I did not think I had a Phil Roof card, but after some digging I found him on a 1967 Topps card with the Kansas City A's. Great card. The catchers glove and Kansas City A's uniform are the main highlights in my book. Likely the reason the card is in my collection.
By the time Gene made his debut with the Cardinals in 1981, Phil was 40 and out of baseball. Donruss managed to turn Gene's rookie card in their 1982 set, into a Phil Roof card.
Remarkable considering that Donruss was not around while Phil Roof was playing. There have been plenty of brother combos in the majors, along with fathers and sons, but I am not sure if I can think of any other cards where their names or pictures are switch around.
Unless Juan LeBron and Carlos Beltran were brothers.
I wonder if Gene still gives Phil a hard time?
ReplyDeletePhil had the better career, so I am guess not.
Deletenot sure i knew about the gene/phil roof mixup in 1982 donruss. along those lines, i have an upper deck adam laroche autograph card with andy laroche's photo on it.
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That's a cool one. I had never seen these. I will file that away up top.
DeleteWow. Great piece of hobby trivia. Don't remember ever reading or hearing about this mess up... but it's a classic.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Really good error card.
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