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1974-75 O-Pee-Chee WHA

the howes houston aeros 1974-75 o-pee-chee whaThe 1974-75 O-Pee-Chee World Hockey Association set consists of 66 cards. This was the first set by OPC dedicated inclusively to the WHA. The 1972-73 NHL set featured WHA players in the higher numbers. There was also a Quaker Oats set previous to that.

The star card of the 1974-75 WHA set is card number 1 featuring the Howe family. Oddly, this card is the only card in the set of either Gordie, Mark or Marty Howe. The league’s centrepiece players did not have individual cards of their own. This card is considered the rookie card for both Mark Howe and Marty Howe. The trio, of course, were with the Houston Aeros.

Because it was a new league with many European players and guys who were lifetime minor leaguers, many of the 66 cards were rookie cards. Significant RCs include Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg of the Winnipeg Jets, Gilles Gratton of the Toronto Toros and Real Cloutier of the Quebec Nordiques.

The most valuable cards in the set, after the Howe card, belong to Gerry Cheevers, Frank Mahovlich, Bobby Hull and Jacques Plante.

1974-75 O-Pee-Chee WHA Hockey Card Checklist

Number Player
1 The Howes 
2 Bruce MacGregor
3 Wayne Dillon RC
4 Ulf Nilsson RC
5 Serge Bernier
6 Bryan Campbell
7 Rosaire Paiement
8 Tom Webster
9 Gerry Pinder
10 Mike Walton
11 Norm Beaudin
12 Bob Whitlock RC
13 Wayne Rivers
14 Gerry Odrowski
15 Ron Climie
16 Tom Simpson RC
17 Anders Hedberg RC
18 J.C. Tremblay
19 Mike Pelyk
20 Dave Dryden
21 Ron Ward
22 Larry Lund RC
23 Ron Buchanan RC
24 Pat Hickey RC
25 Danny Lawson RC
26 Bob Guindon RC
27 Gene Peacosh RC
28 Fran Huck
29 Al Hamilton
30 Gerry Cheeversarticle link button
31 Heikki Riihiranta RC
32 Don Burgess RC
33 John French RC
34 Jim Wiste RC
35 Pat Stapleton
36 Jean-Paul LeBlanc RC
37 Mike Antonovich RC
38 Joe Daley
39 Ross Perkins RC
40 Frank Mahovlich
41 Rejean Houle
42 Ron Chipperfield RC
43 Marc Tardif
44 Murray Keogan RC
45 Wayne Carleton
46 Andre Gaudette RC
47 Ralph Backstrom
48 Don McLeod RC
49 Vaclav Nedomansky RC
50 Bobby Hull
51 Ed “Rusty” Patenaude RC
52 Michel Parizeau
53 Checklist
54 Wayne Connelly
55 Gary Veneruzzo
56 Dennis Sobchuk RC
57 Paul Henderson article link button
58 Andy Brown RC
59 Poul Popiel article link button
60 Andre Lacroix
61 Gary Jarrett
62 Claude St. Sauveur RC
63 Real Cloutier RC
64 Jacques Plante
65 Gilles Gratton RC
66 Lars-Erik Sjoberg RC

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