D.C. Thomson / Adventure / The Rover / The Hotspur / The Wizard - Famous Footballers (01)

1951
Famous Footballers
D.C. Thomson / Adventure / The Rover / The Hotspur / The Wizard
179 (Black)
50 (Blue)

D.C. Thomson published one 'Famous Footballer' in each of their four story-papers on 25th August 1951. Then, for each of the subsequent 10 weeks, Adventure, The Rover, The Hotspur and The Wizard included 12 'Famous Footballers' with each issue, up to and including the issues on 3rd November, 1951. So, if you bought all four comics for the eleven week period you'd end up with 484 'Famous Footballers', but only 216 would be different. Some are available up to five times throughout the print run, while other appear just once. 179 are available printed in black and of the 121 printed in The Wizard, 37 of them appeared on the back page, which meant they were printed in blue. The blue ones are listed separately. Most are found now individually cut out and sometimes attached to card, which helps make them look more collectable.

UPDATE (18-11-2024 21:35):  Dave Horn has provided details of the 12 Famous Footballers printed in blue on the back page of The Wizard dated 15 October, 1951.

G. Aitken (Third Lanark)
I. Allchurch (Swansea Town)
R. Allen (Manchester United)
W. Ardron (Nottingham Forest)
J. Aston (Manchester United)
E. Baily (Tottenham Hotspur)
W. Barnes (Arsenal)
S. Bartram (Charlton Athletic)
W. Bauld (Heart of Midlothian)
R. Beattie (Preston North End)
J. Bell (Blackburn Rovers)
K. Booker (Chesterfield)
F. Bowyer (Stoke City)
A. Boyd (Dundee)
F. Brennan (Newcastle United)
T. Briggs (Coventry City)
I. Broadis (Sunderland)
A. Brown (Blackpool)
J. Brown (Heart of Midlothian)
P. Buckley (St Johnstone)
R. Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur)
E. Burgin (Sheffield United)
G. Burrell (St Mirren)
J. Campbell (Blackburn Rovers)
R. Campbell (Chelsea)
J. Carey (Manchester United)
H. Carter (Hull City)
R. Collins (Glasgow Celtic)
L. Compton (Arsenal)
A. Conn (Heart of Midlothian)
J. Cowan (Morton)
D. Cowie (Dundee)
S. Cox (Glasgow Rangers)
T. Cummings (Burnley)
I. Deakin (St Mirren)
J. Delaney (Aberdeen)
J. Dickinson (Portsmouth)
E. Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)
J. Dixon (Aston Villa)
P. Doherty (Doncaster Rovers)
R. Dougan (Heart of Midlothian)
J. Drinkwater (St Mirren)
J. Duncanson (Third Lanark)
W. Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers)
G. Edwards (Cardiff City)
W. Ellerington (Southampton)
D. Emery (Aberdeen)
R. Evans (Glasgow Celtic)
J. Fairbrother (Newcastle United)
P. Farrell (Everton)
T. Finney (Preston North End)
R. Flavell (Dundee)
C. Fleming (East Fife)
R. Flewin (Portsmouth)
G. Follon (Dundee)
A. Forbes (Arsenal)
W. Forbes (Preston North End)
N. Franklin (Hull City)
J. Froggatt (Portsmouth)
R. Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)
H. Gager (Nottingham Forest)
T. Gallacher (Dundee)
E. Gannon (Sheffield Wednesday)
S. Gerrie (Hull City)
J. Gooch (Preston North End)
E. Gregory (West Ham United)
G. Griffiths (Bury)
M. Griffiths (Leicester City)
W. Griffiths (Bury)
J. Hagan (Sheffield United)
G. Hamilton (Aberdeen)
E. Hampson (Stoke City)
G. Hardwick (Oldham Athletic)
J. Harris (Chelsea)
J. Harvey (Newcastle United)
H. Hassall (Huddersfield Town)
W. Houliston (Queen of the South)
L. Hughes (Liverpool)
H. Johnston (Blackpool)
L. Johnston (Stoke City)
R. Johnstone (Hibernian)
W. Kelly (Airdrieonians)
J. Kerr (Hibernian)
J. Kirton (Stoke City)
R. Lambert (Liverpool)
R. Langton (Bolton Wanderers)
T. Lawton (Notts County)
T. Ledgerwood (Partick Thistle)
J. Lee (Derby County)
A. Lesz (St Mirren)
W. Liddell (Liverpool)
D. Lishman (Arsenal)
N. Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
J. Logie (Arsenal)
W. Mannion (Middlesbrough)
C. Martin (Aston Villa)
J. Mason (Third Lanark)
S. Matthews (Blackpool)
I. McColl (Glasgow Rangers)
H. McJarrow (Sheffield Wednesday)
P. McKay (Dundee United)
J. McKenna (Huddersfield Town)
J. McKenzie (Partick Thistle)
E. McMorran (Barnsley)
W. McNaught (Raith Rovers)
J. McPhail (Glasgow Celtic)
L. Medley (Tottenham Hotspur)
V. Metcalfe (Huddersfield Town)
R. Middleton (Derby County)
J. Milburn (Newcastle United)
F. Mitchell (Chelsea)
R. Mitchell (Newcastle United)
N. Mochan (Middlesbrough)
W. Moir (Bolton Wanderers)
H. Mooney (Third Lanark)
J. Morris (Derby County)
S. Mortensen (Blackpool)
F. Moss (Aston Villa)
J. Mudie (Blackpool)
W. Ormond (Hibernian)
A. Orr (Third Lanark)
H. Parkes (Aston Villa)
E. Parsons (Chelsea)
A. Paton (Motherwell)
S. Pearson (Manchester United)
T. Pearson (Aberdeen)
W. Penman (Raith Rovers)
I. Powell (Port Vale)
J. Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
E. Quigley (Preston North End)
A. Ramsey (Tottenham Hotspur)
W. Redpath (Motherwell)
D. Reid (Portsmouth)
L. Reilly (Hibernian)
D. Revie (Hull City)
G. Robledo (Newcastle United)
J. Rowley (Manchester United)
E. Sagar (Everton)
L. Scott (Arsenal)
L. Shackleton (Sunderland)
W. Sharp (Partick Thistle)
A. Sherwood (Cardiff City)
E. Shimwell (Blackpool)
F. Smith (Sheffield United)
G. Smith (Hibernian)
G. Smith (Manchester City)
H. Smith (Aston Villa)
S. Smyth (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
J. Stamps (Derby County)
W. Steel (Dundee)
J. Stephen (Portsmouth)
A. Stubbins (Liverpool)
R. Stuart (Blackburn Rovers)
G. Swindin (Arsenal)
P. Taylor (Liverpool)
W. Telfer (St Mirren)
G. Thomas (Nottingham Forest)
S. Tickridge (Chelsea)
C. Tully (Glasgow Celtic)
E. Turnbull (Hibernian)
R. Turnbull (Swansea Town)
R. Ugolini (Middlesbrough)
J. Vernon (West Bromwich Albion)
W. Waddell (Glasgow Rangers)
J. Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian)
J. Watson (Motherwell)
W. Watson (Sunderland)
C. Wayman (Preston North End)
J. Weir (Glasgow Celtic)
R. Weston (Swansea Town)
E. Westwood (Manchester City)
W. Whitaker (Middlesbrough)
D. Witcomb (Sheffield Wednesday)
W. Woodburn (Glasgow Rangers)
D. Woodhead (Sheffield Wednesday)
T. Wright (Sunderland)
W. Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers
H. Yorston (Aberdeen)
G. Young (Glasgow Rangers)

Blue

G. Aitken (Third Lanark)
W. Bauld (Heart of Midlothian)
R. Beattie (Preston North End)

F. Bowyer (Stoke City)   -   added 18-11-2024

A. Boyd (Dundee)

A. Brown (Blackpool)
J. Campbell (Blackburn Rovers)
A. Conn (Heart of Midlothian)
S. Cox (Glasgow Rangers)
J. Dickinson (Portsmouth)

J. Drinkwater (St Mirren)   -   added 18-11-2024
J. Duncanson (Third Lanark)
G. Edwards (Cardiff City)
P. Farrell (Everton)

T. Finney (Preston North End)   -   added 18-11-2024

R. Flewin (Portsmouth)   -   added 18-11-2024

W. Forbes (Preston North End)   -   added 18-11-2024

N. Franklin (Hull City)
J. Froggatt (Portsmouth)
R. Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)

J. Gooch (Preston North End)   -   added 18-11-2024
W. Griffiths (Bury)
J. Harris (Chelsea)
J. Harvey (Newcastle United)
L. Hughes (Liverpool)
H. Johnston (Blackpool)
L. Johnston (Stoke City)

R. Johnstone (Hibernian)   -   added 18-11-2024
J. Kirton (Stoke City)
J. Lee (Derby County)

S. Matthews (Blackpool)   -   added 18-11-2024
H. McJarrow (Sheffield Wednesday)
J. McPhail (Glasgow Celtic)
R. Middleton (Derby County)
F. Mitchell (Chelsea)
S. Mortensen (Blackpool)

W. Ormond (Hibernian)   -   added 18-11-2024
H. Parkes (Aston Villa)
E. Parsons (Chelsea)

E. Quigley (Preston North End)   -   added 18-11-2024

D. Reid (Portsmouth)   -   added 18-11-2024

J. Rowley (Manchester United)
G. Smith (Hibernian)
S. Smyth (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

J. Stephen (Portsmouth)   -   added 18-11-2024
E. Turnbull (Hibernian)
W. Waddell (Glasgow Rangers)
J. Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian)
C. Wayman (Preston North End)
D. Witcomb (Sheffield Wednesday)