Monday 22 September 2014

Odhams Press - ODH-050/DAI-190 Sporting Personalities


1951
ODH-050/DAI-190  Sporting Personalities
Odhams Press
52 Postcards (20 Footballers)

All the illustrations are drawn by McNamara, each portrait is signed and dated 'mcnamara 51'. Postcard backs with a well written biography.

1.  Denis Compton (Cricket)
2.  Eddie Thomas (Boxing)
3.  Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
4.  Godfrey Evans (Cricket)
5.  Ronnie Clayton (Boxing)
6.  Alec Bedser (Cricket)
7.  Roy Tattersall (Cricket)
8.  Ken Jones (Rugby Union)
9.  Charlie Wayman (Preston North End)
10.  Neil Franklin (Hull City)
11.  Len Hutton (Cricket)
12.  Freddie Steele (Mansfield Town)
13.  Joe Davis (Snooker)
14.  Tim Molony (Horse Racing)
15.  Reg Simpson (Cricket)
16.  Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
17.  Reg Harris (Cycling)
18.  Gordon Richards (Horse Racing)
19.  Jim Taylor (Fulham)
20.  Harry Johnston (Blackpool)
21.  Willie Steel (Dundee)
22.  Norman Parker (Speedway)
23.  Dudley Nourse (Cricket)
24.  Jack Ikin (Cricket)
25.  Tony Mottram (Tennis)
26.  Frank Lowson (Cricket)
27.  Bill Edrich (Cricket)
28.  Willie Watson (Cricket)
29.  Jack Holden (Athletics)
30.  Johnny Wardle (Cricket)
31.  Jim Laker (Cricket)
32.  George Cox (Cricket)
33.  E. McDonald Bailey (Athletics)
34.  Tom Dollery (Cricket)
35.  Tom Graveney (Cricket)
36.  Ray Smith (Cricket)
37.  Peter May (Cricket)
38.  Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City)
39.  Jack Milburn (Newcastle United)
40.  Jack Rowley (Manchester United)
41.  Charlie Vaughan (Charlton Athletic)
42.  Con Martin (Aston Villa)
43.  Walter Ardron (Nottingham Forest)
44.  Arthur Willis (Tottenham Hotspur)
45.  Harold Hassall (Huddersfield Town)
46.  Wally Thom (Boxing)
47.  Ivor Allchurch (Swansea Town)
48.  Jackie Sewell (Sheffield Wednesday)
49.  Len Phillips (Portsmouth)
50.  T. Harmer (Tottenham Hotspur)
51.  Ken Joy (Cycling)
52.  M. Marsk (Speedway)

At least two cards can be found unnumbered

Unn.  Reg Harris (Cycling)
Unn.  Denis Compton (Cricket)


1 comment:

  1. thank you for shareing this , just looking up old fathers cards still in an envelop since 1951, 31-5-1951 71 yrs ago. total of 21 mint cards.

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