Technically, this is two reasons as the ’73-74 is just a recrop of the ’72-73 with a dodgy airbrush job. Still…
Let me say up front that I’m sure Nick Beverley is a very nice man. He even coached my team for a handful of weeks before disappearing back into the mists of the front office. They went 9-6-2 before falling on their faces in the playoffs.
So I bear him no ill will. It’s just that these cards creep me out. Always have.
It’s the eyes. They just burn right into you. It’s like some evil hybrid of Charles Manson and the hypnotoad. You need to look away before it eats your soul.
Nietzsche said that when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Nietzsche never saw a Nick Beverley hockey card. But he should have.
Brrrr.
When I’d look at the ’76 Rangers, I’d have to skip past the defensemen. Just too scary. Makes one wonder just how opposing forwards dared bring the puck into his end.
There are lots of other Nick Beverley cards where he’s looking away and they’re just fine.
The safest way to look at these cards is from the back:
Phew! That’s MUCH better.
Honestly, though. They knew these things were being sold to kids. Should have known better than to put pictures like that. Far better to put pictures like this:
Now, THIS is something I could look at all day.
Beverley looks like the crazy guy on No Country for Old Men. That guy freaked me out.
I have never seen this movie, but several people have made that comment to me (not here, obviously).
It’s a pretty good movie… you should check it out.
Awesome post!!! As a philosophy major in college I can’t not love a post that links hockey cards to Nietzsche. Well done!
I was going to say that Beverly has a striking resemblance to Javier Bardeum, who was the antagonist in both No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, but it appears that Fuji beat me to it.
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