The 1950s

1955

 

Barratt & Co. Ltd. (Confectionery) '50 Famous Footballers (Series A.3)' trade cards (Trade Ref: BAR-72)

 

 

L. T. A. Robinson 'Meet The Soccer Stars' unnumbered paper trade card

Vic Metcalfe

A. & J. Donaldson (Commercial) 'Gold Cup Cards' trade card (Trade Ref: ZJ9-72)

 

News Chronicle (Periodical) 'Pocket Portrait' unnumbered trade cards (Trade Ref: NFK-4)

 

John Battye

Jack Conner (sic)

Tony Conwell

 Harry Fearnley

Jimmy Glazzard

Bill McGarry

Vic Metcalfe

Jimmy Watson

Ray Wilson

 

Ariel Games, 'Wembley' game

 Game card

Huddersfield

Game token

Huddersfield

Not really convinced that this is the correct year, but it's probably near enough. (I think that the '2' refers to the Division that Town were in when the card was produced.)

 

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

Willie Davie and Harry Mills

 

Continental Pools (Belgium) 'Figures Sportives', paper issue B&W photos

86. Jimmy Glazzard

The date is approximate

Withy Grove Press Ltd., 'Empire News 'Footballers' Who's Who' Annual'

A bit of a strange one, here. This picture and exact same typeface appear in the 1955-56 annual, but the one that I have above is autographed and is most definitely a card.

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