Various Publications - Mickey Durling Caricatures

TYPE I

TYPE II

TYPE III

TYPE IV

1940's/1950's

Mickey Durling Caricatures

Various Publications

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Steve Claiden has provided a couple of photos of Mickey Durling caricatures, along with photos of the reverse, which helps date them. I have added a few more images collected from the internet.

Mickey Durling was a prolific caricaturist and his sketches of footballers appeared in a number of magazines throughout those two decades. His work can be found in Charles Buchan's Football Monthly, Sport magazine and the Daily Mail to name a few. I have featured his Our Pin-Up series that was published in the Sunday Evening News, so I thought I'd add some of the ones published elsewhere, sources added where know.

UPDATE (09-06-2026 07:56):  Steve Claiden has provided images of the rest of his collection for cataloguing. There seem to be four distinct types at the moment.

Mickey Durling Caricatures - Name  and Team in Typeface at bottom - Type I  *

Mickey Durling Caricatures - Team Name in Brackets - Type II  **

Mickey Durling Caricatures - Team Name Not in Brackets - Type III  ***

Mickey Durling Caricatures - No Team - Type IV  ****

1. Ken Green (Birmingham)  **
2. Trevor Smith (Birmingham)  ***
3. Jeff Hall (Birmingham)  ***
4. John Campbell (Blackburn R)  **
5. Willie Kelly (Blackburn Rovers)  **
6. Laurie Cunningham (Bournemouth & B)  ***
7. Eric Gill (Brighton)
8. John Atyeo (Bristol City)  *
9. Harry Bamford (Bristol Rovers)  *
10. Harry Bamford (Bristol Rovers)  ***
11. George Bray (Burnley)  **
12. Bill Holden (Burnley) **
13. Syd Ellis (Charlton A.)  **
14. Frank Blunstone (Chelsea)  **
15. Peter Brabrook (Chlesea and England)  *
16. Bill Robertson (Chelsea)  **
17. Peter Sillett (Chelsea)  *
18. Len Choules (Crystal Palace)  ***
19. Geoff Walker (Doncaster Rovers)  ***
20. Tommy Eglington (Everton)  **
21. John Chenhall (Fulham)  **
22. Bedford Jezzard (Fulham)  **
23. Paddy Sowden (Gillingham)  ***
24. Lawrie Reilly (Hibernians)  **
25. Len Quested (Huddersfield T.)  **
26. Ron Staniforth (Huddersfield Town and England) - scores from 13-11-1954 on reverse  *
27. Bill Bly (Hull City)  **
28. Grenville Hair (Leeds Utd)  **
29. Arthur Rowley (Leicester City)  **
30. Stan Aldous (Leyton Orient)  ***
31. Phil McNight (Leyton Orient)  ***
32. Louis Bimpson (Liverpool)  ***
33. Duncan Edwards (Manchester United) - scores from 16-10-1954 on reverse  *
34. Don Gibson (Manchester Utd)  **
35. Roger Byrne (Man. Utd.)  *
36. Roger Byrne (Man. Utd.)  ***
37. Arthur Fitzsimons (Middlesbro)  ***
38. Bobby Mitchell (Newcastle)  ***
39. George Lackenby (Newcastle Utd.)  ***
40. Iorwerth Hughes (Newport County)  ***
41. Cliff Birch (Newport County)  **
42. Ron Patterson (Northampton)  ***
43. Albert Leake (Port Vale)  **
44. Reg Potts (Port Vale)  ***
45. Joe Marston (Preston North End)  **
46. Mike Powell (Q.P.R.)  ***
47. Pat Woods (Q.P. Rangers)  ***
48. Dave McIntosh (Sheffield Wed.)  **
49. Roy Hollis (Southend Utd)  ***
50. Harry Clarke (Spurs)  **
51. Tony Marchi (Spurs)  ***
52. Len Shackleton (Sunderland)  ***
53. Terry Ryder (Swindon Town) - Sport magazine - Vol 14 No. 246 - 16-09/03-10-1952 **
54. Jim Dudley (West Bromwich Albion)  *
55. Jim Dudley (West Bromwich Albion)  ***
56. Frank Griffin (West Bromwich Albion)  **
57. Frank Griffin (West Bromwich Albion)  ***
58. Johnny Nicholls (West Bromwich Albion and England)  *
59. Harry Hooper (West Ham)  *
60. Peter Broadbent (Wolves)  *
61. Ron Flowers (Wolves)  ***
62. Bill Shorthouse (Wolves)  ***
63. Jimmy Hogan (No Team - Aston Villa)  ****
64. Jimmy Hernon (No Team - Bolton Wanderers)  ****
65. Frank Mitchell (No Team - Watford) - Daily Mail ****