Donruss is a U.S. brand of bubble gum and trading card. Its Super Bubble is a popular brand of gum, and its line of baseball cards has been popular since its debut in 1981. Bubblegum is a type of chewing gum that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. ... A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ... Baseball cards from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s A baseball card is a small card printed on heavy paper stock, featuring one or more baseball players. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The name is a conglomeration of the first names of its founders, Donald and Russell Weiner, who founded it in 1954. Jump to: navigation, search 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the 1950s and 1960s the company grew, selling non-sports trading cards, before being bought by General Mills in 1969. Since the entertainment market was not stable, Donruss sought to enter the lucrative baseball card market. Riding the coattails of Fleer's victory in the courts ending Topps' monopoly on the baseball card market, Donruss secured a license in the winter of 1980 and rushed a set of baseball cards onto the market for 1981. Both the Donruss and Fleer offerings were riddled with printing errors, which caused variations for collectors when they were fixed. These are trading cards with any subject other than sports. ... General Mills NYSE: GIS is a corporation, mainly concerned with food products, that is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum. ... The Topps Company (NASDAQ: TOPP) is a publicly traded company based in New York City that manufactures candy and collectibles. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During 1981 and 1982, Topps sought, successfully, to block Donruss and Fleer from selling baseball cards with bubble gum. Donruss responded by including three pieces of a jigsaw puzzle in its baseball card packs in place of gum. Donruss returned for 1982 with a larger set, printed on heavier card stock and, given more time to market, a much smaller number of printing errors. However, even though both Donruss and Fleer printed their sets on higher quality bleached paper and with sharper photographs, Topps remained the industry leader. Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly-shaped, interlocking pieces. ...

In 1983, Donruss was purchased by a Finnish company, who also bought candy producer Leaf Candy Company and merged the two firms. During the same time frame, Donruss reduced its production, making its cards from the mid-1980s slightly more scarce than its earlier sets. Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Donruss diversified in the early 1990s into football and hockey trading cards, and briefly discontinued its baseball card line during 1999 and 2000, returning in 2001. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

In 2006 Donruss/Leaf/Playoff will not be producing baseball cards because their license to do so has not been renewed by the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Player's Association).

Donruss also produced kids' favorite Bub's Daddy Bubble Gum [1] also [2], available during the 1970s.