Football Cartophilic Info Exchange: Perfetti Gum

Sunday, 7 April 2019

Perfetti Gum - International Stars (05)

1967
International Stars
Perfetti Gum
Italy
100 cards (20 football)

Carl Wilkes has provided a corrected checklist for the footballers in this collection. Most checklists identify one of the cards as Uruguayan footballer Walter Corbio, but this is incorrect, the player is Mario Corso, the Inter left winger. The names in upper case are as they appear on the cards and Carl has added notes against each of them describing the players as they appear in the photos. I previously listed this set as being issued in 1965-66 by Monty Gum but this is incorrect, the collection was only issued by Perfetti Gum in Italy. I have already included a number of posts listed under Monty Gum, I'll be going through all of them and updating them as Perfetti Gum, though these changes won't appear in the Index until the next update on 1st May. Check out Carl's new website - www.footballsoccercards.com.
Please note: the cards are unnumbered and are only numbered here for reference purposes only.

ALBERT (Florian Albert, wearing the red tracksuit of Hungary, photographed in a public park, in GB, summer 1966)
ALTAFINI (José Altafini, in the blue and white of Napoli, photograph similar to that on 45rpm record "La Rosa", 1967)
AMANCIO (Amancio Amaro Varela, in the white of Real Madrid)
ASPARUKOV (Georgi Asparukov, wearing Bulgaria national away red jersey. The same image was used on the undated Panini Campioni dello Sport sticker, from 1966/67)
BEKENBAUR [sic] (Franz Beckenbauer, in green West Germany away jersey)
B. CHARLTON [sic] (Bobby Charlton, seen in blue England squad tracksuit top)
CHISLENKO (Igor Chislenko, in red Russia national team jersey)
COMBIN (Néstor Combin, in Torino red jersey)
CORSO (Mario Corso [not Walter Corbio as erroneous sources claim], wearing the yellow-star Inter jersey of 1966/67)
EUSEBIO (Eusebio in a casual, light blue shirt)
GREAVES (Jimmy Greaves, in a photo re-tinted to show him in a red & black tracksuit, the colours of A.C. Milan)
HALLER (Helmut Haller, in Bologna jersey)
LAW (Denis Law in Torino jersey)
MAZZOLA (Sandro Mazzola in the yellow-star Inter jersey of 1966/67)
MOORE (Bobby Moore in a blue tracksuit, without a club or team badge)
PELE (Pelé, wearing a Brazil jersey)
RIVERA (Gianni Rivera, wearing an A.C. Milan jersey)
SCHNELLINGER (Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, wearing an A.C. Milan jersey)
SUAREZ (Luis Suarez Miramontes, Luisito, wearing the yellow-star Inter jersey of 1966/67)
VAN HIMST (Paul Van Himst, wearing Anderlecht white. The same photo was used on the Panini Calciatori 1967-68 sticker)