The 1930s

1935

 

Swindlehurst & Nicholson 'Huddersfield Town Players and Officials' trade cards (Trade Ref: ZB7-38)

These cards are in varying condition as you can see, but 23 of them have been autographed; this reduces the value of the card to a collector, but to a Town fan it can only increase their value. Imagine ... the autographs of Clem Stephenson and Tom Wilson!!

The strange story behind these cards is that they were given away free in the1935/36 season's programmes in an attempt to boost the sales.

I don't know how effective they were, but I'm really glad that somebody thought of the idea!

 

 

1. Hughie Turner

 

2. Austen Campbell

 

3. Reg Mountford

 

4. Albert Malam

 

5. Len Butt

 

6. Bill Hayes

 

7. Alf Young

 

8. Roy Goodall

 

9. Bob Hesford

 

10. George Anderson

 

11. Len Beaumont

 

12. Ken Willingham

 

13. William Brown

 

14. Rose

 

15. John Yuill

 

16. Alf Lythgoe

 

17. Kennedy

 

18. George Roughton

 

19. Ben Craig

 

20. Len Wood

 

21. James Isaac (not Isaacs!)

 

22. Albert Beech

 

23. Charlie Luke

 

24. Thomas Lang

 

25. John Williams

 

26. Hyslop

 

27. James Richardson

 

28. Lancaster

 

29. John Wightman

 

30. McAllister

 

31. Allan Brown

 

32. Porritt

 

33. Clem Stephenson

 

34. Harry Beever

 

35. Jack Foster

 

36. Jack Chaplin

37. Tommy Wilson

 

Ardath Tobacco Co. Ltd. '50 Sports Champions'

49. Roy Goodall (title in 1 line)

49. Roy Goodall (title in 2 lines - New Zealand)

 

Carreras Ltd. '48 Famous Footballers'

42. Roy Goodall

43. Austen Campbell

 

Carreras Ltd. '24 Famous Footballers' (numbers 25-48 redrawn)

42. Roy Goodall

43. Austen Campbell

 

John Sinclair Ltd. '50 English & Scottish Football Stars'

5. Alf Lythgoe

Klene (Confectionery) Val 'Footer' Gum '50 Footballers' plain-backed trade card (Trade Ref: VAL-1)

12. Alf Young

 

Anonymous, plain-backed trade cards

Bob Kelly 

Dave Mangnall

Two strange ones here. Keen-eyed observers will notice that these are the same style as the John Sinclair set, but having nothing on the back makes them hard to positively identify. I include them here as they are probably misprints or part of a test-run. I have also taken the liberty of including them because the players in question are in Town kit, although both had by now moved on to new clubs, Kelly to Preston North End in 1932 and Mangnall to Birmingham City in 1934.

 

R. & J. Hill Ltd. 'Popular Footballers' trade cards

Series 'A' - 30 cards

5. Roy Goodall

Series 'B' - 20 cards

38. Austen Campbell

 

W. D. & H. O. Wills '50 Association Footballers (frame on back)'

26. Alf Lythgoe

UK issue

26. Alf Lythgoe

Channel Island issue

 

Barratt & Co. Ltd (Confectionery) '50 F. A. Cup Winners' trade card (Trade Ref: BAR-29)

36. Huddersfield Town 1922

Page from 'The Topical Times Sporting Annual 1935/36'

 

John Wightman played for Town between Jan 1935 and Jan 1937

 

Barratt & Co. Ltd. (Confectionery) '100 Famous Footballers (unnumbered, black-backed, Series A)' trade card (Trade Ref: BAR-33A)

George Roughton

 

Topical Times (Periodical) '14 Footballers Panel Portraits' plain back unnumbered trade card (Trade Ref: TOA-16)

Ken Willingham

 

'The Champion Album of Famous Footballers' Autographs & Photographs' (Trade Ref: AMC-32)

2 pages from a booklet which required the collector to cut out and stick autographs published at a later date. Here the Alf Lythgoe autograph is complete.

There is a second page featuring a Town player, namely W. G. Roughton who appears on the page of 'EXPERT DEFENDERS'.

Interestingly, these pages were reproduced in 1997 by John Allen in a series of 25 cards called 'BLUE IS THE COLOUR'. Images of these cards can be found elsewhere on this site by clicking here.

I am not exactly sure of the date for this item, but I am guessing at 1935 as the picture of Alf Lythgoe is similar in appearance to the one on the Topical Times cards of this year.

Alf Lythgoe
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