Black History Month Spotlight: Grant Fuhr

 When you think of the top goalies of the 1980s, Grant Fuhr has to be in the conversation. He was in net for the Oilers dominant run of the mid-to-late 80s before bouncing around to a variety of teams, as goalies tend to do. His accomplishments led him to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a fairly sizable showing in my collection, 27 cards, 18 of which I have scanned. 

Here they all are, in chronological order:

1982-83 Topps Sticker. You know when the earliest card in the collection is an All-Star card it's a pretty good sign the player will be in the Hall of Fame. This is a mirror foil sticker so didn't scan well. 

1983-84 O-Pee-Chee. I don't have much from the mid-80s. 

1988-89 Topps

1989-90 Topps. My copy is slightly out of register.

1990-91 Score American. The second set I completed for the NHL. I have scanned more of it than 1990-91 Topps which was my first completed set, so his card from that is still awaiting a scan.

1990-91 Upper Deck

1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier. This later season release shows his move to Toronto.

1991-92 Pro Set French. This is from Series 1 and shows him with the Oilers still. 

1991-92 Pro Set Platinum is not a favorite set of mine because each card is missing something- the player's name on the front. This was Pro Set's answer to Stadium Club. 

1992-93 Upper Deck

1993-94 Donruss. This is the only Sabres card I have scanned of him.

1995-96 Donruss Elite is a mirror foil set and scans terribly. 

1995-96 Zenith is also a mirror foil set and scans terribly.

1997-98 Leaf. I believe this was my first card of him in my collection.

1999-00 Aurora Glove Unlimited. This die-cut card is my only insert of him scanned (I have 2) and has a texture that makes it feel like leather. A really neat card.

2004-05 In the Game Franchises. One of my favorite sets, I was able to buy boxes of both American series of the 3 series set, but not the Canadian series.

2012-13 In the Game Heroes and Prospects. I've written about this card before. It's...hilariously awful. It's also my only minor league card of him. 

2013-14 In the Game Between the Pipes. Despite not having the NHL license, this set still showed NHL logos when they appeared on the helmets. I have them sorted into the NHL team albums on the Cardboard History Gallery. 

And that's all I have scanned of him so far. Being retired he doesn't get very many new cards into my collection, but being an all-time great he appeared in many sets that I haven't added to my collection yet, so there's a fairly good chance his collection numbers will go up by this time next year.