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 |
1955F |