1955 bowman complete through 72!

so here we are with the next completed page in my 1955 bowman set build. it's the first page to feature the darker color tv sets, and it starts with a couple of dodgers!

here is sheet number 9, cards 65-72

here are the backs:

the back of lou burdette's card is especially fragile, but for the most part these eight cards are in decent condition.

the don zimmer rookie card kicks things off, but we also have elston howard's rookie card plus mr. perfecto don larsen on the page. there are three yankees and three braves in addition to the two dodgers (george shuba is the other brooklynite) so the teammate pairings were ignored to some degree.

i found it interesting that only one card out of these eight has a non-biographical back. chet nichols' card there in the last slot has him marveling at his teammate warren spahn as the best pitcher nichols has ever seen. nichols' ends his statement by saying that he hopes spahn has six more seasons in him like his past campaigns in which he won more than 20 games. in fact, spahn would have seven more seasons in which he won 20 games or more after nichols made his assessment.