Hocus Focus (Topps), 1955/56
There are two overlapping sets of the Hocus Focus cards, one set of larger cards and another of smaller cards. In theory, each series of the set of smaller cards has five cards more than the corresponding series in the set of larger cards. For the smaller cards, the numbers within each series, when known, are shown in parentheses below.
Note: Much of the information on this set was found here.
Sorted by Card #
Card # Series # in Series Content Sport
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1 Westerners 3 of 11 Jesse James
2 Airplanes 5 of 10 Rotor Craft "Pinwheel"
3 World Wonders 1 of 10 Empire State Building
4 Sports Thrills 4 of 15 Roger Bannister track & field/running
5 Baseball Stars 5 of 18 (7 of 23) Ted Williams baseball
6 Airplanes 4 of 10 AVRO "Vulcan"
7 World Leaders 1 of 15 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8 Baseball Stars 18 of 18 (23 of 23) Mel Parnell baseball
9 World Wonders ? Eiffel Tower
10 Sports Thrills 1 of 15 Southern California football
11 Westerners 6 of 11 Bat Masterson
12 Airplanes 8 of 10 Lockheed XFV-1
13 Baseball Stars 14 of 18 (16 of 23) Jackie Robinson baseball
14 Westerners 8 of 11 Buffalo Bill
15 World Wonders 5 of 10 Great Wall of China
16 World Leaders ? Woodrow Wilson
17 Sports Thrills 13 of 15 Dog Racing dog racing
18 Airplanes 2 of 10 AVRO 707B
19 Sports Thrills 8 of 15 Soccer soccer
20 Airplanes 1 of 10 ARS 1301
21 Sports Cars 3 of 10 El Dorado Brougham
22 Airplanes 7 of 10 "Trident"
23 Movie Stars 3 of 7 Kirk Douglas
24 World Wonders 7 of 10 Mt. Everest
25 Sports Thrills 3 of 15 Antonina Rocca wrestling
26 Baseball Stars 6 of 18 (8 of 23) Harvey Haddix baseball
27 Sports Thrills 5 of 15 Skiing skiing
28 Movie Stars 1 of 7 Bing Crosby
29 World Wonders 10 of 10 Golden Gate Bridge
30 Baseball Stars 3 of 18 (5 of 23) Hank Sauer baseball
31 Baseball Stars 7 of 18 (9 of 23) Ray Boone baseball
32 World Leaders ? The Wright Brothers
33 Sports Cars 4 of 10 Rolls-Royce
34 Movie Stars ? Jane Russell
35 Sports Cars 10 of 10 The Jaguar
36 Sports Cars 2 of 10 British M.G.
37 World Leaders 15 of 15 Charles A. Lindbergh aviation
38 Sports Cars 7 of 10 La Salle II Sports Coupe
39 Sports Cars 5 of 10 Sunbeam Alpine
40 World Wonders ? Leaning Tower of Pisa
41 World Wonders ? Mt. Rushmore
42 Baseball Stars 15 of 18 (17 of 23) Hal Smith baseball
43 Baseball Stars 1 of 18 (3 of 23) Dick Groat baseball
44 Baseball Stars 2 of 18 (4 of 23) Ed Lopat baseball
45 Sports Cars 8 of 10 Alfa-Romeo
46 Airplanes 6 of 10 Convair "Ficon"
47 World Leaders 8 of 15 Thomas Alva Edison
48 World Leaders 4 of General Douglas MacArthur
49 Baseball Stars 13 of 18 (15 of 23) Gus Zernial baseball
50 Sports Cars ? Buick Wildcat III
51 Baseball Stars 9 of 18 (11 of 23) Mayo Smith baseball
52 Movie Stars 4 of 7 Barbara Stanwyck
53 Westerners 11 of 11 Gen. Custer
54 Sports Thrills (2 of 20) Rocky Marciano boxing
55 World Wonders 6 of 10 Pyramids
56 Movie Stars ? James Stewart
57 Sports Thrills 7 of 15 Bullfighting bullfighting
58 World Leaders 10 of 15 Theodore Roosevelt
59 Westerners 4 of 11 Wild Bill Hickok
60 Baseball Stars 17 of 18 (22 of 23) "Spook" Jacobs baseball
61 Sports Thrills 14 of 15 Hockey hockey
62 Sports Thrills 11 of 15 Motor Boat Racing motor boat racing
63 Sports Thrills 9 of 15 Diving diving
64 World Wonders 8 of 10 Panama Canal
65 World Leaders 6 of 15 Winston Churchill
66 World Leaders 3 of 15 Abraham Lincoln
67 Baseball Stars 11 of 18 (13 of 23) Jim Rivera baseball
68 World Leaders 5 of 15 Dwight D. Eisenhower
69 Baseball Stars 8 of 18 (10 of 23) Al Rosen baseball
70 Sports Thrills 6 of 15 Bobsledding bobsledding
71 World Wonders 4 of 10 Taj Mahal
72 Westerners 1 of 11 Annie Oakley
73 Sports Thrills 15 of 15 Rodeo rodeo
74 Sports Thrills 12 of 15 Alligator Wrestling alligator wrestling
75 Sports Cars ? Kurtis
76 Airplanes 9 of 10 Hindenburg
77 Airplanes 3 of 10 Northrop X-4
78 Airplanes 10 of 10 Saab 210 "Draken"
79 Baseball Stars 12 of 18 (14 of 23) Ted Kluszewski baseball
80 World Leaders 9 of 15 Elizabeth II
81 Westerners 2 of 11 Kit Carson
82 World Leaders 11 of 15 Harry S. Truman
83 Movie Stars 5 of 7 Robert Ryan
84 Baseball Stars 16 of 18 (18 of 23) Johnny Schmitz baseball
85 Westerners 5 of 11 Sam Houston
86 Baseball Stars 4 of 18 (6 of 23) "Dusty" Rhodes baseball
87 Baseball Stars 10 of 18 (12 of 23) Warren Spanh baseball
88 Sports Thrills 10 of 15 Skin Diving skin diving
89 Westerners 10 of 11 Calamity Jane
90 Movie Stars 7 of 7 Gordon Scott
91 World Leaders 7 of Mahatma Gandhi
92 Westerners 9 of 11 Davy Crockett
93 Westerners 7 of 11 Billy the Kid
94 Sports Cars 9 of 10 The Bentley
95 World Leaders 13 of Albert Einstein
96 World Leaders 14 of 15 George Washington Carver
103 Baseball Stars (19 of 23) Wally Moon baseball
105 Airplanes (15 of 15) Boeing "Bomarc"
109 Baseball Stars (21 of 23) Ed Matthews baseball
117 Baseball Stars (1 of 23) Babe Ruth baseball
122 Baseball Stars (20 of 23) Karl Spooner baseball
? Baseball Stars (2 of 23) Lou Gehrig baseball
Sorted by Series
Card # Series # in Series Content Sport ------ ------ ----------- ------- ----- 20 Airplanes 1 of 10 ARS 1301 18 Airplanes 2 of 10 AVRO 707B 77 Airplanes 3 of 10 Northrop X-4 6 Airplanes 4 of 10 AVRO "Vulcan" 2 Airplanes 5 of 10 Rotor Craft "Pinwheel" 46 Airplanes 6 of 10 Convair "Ficon" 22 Airplanes 7 of 10 "Trident" 12 Airplanes 8 of 10 Lockheed XFV-1 76 Airplanes 9 of 10 Hindenburg 78 Airplanes 10 of 10 Saab 210 "Draken" 105 Airplanes (15 of 15) Boeing "Bomarc" 43 Baseball Stars 1 of 18 (3 of 23) Dick Groat baseball 44 Baseball Stars 2 of 18 (4 of 23) Ed Lopat baseball 30 Baseball Stars 3 of 18 (5 of 23) Hank Sauer baseball 86 Baseball Stars 4 of 18 (6 of 23) "Dusty" Rhodes baseball 5 Baseball Stars 5 of 18 (7 of 23) Ted Williams baseball 26 Baseball Stars 6 of 18 (8 of 23) Harvey Haddix baseball 31 Baseball Stars 7 of 18 (9 of 23) Ray Boone baseball 69 Baseball Stars 8 of 18 (10 of 23) Al Rosen baseball 51 Baseball Stars 9 of 18 (11 of 23) Mayo Smith baseball 87 Baseball Stars 10 of 18 (12 of 23) Warren Spanh baseball 67 Baseball Stars 11 of 18 (13 of 23) Jim Rivera baseball 79 Baseball Stars 12 of 18 (14 of 23) Ted Kluszewski baseball 49 Baseball Stars 13 of 18 (15 of 23) Gus Zernial baseball 13 Baseball Stars 14 of 18 (16 of 23) Jackie Robinson baseball 42 Baseball Stars 15 of 18 (17 of 23) Hal Smith baseball 84 Baseball Stars 16 of 18 (18 of 23) Johnny Schmitz baseball 60 Baseball Stars 17 of 18 (22 of 23) "Spook" Jacobs baseball 8 Baseball Stars 18 of 18 (23 of 23) Mel Parnell baseball 117 Baseball Stars (1 of 23) Babe Ruth baseball ? Baseball Stars (2 of 23) Lou Gehrig baseball 103 Baseball Stars (19 of 23) Wally Moon baseball 122 Baseball Stars (20 of 23) Karl Spooner baseball 109 Baseball Stars (21 of 23) Ed Matthews baseball 28 Movie Stars 1 of 7 Bing Crosby 23 Movie Stars 3 of 7 Kirk Douglas 52 Movie Stars 4 of 7 Barbara Stanwyck 83 Movie Stars 5 of 7 Robert Ryan 90 Movie Stars 7 of 7 Gordon Scott 34 Movie Stars ? Jane Russell 56 Movie Stars ? James Stewart 36 Sports Cars 2 of 10 British M.G. 21 Sports Cars 3 of 10 El Dorado Brougham 33 Sports Cars 4 of 10 Rolls-Royce 39 Sports Cars 5 of 10 Sunbeam Alpine 38 Sports Cars 7 of 10 La Salle II Sports Coupe 45 Sports Cars 8 of 10 Alfa-Romeo 94 Sports Cars 9 of 10 The Bentley 35 Sports Cars 10 of 10 The Jaguar 50 Sports Cars ? Buick Wildcat III 75 Sports Cars ? Kurtis 10 Sports Thrills 1 of 15 Southern California football 54 Sports Thrills (2 of 20) Rocky Marciano boxing 25 Sports Thrills 3 of 15 Antonina Rocca wrestling 4 Sports Thrills 4 of 15 Roger Bannister track & field/running 27 Sports Thrills 5 of 15 Skiing skiing 70 Sports Thrills 6 of 15 Bobsledding bobsledding 57 Sports Thrills 7 of 15 Bullfighting bullfighting 19 Sports Thrills 8 of 15 Soccer soccer 63 Sports Thrills 9 of 15 Diving diving 88 Sports Thrills 10 of 15 Skin Diving skin diving 62 Sports Thrills 11 of 15 Motor Boat Racing motor boat racing 74 Sports Thrills 12 of 15 Alligator Wrestling alligator wrestling 17 Sports Thrills 13 of 15 Dog Racing dog racing 61 Sports Thrills 14 of 15 Hockey hockey 73 Sports Thrills 15 of 15 Rodeo rodeo 72 Westerners 1 of 11 Annie Oakley 81 Westerners 2 of 11 Kit Carson 1 Westerners 3 of 11 Jesse James 59 Westerners 4 of 11 Wild Bill Hickok 85 Westerners 5 of 11 Sam Houston 11 Westerners 6 of 11 Bat Masterson 93 Westerners 7 of 11 Billy the Kid 14 Westerners 8 of 11 Buffalo Bill 92 Westerners 9 of 11 Davy Crockett 89 Westerners 10 of 11 Calamity Jane 53 Westerners 11 of 11 Gen. Custer 7 World Leaders 1 of 15 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 66 World Leaders 3 of 15 Abraham Lincoln 48 World Leaders 4 of General Douglas MacArthur 68 World Leaders 5 of 15 Dwight D. Eisenhower 65 World Leaders 6 of 15 Winston Churchill 91 World Leaders 7 of Mahatma Gandhi 47 World Leaders 8 of 15 Thomas Alva Edison 80 World Leaders 9 of 15 Elizabeth II 58 World Leaders 10 of 15 Theodore Roosevelt 82 World Leaders 11 of 15 Harry S. Truman 95 World Leaders 13 of Albert Einstein 96 World Leaders 14 of 15 George Washington Carver 37 World Leaders 15 of 15 Charles A. Lindbergh aviation 16 World Leaders ? Woodrow Wilson 32 World Leaders ? The Wright Brothers 3 World Wonders 1 of 10 Empire State Building 71 World Wonders 4 of 10 Taj Mahal 15 World Wonders 5 of 10 Great Wall of China 55 World Wonders 6 of 10 Pyramids 24 World Wonders 7 of 10 Mt. Everest 64 World Wonders 8 of 10 Panama Canal 29 World Wonders 10 of 10 Golden Gate Bridge 9 World Wonders ? Eiffel Tower 40 World Wonders ? Leaning Tower of Pisa 41 World Wonders ? Mt. Rushmore (This list is incomplete. Please e-mail me with any additions.)
