Welcome to the Colonels Exhibition Hall

Colonels Card of the Day

Cincy Powell
On court, Cincy's unorthodox style deceives the defender. When he fakes it's an exaggerated up-and-down motion, he shoots his jumpers on the way down and gets them away with great frequency as avg. shows. Traded to Utah Stars - Aug. 16, 1972.
1972 Topps Set (Basketball)
189
#RedWhiteBlueBall, Colonels, Forward, Player

Daily Position Focus: Forward

Dan Issel
Wilbert Jones
Wendell Ladner
Cincy Powell
View more Forward position cards in the Colonels Forward Gallery.

Recent Additions

Louie Dampier
Chuck Williams
Wilbert Jones

View More Additions

Colonels Gallery

View all the Colonels cards together in the Colonels Team Gallery

* Factoid: Dan Issel played Center for the mighty Colonels.
Browse Cards by Decade

Other Cards

Colonels Inserts
Colonels Update cards
Colonels Coffee Talk
Name that player!

William "The Bird" Averitt was the NCAA major college scoring champion his senior season at Pepperdine averaging 33.9 points per game. An exciting player who displays a wide assortment of unusual moves, he was named Player of the Year in the West Coast Athletic Conference and MVP at Pepperdine after breaking all the WCAC scoring records. Bird once scoreð 59 points as a freshman and 57 points as a junior.

Who is it?


The top vote-getter in balloting for the 1972-73 ABA All-Star Team, Artis was the only repeater from the 1971-72 First Team. A dominating man in the middle on defense and off the boards, he led, the league in Rebounding, 2-Point Field Goal Shooting and Blocked Shots for the second consecutive season. Artis also was 10th in Scoring with 20.8 Average.

Who is it?


Louie has played his best basketball in playoffs. Had 18 assists in one playoff game & 179 for entire series in 1970-71. Has played 16,075 minutes in ABA, more than any other player in the history of the league.

Who is it?


1 - 3 of 15

Rookie Cards

Darel Carrier
Dan Issel
Artis Gilmore

Gallery Redux!

Louie Dampier, Guard - Colonels.
Dan Issel, Center - Colonels.

Back to the Front! Colonels card back du jour...

Artis Gilmore
Artis was named ABA's MVP and All-ABA center in rookie campaign last season. Artis was league's leading rebounder, blocked 412 shots & led ABA in 2-point field goal shooting. Broke ABA record, hitting 806 of 1,348 attempts for .598 mark, bettering Zelmo Beaty's record of .555.
1972 Topps Set (Basketball)
180
Rookie
#HallOfFame, #RedWhiteBlueBall, #Rookie, Center, Colonels, Player

Card Sets

Here is a selection of card sets featuring players from this team. The number of players included from the team is also shown.

1971 Topps Set (Basketball) (7)
1973 Topps Set (Basketball) (8)
1974 Topps Set (Basketball) (9)
1975 Topps Set (Basketball) (11)
1972 Topps Set (Basketball) (9)

All Sets

Colonels
Total Card Count

44

You can browse all the available Colonels cards in the Colonels Team Gallery