Leaf Trading Cards

Sports card manufacturer

For the defunct confectionery company (1940–2012), see Leaf International.

For the confectionery company founded in 2011, see Leaf Brands.

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Leaf Trading Cards

Company type| Private
Industry| Lithography, Collectibles
Founded| 2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Founder| Brian Gray
Headquarters|

Dallas

USA

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Brian Gray
Products| trading cards
Website| leaftradingcards.com

Leaf Trading Cards, founded in 2010, is a private company that produces trading cards and sports collectibles. Based in Dallas, Texas, it was best known as a producer of sports cards and other lithographic products.

The sports range covered by Leaf include American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, Professional wrestling and tennis.[1]

## History

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The company was founded in 2010 by Brian Gray in Dallas, Texas. Previously, Gray had headed Razor Entertainment, a manufacturer of sports trading cards best known for signing the number one pick in the 2008 MLB draft, Tim Beckham, to an exclusive autograph deal.

After Gray acquired the rights to the Leaf brand name, Razor was immediately shuttered and Gray re-launched the company as "Leaf Trading Cards". Like Razor before it, Leaf does not currently have a license with any of the four major US sports leagues or their respective players' unions. Instead, Leaf has concentrated producing cards of up-and-coming prospects and on niche sports like mixed martial arts and professional poker.

In 2011, Leaf came to terms with Muhammad Ali to produce a 100-card set based on the fighter's career. Leaf also has a license to produce cards based on the TV series Family Guy.

Leaf Trading Cards has been one of the most aggressive and innovative companies in the area of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) at the high school and collegiate level. Leaf has signed exclusive deals with some of the biggest rising stars in football and basketball.

Leaf Trading Cards have been making professional wrestling cards since 2012.[2][3][4]

The current Leaf Trading Cards has no connection to the gum and card manufacturer of the 1940s and 50s, nor is it related in any way to Donruss, Pinnacle Brands, or Playoff, Inc., all of which produced sports trading cards under the "Leaf" name in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

## References

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1. ^ Products on Leaf website
2. ^ "Leaf Archives". March 2024.
3. ^ "2020 Leaf Ultimate Wrestling Cards". 7 August 2020.
4. ^ "2020 Leaf Ultimate Wrestling". 4 August 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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Sports cards

Sports|

* American football
* Association football
* Australian football
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Ice hockey
* Rugby

Series|

| Baseball|

* All-Star Rookie team
* All-Star Rookie list
* Baseball menko
* Baseball Talk
* T200 Fatima
* T201
* T202
* T205
* T206
* Honus Wagner
* Ty Cobb
* T213
* Topps sets
* Yankee Stadium Legacy
* W711-2

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Cricket|

* Will's 1928 set

Ice hockey|

* Power Players

Manufacturers|

* Allen & Ginter
* American Tobacco
* British American Tobacco
* British-Australasian Tobacco
* Bowman
* Capstan
* Churchman's
* Donruss
* Fleer
* Futera
* Gallaher Group
* Godfrey Phillips
* Goodwin
* Goudey
* Imperial Tobacco Canada
* ITG
* John Player & Sons
* Lambert & Butler
* Leaf (1940)
* Leaf (2010)
* Lorillard
* Merlin Publishing
* O-Pee-Chee
* Pacific
* Panini
* Parkhurst
* Philadelphia
* Pinnacle
* Pro Set
* Razor
* SkyBox
* Sniders & Abrahams
* Topps
* Upper Deck
* Wills
* Wizards of the Coast

People|

* James Beckett
* Sy Berger
* Jefferson Burdick
* Woody Gelman
* Dick Perez

Media|

* The American Card Catalog
* Baseball Card Adventures
* Baseball Hobby News
* Beckett Media
* The Great American Baseball Card Book
* Sports Collectors Digest
* Tuff Stuff

Related|

* Error card
* Insert card
* Jersey cards
* List of most expensive sports cards
* Refractor card
* Rookie card

General topics|

* Cigarette card
* Sports memorabilia
* Trading card

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