Chromolithographs and Prints of Association Football’s Early Legends

Pre-Cardboard treasures Like many others, I enjoy sports card collecting as an interactive way of learning the history of a sport. But what should one do, when you discover legendary players that were around before cigarette cards existed? Luckily for association football collectors, there are “shield cards” that were made by Briggs, Baines, and Sharpe […]

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Daily Herald SportFoto Football Series

A Complicated but Important Association Football Set Between 1950 and 1954, the now defunct Daily Herald Newspaper issued several sets of association footballers. The sets are important as they include early and rookie cards of some of the games greatest players including the legendary John Charles. However, there are a lot of variations among the […]

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LoAFRS 14 -Swift, Mannion, Lawton

Legends of Association Football Rookie Series 14 – Frank Swift, WIlf Mannion, and Tommy LAwton 37. Frank Swift – Football League Career 1933–1951 Spending an entire 18-year career with one club takes a special type of player, and even more special if that position is a goal keeper. Frank Swift shares the title of best […]

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LoAFRS 13 – Carter, Copping, Mercer

Legends of Association Football Rookie Series: Raich Carter, Wilf Copping and Joe Mercer 34. Raich Carter Football League Career 1932–1953 Born Horatio Stratton, but known in the football world as just Raich, Carter started his career at Sunderland in 1934, where he quickly became one of the best inside forwards in the game. Shortly after […]

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