card shows him in a Montreal uniform so we created one as a Bruin.


Pat Lundy                                                    Vic Lynn

Pat Lundy played 150 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings between 1946 and 1951. He had Beehive photos in both Chicago and Detroit versions as well as a 1950 Hockey Star strip Detroit card bu no mainstream releases.

Vic Lynn played in the NHL from 1943 to 1954 and is the only player to play for each of the Original Six teams. Made his NHL debut on February 28, 1943 with the Rangers the only NHL game he played in New York. Then had 2 games as a Montreal Canadien followed by 3 years and 213 games in Toronto winning 3 Stanley Cups. His original 1951-52 Parkhurst rookie was as a Bruin, we have previously posted his Rangers, Canadiens and Maple Leaf creations,

Doug McCaig                                                 Don Morrison

Doug McCaig played 263 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks between 1941 and 1951. Made his debut as a Red Wing in 1941-42 and after 92 games there was traded to Chicago. Had a pair of Beehive photos and a 1947-48 J.D. McCarthy Red Wings release but nothing in a regular card.

Don Morrison played 112 games in the National Hockey League also with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks between 1947 and 1951. Also had a Beehive Red Wing photos and a 1947-48 J.D. McCarthy Red Wings release but nothing in a regular card.

Buddy O'Connor                                           Ray Powell

Buddy O'Connor played for the Canadiens from 1941 to 1947 and won two Stanley Cups, in 1944 and 1946, while playing for them. Traded to Rangers for 1947-48 and won the Hart Trophy and Lady Byng Trophy. Had Parade Sportive, Beehive and Quaker Oats releases issued along with a 1936-37 World Wide Gum card as a Montreal Royal.

Ray Powell played 31 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1950–51 season. Had 22 points in those 31 games, good enough for 7th in team scoring with 21 to 39 less games than the top 6 but not good enough to keep on the squad !! He led the AHL in scoring the next season but never got another NHL shot and never had a card or photo issued.

Ed Reigle                                                        Ron Rowe

Ed Reigle played 17 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1950–51 season. Spent next 4 years in AHL without making it back to NHL, after retiring as a player he became a coach of the Sweden national team in 1957 and winning the Gold Medal at Ice Hockey World Championships that year. He had a Cleveland Barons team card issued in 1951-52.

Ron Rowe played five games with the New York Rangers during the 1947–48 season, was initially offered a contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1942-43 season for $2,900 a year but stayed in junior while also playing soccer in Toronto. Like most players with 5 games in those days he didn't merit a card release.

Zellio Toppazzini                                           Grant Warwick

Zellio played 123 NHL games with the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and Chicago Black Hawks between 1949 and 1956. Toppazzini spent most of his career with the AHL Providence Reds and is the all-time leading scorer in Reds history. During his 12 years with the Reds, from 1951 to 1964, he amassed 279 goals, 448 assists and 727 points in 650 regular season games, and another 16–28–44 in playoff action, all team records. He had a Bruins Beehive photo issued along with a 1952-53 Parkhurst Bruins rookie card.

Grant Warwick played 9 seasons in the NHL winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as Rookie-of-the-Year in 1942. Spent 7 years with Rangers with other stops in Boston and Montreal. He scored 20 or more goals 3 times in NHL, played in the 1947
NHL All-Star game and also won the Allan Cup twice, in 1949 and 1954. He had Beehive photos with all 3 teams, Quaker Oats and Exhibit photos as a Canadien and a 1951-52 Buffalo Bisons AHL team card.

Now will move to the 1952-53 Parkhurst customs list starting with Gene Achtymichuk.

Gene played 32 games in the with the Canadiens and Red Wings between 1952 and 1959 and also had stops with 10 other minor pro teams before retiring after the 1970-71 ASHL season. Played 16 games with Montreal in 1957-58, his biggest year's total, and accounted for all of his 3 goals and 8 points. He had a Quebec Aces card issued in the 1956-57 QHL set.

Frank Eddolls

Frank Eddolls played 317 NHL games for the Canadiens and Rangers and won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1946. Before ever playing an NHL game he was part of one of the most lopsided NHL trades of all time, which saw him traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 10, 1943 to Montreal in exchange for future HOFer Ted Kennedy. Had a 1951-52 Parkhurst Rangers rookie card issued, client wanted '52-53 card from his last NHL season.

Jack Evans

Jack played 14 NHL seasons with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1949 and 1963 and won the Stanley Cup in 1961 with Chicago. Had cards issued for every year from 1951-52 to 1962-63 except for 1952-53.

Sid Finney

Finney played 59 NHL games with the Chicago Black Hawks between 1951 and 1953 during his 17 year pro career. He led the Calgary Stampeders to a WHL championship in 1954 and also led the WHL in scoring, with 45 goals, in 1958. Made his NHL debut in 1951-52 and never had a card issued.

Dunc Fisher

Dunc Fisher played 275 NHL games from 1947 to 1953 and from 1958 to 1959  for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Detroit Red Wings. Got a Beehive issued Rangers photo along with a 1951-52 Parkie Bruins rookie card.

Bep Guidolin

Bep is notable for being the youngest player in NHL history, made his debut at the age of 17 with Boston for 1942-43. Also had stops in Detroit and Chicago and would have Beehive photos with Bruins and Blackhawks, a 1951-52 Parkie Chicago rookie card and a coach card, with the Kansas City Scouts in the 1974-75 Topps and OPC sets.

Murray Henderson

Murray played 405 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1952, he was the nephew of the Conacher brothers Roy, Lionel and Charlie, who were all inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and was also the cousin of Brian, Pete and Lionel Conacher, Jr.. He had a Beehive photo and a 1951-52 Parkie rookie card issued.

Pete Horeck

Horeck started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1944. In his second season, he recorded a career high 20 goals and 21 assists for 41 points in all 50 games to make him one of the leagues top scorers that year. He was traded midway through the 1946–47 season to the Detroit Red Wings where he would spend another three years. He recorded 3 goals and 7 assists for 10 points in 10 games during the 1947–48 playoffs where Detroit would lose to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the final. He then joined the Boston Bruins for the 1950–51 season but with his production starting to decline, retired after the 1951–52 season. He had Beehive photos as a Bruin and Red wing, a pair of J.D. McCarthy Red Wings cards along with a 1949-50 Oh Boy card issued.

Gus Kyle

Kyle played 203 NHL games for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins between 1949 and 1952, had 6 goals, 26 points and 362 PIM in his career. Prior to the NHL, Kyle was a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman from 1942 to 1947, when he purchased his discharge to play professional hockey. Had a Beehive Rangers card and a 1951-52 Parkie Bruins rookie card issued.

Ross Lowe

Ross played three NHL seasons, from 1949 to 1952, for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. He played 77 career NHL games, scoring six goals and eight assists for fourteen points. In his last professional season, 1954-55, he played for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League and managed to score 82 points in only 60 games, which earned him the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP. Ross signed with the New York Rangers but never made it to training camp as he drowned that off-season in Lake Haliburton while vacationing with his family. Had a pair Beehive Habs photos and a 1951-52 Parkie Canadiens rookie card issued.

Clare Martin

Clare played for four NHL teams between 1942 and 1952, Boston, Detroit, New York and Chicago. He won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 1950 after he was traded to the Wings in the summer of 1949 along with Pete Babando, Lloyd Durham, and Jimmy Peters for Pete Horeck and Bill Quackenbush. He had a Red Wings Beehive photo, a J.D. McCarthy Red wings card and a 1951-52 Parkhurst Blackhawks rookie card issued.

Frank Mathers

Frank competed with the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and the AHL's Pittsburgh Hornets and Hershey Bears. One of the AHL's most accomplished players, Mathers stood as the all-time assist- and point-scoring leader among AHL defencemen upon his retirement as a player in 1962. He had both Beehive and Quaker Oats Maple Leafs photos issued but no mainstream cards.

Clare Raglan

Clare played 100 games in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks between 1950 and 1953 and his son, Herb Raglan, also played in the NHL. Made his debut with the Wings in 1950-51 then was traded to Chicago on Aug. 19, 1951. He had 2 J.D. McCarthy Wings cards issued as well as a Beehive photo, a 1951--52 Parkie rookie card and a 1953-54 Parkie card, all as a Blackhawk.

Jim Ross    

Jim Ross was a Scottish-born Canadian pro hockey player who played 62 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1951–52 and 1952–53 seasons. In his NHL career he registered 2 goals, 13 points, 29PIM and no hockey creations.

Jack Stewart

"Black Jack" Stewart played 12 NHL seasons for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks. He won two Stanley Cup championships with the Red Wings and was named to the post-season NHL All-Star team on five occasions and also played in the first four NHL All-Star Games. Stewart was regarded as the hardest hitting defenceman of his time, a reputation that earned him his nickname. Upon leaving hockey in 1963, he focused on a career in harness racing and would spend time on PEI as a presiding judge at our harness tracks. His Red Wing rookie card was part of the 1940-41 OPC set and he also had Beehive, J.D. McCarthy, Oh Boy and  releases.

Ray Timgren

Nicknamed the "Golden Boy", Ray played 251 NHL games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1948 and 1955. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in 1949 and 1951. Along with Beehive, Quaker Oats and Exhibit card releases he had a 1951-52 Parkhurst Leafs rookie card and a 1954-55 Parkhurst Blackhawks card issued.

Well that's it for today, hope you see something you like, as always they are available for sale, leave a comment or drop me an email at: [email protected]

Got some more creations to upload so seems like perfect time to start with some 1961 Topps football !!

Herb Adderley

Now we will jump to some 1963 Topps customs...

Herb Adderley

Now up some early creations, 70, 71 and 72, for Ken Stabler

Next from the 1975 Topps set Wayne Wheeler

And from 1988 here is Joey Walters

From the 2022 Leaf Draft set we have Jayden Daniels

And our last football offering is from 2023 Score and DeAndre Hopkins

And for those who aren't gridiron fans will finish with a hodge-podge of hockey starting with a custom of University of Minnesota Lady Gophers star Taylor Heise...

Next up from 1962-63 Rangers is Johnny Wilson

On to 1971-72 and a batch of creations starting with Sabres Paul Andrea

From 1972-73 a couple of WHA creations and a NHL HOFer....

Doug Barrie

and finally Jacques Plantes

From 1975-76 one to commemorate the short NHL career of Jim McCrimmon....

From 1976-77 the NHL debut of Bruins' goalie Dave Reece

Here's a 1979-80 card, as requested by client, for 1 game appearance in 1979-80 of Jon Fontas

On to 1980-81 and the NHL coaching debut of Red Berenson

As well as the NHL "rookie" of the Jets Patrick Daley

For 1981-82 we have the NHL debut of Whalers'  Michel Galarneau

Moving up one more year to a rookie creation for the first German NHL player Udo Kiessling

One more year and one more rookie, at 32, the Czech born Miroslav Dvorak

Into the 1985-86 set now for Bruins tough guy John Blum

The next season saw the NHL debut of the Blues Mike Posavad

Back to another Bruins' enforcer for 1988-89 with Jay Miller

Continuing the Bruins theme for 1990-91 here is Graeme Townshend

Four creations in the 2004-05 ITG style starting with Gary Jarrett

From 2020-21 a custom coach card for Ralph Krueger

I'll finish up with a 2024 UD Draft card for the son of a friend of my son selected by the Canadiens, Logan Sawyer.

Well that's my second post from Portugal, as usual all are available to purchase, leave a comment or drop me an email at:  [email protected]
Hope you found something you liked in these creations, Kingsley !!

Posting this from Portimao, Portugal and this isn't PEI Toto, LOL, it was -25 with 3' feet of snow when we left, here it's been beach walks and drinks on deck at Irish Rover !! Anyway, hoping to get a lot of unposted "stuff" cleaned up in next 3 months here, will start with some Maple Leaf custom autograph cards followed by some new Leafs customs. Have a great batch of old-time "Paper Cut" graphs to offer thanks to my good buddy Phil Garnum and some repurposed and sticker signed non-Leaf cards.

Noel Acciari

Next up are some Maple Leafs that never had a card issued by retailers during their careers, or that a client wanted a custom card for, starting with some 1957-58 Topps creations.

Ted Kennedy

Will end with the newest Leaf performer Jacob Quillan

Next up is a 9 card set of Mike Ricci customs created for Ron Ricci, no relation just his #1 fan

Next up will be a set of custom Seve Ballesteros golf cards created for Jose Martinez of Spain along with some custom hockey facsimile  "graph" cards as he is also a hockey fan !!

Here's some custom Signature Shots Stick Signings facsimiles..............

Andy Brown - Racers

Next up is a custom Howe vs. Howe card I created for Vic Howe's family, Vic finished his hockey career in Moncton, New Brunswick and after retiring from hockey was employed there bu Canadian National Railways.

Off to the ball diamond with a batch 1955 Topps custom creations I did for Michael Kogut.........

Red Schoendienst

Well that's it for my first post from Portugal, as usual all are available to purchase, leave a comment or drop me an email at:  [email protected]
Hope you found something you liked in these creations, Kingsley !!

With Canada Post out of service have been using the "spare time" to finally get to my original purpose for this blog, the Maple Leafs and especially the ones who never had a card in a Leafs uniform. Over last few days I have update all of these from 1990 to date under the Maple Leafs Missing Links tabs if anyone wants to take a look, some of my early efforts I found there were not quite up to current standards LOL !!!

To go along with these we will add some WHA creations as part of our catch-up efforts starting with 1974-75.

Chris Bordeleau

From 1975-76 another John Shmyr

Still in WHA some 1976-77 Phoenix Roadrunners

Serge Beaudoin

Our last look at the WHA from 1977-78.....

Ray Adduano

I'll  end today's post with a batch of custom Maple Leafs cards that never made it to the blog previously.....

Mike Brown

Well that takes care of the Maple Leafs from 1990 to date, as usual all are available to purchase, leave a comment or drop me an email at:  [email protected]
Hope you found something you liked in these creations, Kingsley !!

Back to the desk for another post of many customs that haven't shown up here yet starting with this years new Maple Leafs.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

This set of 8 can be purchased for $60 including shipping if anyone is interested, I'll follow these up with some other 23-24 Leafs cards and some other 23-24 custom requests............

Conor Dewar