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1951 Topps All-Stars are two eleven-card sets.  Each card measures 2 1/16" X 5 1/4" and were designed to have the player's image punched out (not unlike the "standee" cards of later years).   
1951 Topps All-Stars are two eleven-card sets.  Each card measures 2 1/16" X 5 1/4" and were designed to have the player's image punched out (not unlike the "[[1964 Topps Stand Ups|standee]]" cards of later years).   


The first eleven cards were sold as the "Connie Mack's All-Stars" and feature Mack's picks of the greatest players of all time.  A second series of "Major League All-Stars" had current players -- and is among the scarcest baseball card sets of the 1950s.
The first eleven cards were sold as the "Connie Mack's All-Stars" and feature Mack's picks of the greatest players of all time.  A second series of "Major League All-Stars" had current players -- and is among the scarcest baseball card sets of the 1950s.

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Description

1951 Topps All-Stars are two eleven-card sets. Each card measures 2 1/16" X 5 1/4" and were designed to have the player's image punched out (not unlike the "standee" cards of later years).

The first eleven cards were sold as the "Connie Mack's All-Stars" and feature Mack's picks of the greatest players of all time. A second series of "Major League All-Stars" had current players -- and is among the scarcest baseball card sets of the 1950s.

Each pack contained on Teams photo insert.

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Connie Mack's All-Stars

  • 1 Grover C. Alexander
  • 2 Mickey Cochrane
  • 3 Eddie Collins
  • 4 Jimmy Collins
  • 5 Lou Gehrig
  • 6 Walter Johnson
  • 7 Connie Mack
  • 8 Christy Mathewson
  • 9 Babe Ruth
  • 10 Tris Speaker
  • 11 Honus Wagner

Major League All-Stars

NOTE: It is believed that cards #7, #10, and #11 were not distributed in packs.

  • 1 Yogi Berra
  • 2 Larry Doby
  • 3 Walt Dropo
  • 4 Hoot Evers
  • 5 George Kell
  • 6 Ralph Kiner
  • 7 Jim Konstanty SP
  • 8 Bob Lemon
  • 9 Phil Rizzuto
  • 10 Robin Roberts SP
  • 11 Eddie Stanky SP

Inserts

Team Photos

One black-and-white Team Photo card was included inside each pack of Connie Mack and Major League All-Stars.

  • Boston Red Sox
  • Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Chicago White Sox
  • Cincinnati Reds
  • New York Giants
  • Philadelphia Athletics
  • Philadelphia Phillies
  • St. Louis Cardinals
  • Washington Senators