1947
Stars of Football - Signature Series
Perry Colour Books Ltd.
15
Paul Briers has very kindly sent in scans of all the pages from this little book. Stars of Football utilises 15 illustrations by Tom Kerr, each with a facsimile autograph.
Ronald Burgess
Samuel Bartram
Alan Brown
Horatio Carter
Tom Finney
Christopher Duffy
Stanley Cullis
Neil Franklin
Bill Hughes
Tommy Lawton
George Hardwick
A.R. MacAuley
Albert Stubbins
Frank Swift
Stanley Matthews
1949
EXC-030 / Famous Stars of Sport
(Excitement - issue 3)
Excitement - Perry Colour Books Ltd
17
Graham Bruton has sent in scans of the cover and the photo sheet from the issue issue of Excitement. I didn't have any idea of what these looked like, so it's nice to see the photos, but we are still looking for the third of these sheets. A 'Who's Who of Sport Part 2' appeared in the second issue of Excitement.
Here's the checklist for the item shown above:
Alec Bedser (Cricket)
Sir D.G. Bradman (Cricket)
Dennis Compton (Cricket/Football)
James Delaney
Edward Ditchburn
Peter Doherty
W.J. Edrich (Cricket)
T.G. Evans (Cricket)
Tom Finney
Leonard Hutton (Cricket)
Wilfred Mannion
Stanley Matthews
Stanley Mortensen
Alfred Ramsey
J.D. Robertson (Cricket)
C. Washbrook (Cricket)
Billy Wright
1949
EXC-030 / Famous Stars of Sport
(Excitement - issue 3)
Excitement - Perry Colour Books Ltd
17
I don't know anything about this item which is listed in the Trade Card Index. Can anyone supply any details?
