Cotton Nash Autographed ABA Basketball Rookie Card with COA also played in MLB

Cotton Nash Autographed Lana Sports ABA Rookie Card. Comes with COA. Only 750 sets were produced. Only 14 ABA Autographed Player variation cards were produced. This is from the 2019 Limited Edition of 750 numbered sets. Very limited qunatity of each autographed player card.

Charles "Cotton" Nash was a notable figure in both the NBA and ABA, as well as Major League Baseball. He was a three-time All-America forward at the University of Kentucky and was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1964. Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (July 24, 1942 – May 23, 2023) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. He played as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco Warriors, and in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Kentucky Colonels.

Nash played nine seasons of professional baseball, including 13 games in the majors between 1967 and 1970 with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins as a first baseman and outfielder. He signed his first pro deal with the Los Angeles Angels. 

Nash was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection in basketball and runner-up as national player of the year as a senior. He helped the Wildcats win two SEC championships on the court and earned all-SEC Eastern Division honors in baseball.

He also threw the discus in track and field.

Nash's No. 44 basketball jersey hangs in the rafters at Rupp Arena and he is a member of the UK Athletics and Kentucky Sports halls of fame.