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Gordie Howe

1951 · Parkhurst Hockey · #66

Howe’s recognized Parkhurst rookie, cataloged as #66.

Sport: Hockey
Year / season: 1951
Set: Parkhurst Hockey
Number: #66
Format: Card
Issue status: Rookie card

About this card

Gordie Howe’s 1951 Parkhurst Hockey card is number 66 in that release. Parkhurst, a Canadian confectionery company, made the main NHL card sets of the early 1950s, and its 1951-52 set is regarded as the first major postwar hockey issue.

The catalog labels this a rookie card, based on the source cited below.

How to identify it

Parkhurst cards are small and printed on thin stock, and many show soft corners or off-center cuts. Compare size and printing with a known example.

In Gordie Howe’s run

This is the only Gordie Howe entry in the catalog so far.

In the 1951 checklist

The catalog’s selected checklist for the 1951 Parkhurst Hockey release also includes Maurice Richard. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.

Maurice Richard, 1951 Parkhurst Hockey #4

What to know about this issue

PSA classifies the 1951 issue as Howe’s recognized rookie card.
Howe’s NHL debut preceded this release in 1946; rookie-card terminology does not always mean the first playing season.

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The issue stays 1951 · Parkhurst Hockey. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.

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