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Player: Elston Howard

Each week I look back through my baseball card collection for a deep dive on beloved Bombers and past seasons.

  • Set: 1964 Topps Coins
  • Coin #: 135
  • Type: Insert

Eight years after Jackie Robinson heroically broke the league’s color barrier, a young man from St. Louis became the first African-American to put on the pinstripes. Over the next twelve years, Elston Howard not only established himself as one of the league’s brightest stars, but etched his name among the Yankee greats. This week we look back at his 1964 Topps Coin and his time in the Bronx.