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1956 Topps #24, Dick Groat ⭐ N.L. MVP 1960
Dick Groat was one of America's first great 2-sport athletes.
He was all-American basketball and baseball at Duke, drafted also and playing in pro basketball for a year before devoting himself to baseball.

1952 Topps #369, Dick Groat ⭐ RC
Dick Groat’s legacy is that of an elite all-around athlete, a championship-level baseball player, and a man whose integrity and character matched his talent.
Groat was truly rare: he was a two-sport star, starring in both the NBA and MLB, one of the very few athletes to excel at the highest level in two major professional sports.
As a baseball player, Groat was an outstanding shortstop and team leader. He won the 1960 National League MVP and led the Bucs to the 1960 World Series Championship.
As a basketball player, he led the NBA in scoring in 1956, with the Fort Wayne Pistons.

1952 Topps #369, Dick Groat RC.
1953 Topps #154. Dick Groat.
Dick Groat's flagship cards for his first 2 years were outstanding. I'm thinking I should finish his career run.
Dick Groat was a remarkable all-around athlete, excelling at the highest levels in both baseball and basketball. At Duke University in the early 1950s, he was a two-sport superstar—an All-American shortstop and one of the nation’s top guards in basketball. In basketball, Groat was a two-time All-American, the 1952 National Player of the Year, and left Duke as the school’s all-time leading scorer. He was drafted third overall by the NBA’s Fort Wayne Pistons and played professionally in the league before focusing on baseball.

In MLB, Groat became an eight-time All-Star shortstop, a batting champion (.325 in 1960), and a key leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1960 World Series championship team. That year he was named National League MVP. He later helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the 1964 World Series.