1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #9

This update includes mostly professional baseball players. There were 3 Hall of Fame players this time: Sparky Anderson (Baseball HOF 2000), Goose Gossage (Baseball HOF 2008), Joe Morgan (Baseball HOF 1990), and Lee Smith (Baseball HOF 2019). The card pictured below is from the former baseball player Dmitri Young's collection for auction at SCP Auctions.

1959 Topps #338 George "Sparky" Anderson PSA 10 RC Dmitri Young Collection Pedigree

9/17/1984
Chet Lemon - Professional Baseball Player
Rick Sutcliffe - Professional Baseball Player
Tom Brunansky - Professional Baseball Player

9/24/1984
Carney Lansford - Professional Baseball Player
Roy Smalley - Professional Baseball Player
Steve Balboni - Professional Baseball Player

10/1/1984
Lee Smith - Professional Baseball Player
Rich "Goose" Gossage - Professional Baseball Player
George "Sparky" Anderson - Professional Baseball Player

10/8/1984
Steve Trout - Professional Baseball Player
Don Mattingly - Professional Baseball Player
Joe Morgan - Professional Baseball Player

10/15/1984
Calvin Peete - Professional Golfer
Sergio Lopez-Chavero - College Football Player
Art Still - Professional Football Player

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #8

This update includes 2 notable U.S. Olympic Team athletes: Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton. This is likely one of Mary Lou Retton's earliest known "cards". There were 2 Baseball Hall of Fame players: Gary Carter (Baseball HOF 2003) and Dennis Eckersley (Baseball HOF 2004). There were several other notable baseball players too: Kirk Gibson, Keith Hernandez, and Kent Hrbek. I've included a picture of Kirk Gibson's Topps rookie card that recently sold for over $2,000 on eBay.

1981 Topps #315 Kirk Gibson PSA 10 RC Sale Price: $2,042.45 [2/22/2012]

8/20/1984
Valerie Brisco-Hooks - Sprinter
Carl Lewis - Sprinter / Long Jump
Mary Lou Retton - Gymnast

8/27/1984
Gary Carter - Professional Baseball Player
Jerry Koosman - Professional Baseball Player
Juan Samuel - Professional Baseball Player

9/3/1984
Bob Stanley - Professional Baseball Player
Dennis Eckersley - Professional Baseball Player
Kirk Gibson - Professional Baseball Player

9/10/1984
Keith Hernandez - Professional Baseball Player
Kent Hrbek - Professional Baseball Player
Keith Moreland - Professional Baseball Player

Cal Ripken, Jr. Autographed Cards

In 1994, Score ran a promotion with Burger King and issued a series of 9 Cal Ripken, Jr. cards. The cards came 3 to pack. Every pack had 2 base cards and 1 gold foil card. Many lucky collector's won autographed versions of the card by sending in sweepstakes forms. An authentic autographed card looks like this:

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #7

There were several Hall of Fame players in today's update. There was only one football player with all the rest being professional baseball players. Here are the Hall of Famer Players in this update: Tony Gwynn (Baseball HOF 2007), Phil Niekro (Baseball HOF 1997), Mike Schmidt (Baseball HOF 1995), Dave Winfield (Baseball HOF 2001), and Robin Yount (Baseball HOF 1999).

Circa 1960s? Uncatalogued Card Phil Niekro

7/16/1984
Robin Yount - Professional Baseball Player
Dwight Evans - Professional Baseball Player
Tommy John - Professional Baseball Player

7/23/1984
Jerry Remy - Professional Baseball Player
Dwight Gooden - Professional Baseball Player
Ron Gardenshire - Professional Baseball Player

7/30/1984
Dave Winfield - Professional Baseball Player
Mark Bell - Professional Football Player
Mike Schmidt - Professional Baseball Player

8/6/1984
Tony Armas - Professional Baseball Player
Darryl Motley - Professional Baseball Player
Rick Leach - Professional Baseball Player

8/13/1984
Tony Gwynn - Professional Baseball Player
Phil Niekro - Professional Baseball Player
Bob Welch - Professional Baseball Player

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #6

Today's update to the 1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon checklist was completely baseball players. There were several Hall-of-Famers: Tim Raines (Baseball HOF 2017), Alan Trammell (Baseball HOF 2018), Ryne Sandberg (Baseball HOF 2005), and pitcher Bruce Sutter (Baseball HOF 2006).

1977 Topps #144 Bruce Sutter PSA 10 RC

6/18/1984
Alan Trammell - Professional Baseball Player
Tom Herr - Professional Baseball Player
Frank Tanana - Professional Baseball Player

6/25/1984
Joaquin Andujar - Professional Baseball Player
Mario Soto - Professional Baseball Player
Ray Knight - Professional Baseball Player

7/2/1984
Ron Robinson - Minor League Baseball Player
Jack Clark - Professional Baseball Player
Tim Raines - Professional Baseball Player

7/9/1984
Ryne Sandberg - Professional Baseball Player
Bruce Sutter - Professional Baseball Player
Jody Davis - Professional Baseball Player