1967 Topps #272 Cubs Rookie Stars - Bill Connors / Dave Dowling
On this card: Bill Connors, Dave Dowling
About this card
This is one of the 43 Rookie Stars cards in the set, each pairing two prospects. Thirty-nine are titled by club; #569, #576, #587 and #592 carry a league title and cover two clubs each.
The story on this card
Bill Connors' 1967 Topps card is number 272, a Chicago Cubs Rookie Stars subset card he shares with fellow pitcher Dave Dowling, part of the set's third print series. It is a recognized rookie card. Connors spent 1966 excelling in the Pacific Coast League before a brief call-up to Chicago, and by the time this card reached shelves his contract had been purchased by the New York Mets, where he closed out his final two big league seasons. A Schenectady native and 1954 Little League World Series champion who pitched briefly for the Cubs and Mets before a long second career as a pitching coach and Yankees front-office executive.
Dowling's 1967 Topps card is card 272, a Rookie Stars issue in the set's third series. It is Bill Connors' rookie card, shared with Dowling, both pictured as Cubs; Dowling had already appeared on 1965 Topps #116. It follows his final major-league appearance, a complete-game 7-2 win over the Reds at Wrigley Field on September 22, 1966, that closed out a career line of 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA before a shoulder injury ended his playing days. A left-handed pitcher out of Chehalis, Washington who reached the majors in just two games, with St. Louis in 1964 and the Cubs in 1966, before a shoulder injury ended his career.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 422 | 3 | 89 | 209 | 70 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #272 card?
It is card #272 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Connors and Dave Dowling. This is one of the 43 Rookie Stars cards in the set, each pairing two prospects. Thirty-nine are titled by club; #569, #576, #587 and #592 carry a league title and cover two clubs each.
Is 1967 Topps #272 a rookie card?
Yes - #272 is the rookie card of Bill Connors. Dave Dowling had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-12.