Unknown Newspaper - Our Sports Gallery

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/40sOurSportsGallery-TomFinney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/40sOurSportsGallery-TomFinney.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>1940s<br /><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Our Sports Gallery<br />? (newspaper)</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>At least 40</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Printed in an unknown newspaper some time in the late 1940s. This is another example of a newspaper filling a gap in the collecting aspirations of young football supporters in a time when real collectable cards were few and far between. They cover all sorts of sports, not only footballers. The highest number I've seen is no. 39. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  <br />2.  <br />3.  <br />4.  Stirling Moss (Motor Racing)<br />5.  Don Cockell (Boxing)<br />6.  Billy Wright (Football)<br />7.  Geoff Duke (Motor Cyclist)<br />8.  <br />9.  Chris Chataway (Athletics)<br />10.  Tom Finney<br />11.  Sir Gordon Richards (Horse Racing)<br />12.  Jean Desforges (Athletics)<br />13.  <br />14.  <br />15.  <br />16.  Dai Dower (Boxing)<br />17.  <br />18.  Reg Harris (Cycling)<br />19.  <br />20.  <br />21.  <br />22.  <br />23.  <br />24.  <br />25.  <br />26.  <br />27.  Jaroslav Drobney (Tennis)<br />28.  <br />29.  <br />30.  <br />31.  <br />32.  Dai Rees (Golf)<br />33.  <br />34.  <br />35.  <br />36.  <br />37.  Angela Buxton (Tennis)<br />38.  <br />39.  Pat Smythe (Show Jumping)<br />40.  </span><br /><br /><br /><br />

Unknown Newspaper - Our Sports Gallery

1940s Our Sports Gallery ? (newspaper) At least 40 Printed in an unknown newspaper some time in the late 1940s. This is another example of a...

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