Description: This #3 Jesse Owens BVG Grade 9 card is among the finest examples of this legendary athlete. Issued by Ogden's Cigarettes in 1937 as part of a fifty card set, this card is the most sought after and celebrated among the series. The set was issued on the heels of Owens’s historical performance during the politically charged 1936 Olympics in Berlin—an event overseen by Adolf Hitler, which the new German chancellor hoped would profile the supremacy of the Aryan “master race. “ But “it wasn’t to be: the African-American Owens stole the show.” Owens won the 100 metres in 10•3 sec, and put up a new record time for the Games of 20-7 sec. in the 200 metres event. Owens also won the long jump title, again breaking the previous Olympic record by jumping 8-06 metres, and completed a great performance by assisting U.S.A. to win the 400 metres relay in 39•8 sec., a world's record.
Price: 8000 USD
Location: Logansport, Indiana
End Time: 2024-11-23T01:24:06.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Sports Trading Card
Sport: Running
Player/Athlete: Jesse Owens
Features: Rookie
Year Manufactured: 1937
Card Number: 3
Season: 1937
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
