The 1974-75 O-Pee-Chee World Hockey Association set consists of 66 cards. This was the first set by OPC dedicated inclusively to the WHA. The 1972-73 NHL set featured WHA players in the higher numbers. There was also a Quaker Oats set previous to that.
The star card of the 1974-75 WHA set is card number 1 featuring the Howe family. Oddly, this card is the only card in the set of either Gordie, Mark or Marty Howe. The league’s centrepiece players did not have individual cards of their own. This card is considered the rookie card for both Mark Howe and Marty Howe. The trio, of course, were with the Houston Aeros.
Because it was a new league with many European players and guys who were lifetime minor leaguers, many of the 66 cards were rookie cards. Significant RCs include Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg of the Winnipeg Jets, Gilles Gratton of the Toronto Toros and Real Cloutier of the Quebec Nordiques.
The most valuable cards in the set, after the Howe card, belong to Gerry Cheevers, Frank Mahovlich, Bobby Hull and Jacques Plante.
1974-75 O-Pee-Chee WHA Hockey Card Checklist
Number | Player |
1 | The Howes |
2 | Bruce MacGregor |
3 | Wayne Dillon RC |
4 | Ulf Nilsson RC |
5 | Serge Bernier |
6 | Bryan Campbell |
7 | Rosaire Paiement |
8 | Tom Webster |
9 | Gerry Pinder |
10 | Mike Walton |
11 | Norm Beaudin |
12 | Bob Whitlock RC |
13 | Wayne Rivers |
14 | Gerry Odrowski |
15 | Ron Climie |
16 | Tom Simpson RC |
17 | Anders Hedberg RC |
18 | J.C. Tremblay |
19 | Mike Pelyk |
20 | Dave Dryden |
21 | Ron Ward |
22 | Larry Lund RC |
23 | Ron Buchanan RC |
24 | Pat Hickey RC |
25 | Danny Lawson RC |
26 | Bob Guindon RC |
27 | Gene Peacosh RC |
28 | Fran Huck |
29 | Al Hamilton |
30 | Gerry Cheevers |
31 | Heikki Riihiranta RC |
32 | Don Burgess RC |
33 | John French RC |
34 | Jim Wiste RC |
35 | Pat Stapleton |
36 | Jean-Paul LeBlanc RC |
37 | Mike Antonovich RC |
38 | Joe Daley |
39 | Ross Perkins RC |
40 | Frank Mahovlich |
41 | Rejean Houle |
42 | Ron Chipperfield RC |
43 | Marc Tardif |
44 | Murray Keogan RC |
45 | Wayne Carleton |
46 | Andre Gaudette RC |
47 | Ralph Backstrom |
48 | Don McLeod RC |
49 | Vaclav Nedomansky RC |
50 | Bobby Hull |
51 | Ed “Rusty” Patenaude RC |
52 | Michel Parizeau |
53 | Checklist |
54 | Wayne Connelly |
55 | Gary Veneruzzo |
56 | Dennis Sobchuk RC |
57 | Paul Henderson |
58 | Andy Brown RC |
59 | Poul Popiel |
60 | Andre Lacroix |
61 | Gary Jarrett |
62 | Claude St. Sauveur RC |
63 | Real Cloutier RC |
64 | Jacques Plante |
65 | Gilles Gratton RC |
66 | Lars-Erik Sjoberg RC |