The 1950s

1954

 

D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 'Famous Sports Stars (Rover)' unnumbered paper trade cards

Willie Davie

Don McEvoy

Bill McGarry

Ron Staniforth

Jimmy Watson

 

A. & B.C. Gum '120 All Sport Series' plain back trade card (Trade Ref: ABF-1)

61. Vic Metcalfe

 

P.A. Adolph (Subbuteo) '24 Famous Footballers (2nd Series)' trade card (Trade Ref: ADP-1A)

30. Vic Metcalfe

 

Barratt & Co. Ltd. (Confectionery) '50 Famous Footballers (Series A.2)' trade card (Trade Ref: BAR-72)

31. Ron Staniforth

 

Liam Devlin & Sons Ltd. (Confectionery) '50 Famous Footballers (Series A.2)' trade cards (Trade Ref: DEV-3-3)

31. Ron Staniforth

Exactly the same as the Barratts issue except the address at the bottom.

 

31. Ron Staniforth

This card is trimmed to fit into the smaller packets.

 

Blue Band Margarine (Netherlands) '150 40 Sporten en Spelen in Woord en Beeld'

144. Green (Birmingham), Hooper (West Ham), Bill McGarry (Town) and Robb (Tottenham)

The date is an approximation. The Dutch translates as "144. Even masters must keep up. English footballers do ball exercises. One of 150 splendid colour photographs in the large Blue Band Sportbook '40 Sports and Games in Words and Pictures."

 

H. B. Langham & Co., 'The Legible Soccer Diary'

Jimmy Glazzard

 

Sporting Publicity (Leeds) '32 Soccer Stars' plain back trade card (Daily Herald) (Trade Ref: DAA-2)

15. Vic Metcalfe

Thick lettering

15. Vic Metcalfe

Very rare narrow lettering

15. Vic Metcalfe

Rare SPORTFOTO variety

Originally produced to be kept in a booklet called 'Sport Stars: 1. Soccer Stars'
E1953

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