1946-47
These Are Soccer Stars, New SeriesBirmingham Evening Gazette
58
Another of the very collectable newspaper issued from just after the Second World War. Supposedly a set of 58, there are 9 players missing from the checklist below. I'm always interested to hear from anyone who can fill in any gaps.
1.
2. Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)3. Joe Mercer (Everton)
4. Leon Leuty (Derby County)
5. Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)
6. George Eastham (Blackpool)
7. Tommy Walker (Chelsea)
8. Kevin O'Flanagan (Arsenal)
9. Fred Ramscar (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
10. Albert Stubbins (Newcastle United)
11. Gerald McAloon (Brentford)
12. Leslie Compton (Arsenal)
13. Jim Pemberton (West Bromwich Albion)
14. Bryn Jones (Arsenal)
15. Arthur Turner (Colchester United)
16. Frank Swift (Manchester City)
17. R. Langton (Blackburn Rovers)
18. Ray Devey (Birmingham City)
19. Fred Betts (Coventry City)
20. G. Wharton (Portsmouth)
21. William Gorman (Brentford)
22.
23. Neil Franklin (Stoke City)
24. Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough)
25. George Marks (Blackburn Rovers)
26.
27. A.W. Fielding (Everton)
28. Len Shackleton (Newcastle United)
29. Fred Steele (Stoke City)
30. Jack Sankey (Northampton)
31.
32. Jackie Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday)
33. Jimmy McAlinden (Portsmouth)
34. James Blair (Blackpool)
35. Frank Soo (Luton Town)
36. Sep Smith (Leicester City)
37. Jack Oakes (Charlton Athletic)
38. Dai Jones (Leicester City)
39. William Kidd (Chesterfield)
40. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City)
41. James Todd (Port Vale)
42. George Mountford (Stoke City)
43.
44. M. Fenton (Middlesbrough)
45. George Antonio (Stoke City)
46. William Shankley (Preston North End)
47. Douglas Duncan (Luton Town)
48. George Drury (West Bromwich Albion)
49. A.H. Gibbons (Bradford Park Avenue)
50. George Hardwick (Middlesbrough)
51.
52.
53. Tom Finney (Preston North End)
54.
55.
56. Alex Herd (Manchester City)
57. C. Bicknell (West Ham United)
58. M. Dunkley (Manchester City)
I have recently bought around 80 of these articles from a retiring collector as part of a much larger general lot he was selling. He was unable to help with any info about them and I can find absolutely nothing at all anywhere on the internet. I find them very interesting and would like to collect more if anyone knows where any might be on sale. Looking at the lists originally published by Alan I can in fact add 3 more names, as these were amongst those I bought -
ReplyDeleteFrank Moss - Aston Villa
John Morby - Aston Villa
Frank Mitchell - Birmingham City
I notice that there seems to be some duplication of numbers in those I bought but that is just a minor issue for me and not too bothered about it.
Hi Martyn,
DeleteThank you for the list. I've got two complete (?) checklists for these:
Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2016/04/birmingham-evening-gazette-these-are.html
Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (4)
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2013/11/birmingham-evening-gazette-these-are.html
Do the three you listed have numbers? None of those players are included in my checklists.
Good luck with your search for other similar items. They do appear on eBay from time to time.