Football Snaps - Famous Footballers (2)

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Football Snaps - Famous Footballers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/FootballSnaps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/FootballSnaps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">1940s</span></strong><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Famous Footballers</strong></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Football Snaps</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>2 sets of 48 cards</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These cards were issued in small packets, see illustration. Even though it states a series of 48 Famous Footballers, there seems to be two different cards for each number. The story goes, that these were only available at newsagents in the Nottingham area. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><em>I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who can fill in any gaps in the checklist, or who has any further information.</em><br /><em></em><br /><br />1. Fairbrother (Newcastle United)<br />1. <br />-<br />2. Jackson (Everton)<br />2. Tyler (Millwall)<br />-<br />3. Greenhaugh (Everton)<br />3. <br />-<br />4. Dodds (Everton)<br />4. McMillen (Millwall)<br />-<br />5. <br />5. <br />-<br />6. Sagar (Everton)<br />6. Kelly (Millwall)<br />-<br />7. <br />7. Mansfield (Millwall)<br />-<br />8. Grant (Everton)<br />8. <br />-<br />9. Rowley (Manchester United)<br />9. <br />-<br />10. Wainwright (Everton)<br />10. <br />-<br />11. Gibbons (Brentford)<br />11. <br />-<br />12. Buchanan (Brentford)<br />12. <br />-<br />13. Warner (Manchester United)<br />13. Jinks (Millwall)<br />-<br />14. <br />14. <br />-<br />15. Matthews (Blackpool)<br />15. <br />-<br />16. Munro (Blackpool)<br />16. <br />-<br />17. Blakeman (Brentford)<br />17. <br />-<br />18. Girling (Brentford)<br />18. <br />-<br />19. Crompton (Manchester United)<br />19. Cox (Tottenham Hotspur)<br />-<br />20. Chilton (Manchester United)<br />20. <br />-<br />21. Pearson (Manchester United)<br />21. <br />-<br />22. Shackleton (Newcastle United)<br />22. <br />-<br />23. Milburn (Newcastle United)<br />23. <br />-<br />24. Dodgin (Newcastle United)<br />24. <br />-<br />25. Catterick (Everton) <span style="color: blue;">.. .. Thanks to </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">blue50</span></span><br />25. Tickridge (Tottenham Hotspur)<br />-<br />26. Aston (Manchester United)<br />26. Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur)<br />-<br />27. Saunders (Everton)<br />27. Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)<br />-<br />28. Fielding (Everton)<br />28. <br />-<br />29. <br />29. <br />-<br />30. Pearson (Newcastle United)<br />30. <br />-<br />31. Watson (Everton)<br />31. <br />-<br />32. Stobbart (Newcastle United)<br />32. Walsh (Manchester City)<br />-<br />33. Sibley (Newcastle United)<br />33. <br />-<br />34. Graham (Newcastle United)<br />34. <br />-<br />35. Fraser (Newcastle United)<br />35. <br />-<br />36. Brennan (Newcastle United)<br />36. <br />-<br />37. Delaney (Manchester United)<br />37. <br />-<br />38. Mitten (Manchester United)<br />38. Fagan (Manchester City)<br />-<br />39. Cockburn (Manchester United)<br />39. <br />-<br />40. Morris (Manchester United)<br />40. <br />-<br />41. Carey (Manchester United)<br />41. Westwood (Bolton Wanderers)<br />-<br />42. Anderson (Manchester United)<br />42. <br />-<br />43. McGlenn (Manchester United)<br />43. Rothwell (Bolton Wanderers)<br />-<br />44. Nelson (Brentford)<br />44. <br />-<br />45. MacDonald (Brentford)<br />45. <br />-<br />46. Crozier (Brentford)<br />46. <br />-<br />47. Manley (Brentford)<br />47. Atkinson (Bolton Wanderers)<br />-<br />48. <br />48. Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)<br />-<br /><em><br /></em></span>

Football Snaps - Famous Footballers

1940s Famous Footballers Football Snaps 2 sets of 48 cards These cards were issued in small packets, see illustration. Even though it states...

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