⚾ Hank Aaron 1955 Bowman #179 Baseball Card SGC 1 — 2nd Year / First Bowman Card — Milwaukee Braves — Mobile, Alabama — "Hammerin' Hank" / "The Hammer" — 755 Career Home Runs — All-Time RBI Leader — Baseball Hall of Fame 1982 — SGC Certified

⚾ An SGC 1 certified Hank Aaron 1955 Bowman #179 baseball card — the 2nd year card of Henry Louis Aaron and, because Bowman had not previously included Aaron in their sets, his FIRST appearance in a Bowman card product. The 1955 Bowman set was the final Bowman baseball card set produced before Topps gained exclusive licensing (Bowman was not revived until decades later), which means this card holds a unique place in the Aaron collecting universe: it is simultaneously the second year of his career on paper and the last Bowman baseball set of its era. Hank Aaron — "Hammerin' Hank," "The Hammer," the man who held the all-time home run record for 33 years with 755, who accumulated more RBI than any player in baseball history (2,297), and who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 — appears on this 1955 Bowman card, SGC-certified at 1. A 70-year-old card of baseball's greatest RBI man, authenticated and certified. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Mobile, Alabama — The Black Barons — The Origins of the Greatest Power Hitter

Henry Louis Aaron was born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama — a port city on the Gulf of Mexico that is one of the oldest cities in the American South and one of the most historically significant communities for African American baseball talent. In Mobile, Aaron played semi-pro ball and came to the attention of the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues, who signed him as a teenager. Aaron played shortstop for the Clowns before the Boston Braves organization purchased his contract in 1952 — the beginning of the organizational pipeline that led through the minor leagues and a position change to right field before Aaron made his Major League debut with the Milwaukee Braves on April 13, 1954. The 1955 Bowman #179 was produced one year into Aaron's Major League career — the first Bowman card of the man who would become the greatest RBI accumulator in baseball history. Condition: NOS.

⭐ Milwaukee Braves — The 1955 Bowman Set — The Historical Significance of the Last Bowman Era

The 1955 Bowman baseball set holds a particular place in card collecting history: it was the final Bowman baseball product before Topps achieved exclusive MLB player licensing, effectively ending the Bowman brand for decades. The set features 320 cards with a distinctive television screen design — each card framed like a TV set in a design that is immediately recognizable as 1955 Bowman. Hank Aaron's #179 in the set is among the most significant vintage cards in the set and among the earliest Aaron cards in existence. At SGC 1, the card has been authenticated and certified as genuine — a 70-year-old piece of baseball history that exists, that is authenticated, and that represents the beginning of the Aaron paper trail. The home run records and the Hall of Fame plaque were decades away from the 1955 printing of this card. Condition: NOS.

⭐ The Historical Weight — 755 Home Runs — The Record That Stood 33 Years

On April 8, 1974, in Atlanta, Georgia, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run off Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers to break Babe Ruth's all-time record of 714 home runs — a record Ruth set in 1935 that had stood for 39 years. Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs, the record that stood as baseball's all-time mark for 33 years until Barry Bonds surpassed it in 2007. In addition to the home run record, Aaron holds the all-time record for RBI with 2,297 — a total so large that it speaks to the sustained production of a career that lasted through 23 Major League seasons. The 1955 Bowman #179 SGC 1 is the 70-year-old authenticated paper artifact from the first complete season of the career that accumulated those numbers. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Item: Hank Aaron 1955 Bowman Baseball Card #179 (2nd year card / 1st Bowman appearance). Grade: SGC 1 (Sportscard Guaranty Corporation). Player: Henry "Hank" Aaron, "Hammerin' Hank." Born: February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama. Passed: January 22, 2021. Career HR: 755 (all-time record 1974-2007). Career RBI: 2,297 (all-time record). Baseball Hall of Fame: 1982. Condition: NOS.

⚾⭐ Mobile. Alabama. The port city. The Negro Leagues. The Indianapolis Clowns. Boston Braves organization. 1952. Milwaukee. 1954 debut. 1955 Bowman. The last Bowman era. The TV screen design. Card #179. SGC 1. Authenticated. 70 years old. The paper. The beginning of the trail. 755 home runs. April 8, 1974. Al Downing. The record. 33 years. 2,297 RBI. All-time. Baseball Hall of Fame. 1982. The Hammer. Condition: NOS.