Saturday 18 May 2019

Colgate-Palmolive (South Africa) - Punch 1976 All Stars


1976
Punch 1976 All Stars
Colgate-Palmolive
South Africa
11 cards

From a time when racially defined teams were the norm in South Africa. Black players played for black teams, white players played for white teams, though black teams and white teams played each other. These cards are cut from packaging but I'm not sure what Punch was, it might have been some form of detergent. The small action figure was meant to be cut out and pasted on a special wallchart that was available to buy at local stores or could be cut from the 1kg pack of Punch.
UPDATE (19-05-2019 09:22):  Punch was a washing powder, thanks to a comment below.

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9.  Richard Ngubane "Richman"
10.  Cyprian Maimane "Mahala"
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3 comments:

  1. Punch was a washing powder and my father played in the first ever black / white football match in South Africa

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  2. Hi,

    Thank you for your help, I presume that game took place around 1974 or 1975.

    Alan

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  3. Yes will confirm with him the details - know he has a photo as well

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