Jean Beliveau has his picture on the front of two hockey cards in the 1953-54 Parkhurst set, but it wasn’t intended that way. Number 27 is the Jean Beliveau rookie card. Number 28 in the set is Dickie Moore’s second year card but it’s Beliveau on the front and not Moore. The Beliveau rookie card is valued at $600. The Dickie Moore hockey card is a far cheaper way to get a piece of Beliveau in his rookie season at $125. The Dickie Moore rookie card from the previous year is valued at $250 by Beckett Hockey Monthly .
Just the facts:
- Dickie Moore’s 1953-54 Parkhurst hockey card has a picture of Jean Beliveau on the front, in error.
- Moore once held the NHL record for most points in a single season with 96 in 1958-59.
- Dickie was a two time winner of the Art Ross Trophy, 1957-58 and 1958-59.
- After retiring from the Habs after 1962-63, he made a comback with Toronto in 64-65 and St. Louis in 67-68.
- Dickie Moore was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974.
Dickie Moore played 719 regular season games in the National Hockey League between 1951-52 and 1967-68. He was a member of the Montreal Canadiens until the end of the 1962-63 season. He played 38 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1964-65 then came back again with the St. Louis Blues in 1967-68. With the Blues, he played 27 regular season games in the inaugural season and 18 playoff games as the Blues reached the Stanley Cup finals before being swept by Montreal.
With the Canadiens, Moore was part of six Stanley Cup winning team, including the five in a row between 1955-56 and 1959-60. Twice he was the recipient of the Art Ross Trophy, 1957-58 and 1958-59. In 1958-59, he tallied 96 points breaking the NHL record of 95, set by Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings in 1952-53 (Read about the progression of the NHL points record). In 1957-58, he led the league in goals, as well, with 36. Ironically, he was a teammate of Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard, the man the trophy for the NHL’s top goal scorer is now dedicated to.
When it was determined that Dickie would make no more comebacks, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974. In 2005, the Montreal Canadiens retired number 12 jointly in honour of Moore and Yvan Cournoyer.