Longacre Press ~ Eagle / Swift - Soccer Stars

1963
LON-700 / LOD-3 Soccer Stars
Longacre Press  / Swift - Eagle and Swift
16 cards

The first part of the collection was given away with the very last issue of Swift on 2 March, 1963. The comic merged with Eagle and the last three cards were given away with the first three issues of the re-launched Eagle/Swift comic.
A plastic wallet was included included with the 9 March issue. It shows Ray Pointer (Burnley) on the front and Chelsea's Peter Bonetti and Johnny Gordon of Birmingham City on the back. I pinched the scans of the Ray Wilson card from Roger Pashby's website, Huddersfield Town Cards & Stickers.

LON-700 / LOD-3 Soccer Stars 4 per card (card 1) - issue no. 1009 of Swift,  dated 2 March, 1963

John Connelly (Burnley)
Ramon Wilson (Huddersfield Town)
Bobby Cox (Dundee)
Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

LON-700 / LOD-3 Soccer Stars - Eagle/Swift - 4 per card (card 2) - issue Vol 14 no. 10 of Eagle and Swift,  dated 9 March, 1963

Ronnie Clayton (Blackburn Rovers)
Denis Law (Manchester United)
Ron Springett (Sheffield Wednesday)
Cliff Jones (Tottenham Hotspur)

LON-700 / LOD-3 Soccer Stars - Eagle/Swift - 4 per card (card 3) - issue Vol 14 no. 11 of Eagle and Swift,  dated 16 March, 1963

Dave Mackay (Tottenham Hotspur)
Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion)
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Bobby Tambling (Chelsea)

LON-700 / LOD-3 Soccer Stars - Eagle/Swift - 4 per card (card 4) - issue Vol 14 no. 12 of Eagle and Swift,  dated 23 March, 1963

Johnny Haynes (Fulham)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
John Angus (Burnley)
Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool)

Longacre Press / Eagle - Eagle Gallery of Famous Sportsmen (02)

1952
Eagle Gallery of Famous Sportsmen
Longacre Press / Eagle
100?

A few more names added to the checklist.

27.  Ronnie Moore (Speedway)
28.  Alec Bedser (Cricket)
29.  Jack Young (Speedway)
30.  D.G. Phadkar (Cricket)
32.  Peter May (Cricket)
33.  G.S. Ramchand (Cricket)
34.  Jim Laker (Cricket)
35.  Tom Graveney (Cricket)
36.  Fred Trueman (Cricket)
37.  Allan Watkins (Cricket)
39.  Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City)
40.  Derek Dooley (Sheffield Wednesday)
42.  Bill Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers)
43.  Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
44.  Gilbert Merrick (Birmingham City)
58.  Ivor Braodis (Manchester City)
61.  Albert Quixall (Sheffield Wednesday)
81.  Tommy Taylor (Manchester United)
84.  Redfearn Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)
89.  Jimmy Hagan (Sheffield United)
90.  Wally Ardron (Nottingham Forest)
91.  Tommy Lawton (Arsenal)

Longacre Press / Eagle - (LON-670/LOD-0.5/ZH5-5) Famous Men of Today (02)

1956-57
LON-670/LOD-0.5/ZH5-5 - Famous Men of Today
Eagle / Longacre Press
48 cut-outs

These are cut from the comic, not cards. Here are the first four, the next eight might follow on from the first four, but they are on facing pages. The images were printed in pairs from 12 October, 1956 to 29 March, 1957 - with the booklet having originally been advertised in the issue dated 14 September, 1956 (volume 7, issue 37). The featured men are unnumbered and not named, so collector's had to decide who they were before sticking them in the album.

UPDATE (14-09-2021 17:26):  Checklist complete.

1.  H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
2.  Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
3.  General Sir Gerald Templar
4.  Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle
5.  Sir John Hunt

6.  Lord Rowallan

7.  Sir W. Penney

8.  Prof. V. Fuchs

9.  Peter May (Cricket)

10.  Colin Cowdrey (Cricket)

11.  Frank Tyson (Cricket)

12.  Godfrey Evans (Cricket)

13.  Denis Compton (Cricket)

14.  Trevor Bailey (Cricket)

15.  Jim Laker (Cricket)

16.  Keith Miller (Cricket)

17.  Ray Lindwall (Cricket)

18.  Stanley Matthews

19.  Duncan Edwards

20.  Johnny Haynes

21.  Bob Hardisty

22.  Wilf White (Show Jumping)

23.  Sir Ralph Richardson (Actor)

24.  Sir Laurence Olivier (Actor)

25.  John Mills (Actor)

26.  Kenneth More (Actor)

27.  Gilbert Harding

28.  Eamonn Andrews

29.  Leonard Cheshire

30.  Neville Duke

31.  John Cunningham

32.  Peter Twiss

33.  John Disley

34.  Brian Hewson

35.  Chris Chataway

36.  Gordon Pirie

37.  Geoff Duke

38.  John Surtees

39.  John Beharrel

40.  Roger Becker

41.  Dia Dower

42.  Joe Lucy

43.  Johnny Leach

44.  Cliff Morgan

45.  Donald Campbell (Motors Sports etc.)

46.  Peter Collins (Motors Sports etc.)

47.  Stirling Moss (Motors Sports etc.)

48.  Mike Hawthorn (Motors Sports etc.)

Longacre Press / Eagle - (LON-670/LOD-0.5/ZH5-5) Famous Men of Today

1956-57
(LON-670/LOD-0.5/ZH5-5) Famous Men of Today
Eagle / Longacre Press
48 cards

These are listed in the Cartophilic Society's Trade Card Index but I don't think I've ever seen any of these cards. I presume they would have included one or two footballers. Can anyone help?

UPDATE (08-10-2024 18:27):  This cutting comes from the issue dated 25 September, 1956, with information about how to acquire the album.

Longacre Press / Eagle - Men of Action

1961-62
Men of Action
Longacre Press / Eagle
20 cut-outs

More cut-outs, but I don't have any examples to show you. If you can help with photos or details of other numbers in this series, please let me know.
UPDATE (27-06-2020 14:09):  Trevor Cottrell has provided a scan of the Stanley Matthews cut-out from the front cover of the comic.

1.  Stirling Moss (Motor Racing)  -  21 October, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.42
2.  Mike Hailwood (Motor Cycling)  -  28 October, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.43
3.  Donald Campbell (Water Speed Record)  -  4 November, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.44
4.  Lt. Col. John Stapp (Speed)  -  11 November, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.45
5.  Sir Edmund Hillary (Mountaineering)  -  18 November, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.46
6.  Captain Joseph Kittinger (Sky Diving)  -  25 November, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.47
7.  Joze Slibar (Ski Jumping)  -  2 December, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.48
8.  Captain Raimndo D'Inzeo (Show Jumping)  -  9 December, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.49
9.  Reg Harris (Cycling)  -  16 December, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.50
10.  Oleg Gontcharenko (Speed Skating)  -  23 December, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.51
11.  Jack Brabham (Motor Racing)  -  30 December, 1962  -  Vol.12 No.52
12.  Monti and Alvera (Bobsleigh)  -  6 January, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.1
13.  Ove Fundin (Speedway)  -  13 January, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.2
14.  Brian Phelps (Diving)  -  20 January, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.3
15.  Bill Muncey (Water Speed Record)  -  27 January, 1962   -  Vol.13 No.2
16.  Dick McTaggart (Boxing)  -  3 February, 1962 -  Vol.13 No.5
17.  Stanley Matthews (Football)  -  10 February, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.6
18.  Mike Sangster (Lawn Tennis)  -  17 February, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.7
19.  Johnny Allen (Land Speed Record)  -  24 February, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.8
20.  Don Bragg (Pole Vault)  -  3 March, 1962  -  Vol.13 No.9

Longacre Press / Eagle - Eagle Gallery of Famous Sportsmen

c1952
Eagle Gallery of Famous Sportsmen
Longacre Press / Eagle
100?

Another collection of 'cut-out and keep' items, this time from the Eagle comic. These cover many sports, with no. 91 the highest number known, so there are probably at least a hundred in the whole set. I don't have any illustrations of the proper footballers, so I've included Allan Watkins, an England Test cricketer, who also played football for Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City.

27.  Ronnie Moore (Speedway)
28.  Alec Bedser (Cricket)
29.  Jack Young (Speedway)
30.  D.G. Phadkar (Cricket)
33.  G.S. Ramchand (Cricket)
34.  Jim Laker (Cricket)
35.  Tom Graveney (Cricket)
36.  Fred Trueman (Cricket)
37.  Allan Watkins (Cricket)
81.  Tommy Taylor (Manchester United)
84.  Redfearn Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)
89.  Jimmy Hagan (Sheffield United)
90.  Wally Ardron (Nottingham Forest)
91.  Tommy Lawton (Arsenal)