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1987-88 Fleer #56 — The MVP Year

Fleer · Card #56 · The card that followed his first MVP season
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In 1986-87 Magic Johnson was named the league's Most Valuable Player for the first time, and the Lakers won the championship, his fourth. He was the Finals MVP as well.

Fleer's second basketball set came out the next season, again 132 cards and eleven stickers, and it was printed in far smaller numbers than the first. Magic is #56.

The design traded the red, white and blue of 1986-87 for white and gray stripes. LAKERS runs across the top in large purple and gold letters, his name sits at the bottom in gold, and the photograph shows him in the gold home jersey, number 32, looking off to one side.

The card of the season after his first MVP. The Lakers won again that year.

The season it was sold, the Lakers won again. It was the fifth and last championship of his career.

Off-center copies are common in this set, and the gray stripes show any chipping along the edges.

Set
1987-88 Fleer · 132 cards + 11 stickers
Card
#56
Team
Los Angeles Lakers
The year before
MVP, a title and Finals MVP
That season
His fifth and last championship
The challenge
Centering; edges on the gray stripes
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