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Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron was one of the most elite baseball players of all-time. Hank's MLB resume featured 21 All-Star selections, four Home Run titles, four RBI titles, two Batting Championships, three Gold Glove Awards, a NL MVP Award and a World Championship before adding a Hall of Fame induction. His consistency led him to hold many all-time offensive batting records at the time of his retirement. To this day I still remember what I was doing on April, 8th, 1974. My parents were out for the evening leaving me, the oldest, in charge of my younger brother, three younger sisters and cousin who lived with us. We were running around in the house, up and down the stairs, throughout all the rooms, basically misbehaving when at one pass through the living room, I noticed a ballgame on the television. I stopped and was transfixed as Hank Aaron faced off against the Dodgers' Al Downing. Vin Scully called it and I witnessed baseball history as Aaron launched the ball over the left field wall breaking Babe Ruth's hallowed home run record. My siblings couldn't understand my excitement but it will be a memory that I will never forget. As of this posting I have 441 unique Beckett recognized cards of Hank. Here are nine from my collection.

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1958 Topps #488 Hank Aaron AS
1959 Topps #467 Hank Aaron BT/WS Homer
1959 Topps #561 Hank Aaron AS

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1960 Topps #566 Hank Aaron AS
1961 Post #107B Hank Aaron BOX
1965 Topps Embossed #59 Hank Aaron

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1970 Topps #462 Hank Aaron AS
2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers Game Bat #BHA Hank Aaron DP
2013 Topps Factory Set Aaron Chrome Refractors #128 Hank Aaron 54T