D.C. Thomson / Commando - Stars of Sport

1963-66

Stars of Sport

D.C. Thomson / Commando

141 cut-outs

I recently included an incomplete list of a series called Stars of Soccer. Prior to that there were short series featuring various sports such as Summer Stars (Cricket), Kings of the Ring (Boxing), Ace on Wheels (Motor Racing), All-Time Greats (Cricket), Grapling Greats (Wrestling), The One and Only (Cricket), Kings of the Track (Motor Racing) and World-Class Cricketers, but Stars of Sport was the first of them and issue number 17 features the first one, an American Footballer by the name of Bill Brown. I don't have a complete list. They are not numbered, the number used is the issue number of the Commando comic each of the stars appear in. Thanks to Mark Hughesdon for his help with this project.

UPDATE (10-11-2024 13:28):  Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, this list is now complete.

1962

1-16.  -

17.  Bill Brown (Minnesota Vikings)

18.  Ron Springett (Sheffield Wednesday)

19.  Floyd Patterson

20.  Dick McTaggart

21.  Peter Snell

22.  Arthur Rowe

23.  Ted Dexter

24.  F.S. Trueman

25.  Bobby Wilson

26.  Mike Sangster

27.  Johnny Haynes

28.  Dave MacKay

29.  G. Pullar

30.  M.C. Cowdrey

31.  Davie Wilson

32.  Mel Charles

33.  Edson Pele

34.  Gerry Hitchens

35.  Scotland International Team

36.  The 1961-62 England International Team

37.  Tottenham Hotspur

38.  The Glasgow Rangers

39.  Ingemar Johansson

40.  Terry Downs

41.  Henry Cooper

42.  Dick Tiger

43.  Jimmy Greaves

44.  Danny Blanchflower

45.  Denis Law

46.  Joe Baker

47.  Jimmy McIlroy

48.  Jimmy Gabriel

49.  Phil Woosnam

50.  Jack Kelsey

1963

51.  Richie Benaud

52.  England's Fast Bowlers

53.  Ken Barrington

54.  Barry Knight

55.  Ian Ure

56.  Jimmy Armfield

57.  Cliff Jones

58.  Ron Flowers

59.  Sonny Liston

60.  Howard Winstone

61.  Billy Walker

62.  Davey Moore

63.  Eric Caldow

64.  Bobby Smith

65.  Ray Pointer

66.  Graham Moore

67.  Bruce Tulloh

68.  Dave Jones and Peter Radford

69.  Brian Curvis

70.  Johnny Prescott

71.  Robbie Brightwell

72.  Louis Martin

73.  Cassius Clay

74.  Carlos Ortiz

75.  Frank Worrell

76.  Garfield Sobers

77.  Ted Dexter

78.  Colin Cowdrey

79.  Wes Hall (Cricket)

80.  Rohan Kanhai (Cricket)

81.  Tom Graveney

82.  Ray Illingworth

83-94.  -

95.  Pat Crerand

96.  Bryan Douglas

97.  Davie Gibson

98.  George Eastham

1964

99.  Bobby Charlton

100.  Adam Blacklaw

101.  Brian Phelps

102.  Herb Elliot

103.  Willie Henderson

104.  Gordon Banks

105.  The Power of John Charles

106.  Bobby Moore

107-135.  -

136.  Peter Thompson

137.  Gianni Rivera

138.  Alec Young

139.  Ron Yeats

140.  Terry Venables

141.  Johnny Byrne (West Ham United)

142.  Alan Gilzean (Tottenham Hotspur)

143.  Dave Herd

141.  Johnny Byrne

142.  Alan Gilzean

144.  Peter Bonetti

145.  John Hughes

146.  Albert Quixall

1965

147.  Roger Hunt

148.  Bobby Shearer

149.  Maurice Norman

150.  Lawrie Leslie

151.  Ralph Brand

152.  John Angus

153.  Fred Pickering

154.  Gerry Baker

155.  Gordon Milne

156.  Alan Hinton

157.  Graham Leggat

158.  Noel Cantwell

159.  George Best

160.  Alan Mullery

161.  Dave Woodfield

162.  Willie Wallace

163-178.  -

179.  Billy McNeill

180.  Nobby Stiles

181.  Eddie McCreadie

182.  Billy Bremner

183.  John Connelly

184.  Ian St. John

185.  Bobby Collins

186.  Barry Bridges

187.  John Greig (Rangers FC)

188.  George Cohen (Fulham)

189.  Ray Wilson

190.  Jackie Charlton

191.  Albert Johanneson

192.  Frank McLintock

193.  Bobby Tambling (Chelsea)

194.  Frank Wignall (Nottingham Forest)

1966

195.  Alan Ball (Blackpool)

196.  Chris Lawler (Liverpool)

197.  Ron Springett

198.  Jim Forest

199.  Billy Stevenson

200.  Dave Hollins

201.  Alan Peacock (Leeds United)

202.  Gilbert Reece (Sheffield United)

203.  Mike England

204.  Bobby Murdoch (Glasgow Celtic)

205.  Charlie Cooke (Chelsea)

206.  John Sissons (West Ham United)

207.  Tommy Lawrence (Liverpool)

208.  Wyn Davies (Bolton Wanderers)

209.  Jimmy Johnstone (Glasgow Celtic)

210.  Gordon Harris (Burnley)

211.  Neil Hawke

212.  Jim Parks