Saturday 17 May 2014

D.C. Thomson / Adventure ~ The Hotspur ~ The Rover ~ The Wizard - THO-800 / THO-217-1/2/3/4 World Cup Footballers


1958

THO-800 / THO-217-1/2/3/4  World Cup Footballers
D.C. Thomson / Adventure ~ The Hotspur ~ The Rover ~ The Wizard
64 cards

2 cards were given away with each of D.C. Thomson's four main comics over an eight week period. If anyone tried to collect the complete set it would have eaten into many a young boys' pocket money.


THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 1) - issue no. 1738, dated 10 May, 1958


1.  Eddie Hopkinson (Bolton Wanderers)

2.  Roger Piantoni (France)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 2) - issue no. 1739, dated 17 May, 1958


3.  Jimmy Jones (Northern Ireland)

4.  Eric Caldow (Glasgow Rangers)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 3) - issue no. 1740, dated 24 May, 1958


5.  Tom Casey (Newcastle United)

6.  Ray Barlow / Bobby Robson (West Bromwich Albion)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 4) - issue no. 1741, dated 31 May, 1958


7.  Botelho Julinho (Brazil)

8.  Alec Young / Jimmy Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 5) - issue no. 1742, dated 07 June, 1958


9.  Ron Stitfall (Cardiff City)

10.  Harry Gregg (Manchester United)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 6) - issue no. 1743, dated 14 June, 1958


11.  Peter McParland (Aston Villa)

12.  Fritz Walter / Josef Posipal (West Germany)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 7) - issue no. 1744, dated 21 June, 1958


13.  Tommy Docherty (Preston North End)

14.  Jim Murray (Heart of Midlothian)

THO-800 / THO-217-1 - World Cup Footballers - Adventure (sheet 8) - issue no. 1745, dated 28 June, 1958


15.  Bill Brown (Dundee)

16.  Trevor Edwards (Charlton Athletic)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 1) - issue no. 1122, dated 10 May, 1958


1.  Willie Fernie (Glasgow Celtic)

2.  Billy Bingham (Sunderland)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 2) - issue no. 1123, dated 17 May, 1958


3.  Jimmy Murray (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

4.  Bernard Vukas / Vladimir Beara (Yugoslavia)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 3) - issue no. 1124, dated 24 May, 1958


5.  Bobby Collins / Bobby Evans (Glasgow Celtic)

6.  Dave Bowen (Arsenal)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 4) - issue no. 1125, dated 31 May, 1958


7.  Tommy Dickson (Northern Ireland)

8.  Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 5) - issue no. 1126, dated 07 June, 1958


9.  Angel Labruna (Argentina)

10.  Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 6) - issue no. 1127, dated 14 June, 1958


11.  Jimmy McIlroy (Burnley)

12.  John Hewie (Charlton Athletic)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 7) - issue no. 1128, dated 21 June, 1958


13.  Jeff Hall (Birmingham City)

14.  Terry Medwin (Tottenham Hotspur)

THO-800 / THO-217-2 - World Cup Footballers - Hotspur (sheet 8) - issue no. 1129, dated 28 June, 1958


15.  Mel Charles (Swansea Town)

16.  Eddie McMorran (Crewe Alexandra)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 1) - issue no. 1715, dated 10 May, 1958


1.  Stuart Williams (West Bromwich Albion)

2.  Norman Uprichard (Portsmouth)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 2) - issue no. 1716, dated 17 May, 1958


3.  Tommy Younger (Liverpool)

4.  Johnny Haynes (Fulham)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 3) - issue no. 1717, dated 24 May, 1958


5.  Tommy Ring (Clyde)

6.  John Charles (Juventus)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 4) - issue no. 1718, dated 31 May, 1958


7.  Raymond Kopa (France)

8.  Alf McMichael (Newcastle United)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 5) - issue no. 1719, dated 07 June, 1958


9.  Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

10.  Bertie Peacock (Glasgow Celtic)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 6) - issue no. 1720, dated 14 June, 1958


11.  Tom Finney (Preston North End)

12.  Fay Coyle (Coleraine)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 7) - issue no. 1721, dated 21 June, 1958


13.  Jackie Mudie (Blackpool)

14.  Igor Netto / Nikita Simonyan (U.S.S.R.)

THO-800 / THO-217-3 - World Cup Footballers - Rover (sheet 8) - issue no. 1722, dated 28 June, 1958


15.  Alec Scott (Glasgow Rangers)

16.  Ronnie Clayton (Blackburn Rovers)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 1) - issue no. 1682, dated 10 May, 1958


1.  Bryan Douglas / Roy Vernon (Blackburn Rovers)

2.  Mel Hopkins (Tottenham Hotspur)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 2) - issue no. 1683, dated 17 May, 1958


3.  Dave Mackay (Heart of Midlothian)

4.  Bill Cunningham (Leicester City)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 3) - issue no. 1684, dated 24 May, 1958


5.  Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United)

6.  Gerhard Hanappi / Ernst Ocwirk (Austria)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 4) - issue no. 1685, dated 31 May, 1958


7.  Trevor Smith (Birmingham City)

8.  Wilbur Cush (Leeds United)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 5) - issue no. 1686, dated 07 June, 1958


9.  Stewart Imlach (Nottingham Forest)

10.  Jimmy Greaves / Peter Brabrook (Chelsea)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 6) - issue no. 1687, dated 14 June, 1958


11.  Sammy Baird / Ian McColl (Glasgow Rangers)

12.  Cliff Jones (Swansea Town)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 7) - issue no. 1688, dated 21 June, 1958


13.  Bill Harris (Middlesbrough)

14.  Alex Parker (Falkirk)

THO-800 / THO-217-4 - World Cup Footballers - Wizard (sheet 8) - issue no. 1689, dated 28 June, 1958


15.  Jozsef Bozsik / Gyula Grocsis (Hungary)

16.  Don Howe (West Bromwich Albion)

1 comment:

  1. Please email me re some old cigarette football cards. Cheers. Antony. shad40@hotmail.com
    They are c. 1960 and I'd like any info you have

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