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A&BC CHEWING GUM LTD.

A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd. formed in 1949, are one of the best remembered card producers from the last century. Their sets included amongst many other things pop stars, film stars, TV stars and cricketers. The company produced their first set of sports cards in 1954 - ‘All Sport’.  The 120 card set of sporting personalities included 36 footballers. Their first all-football card set followed in 1958 and the company would issue at least one set of football cards each year for the next 16 years before being taken over by American company Topps Chewing Gum in 1975.

FOOTBALLER (STAR PLAYERS) 1967/68 (BLACK BACKS)

Each packet of cards / chewing gum cost 3d and included a pin-up picture of an England player of the time.

Number of cards in set: 55
Number of Albion cards in set: 2

The card backs are enlargeable by clicking on them

 
36 - CLIVE CLARK
   
 
39 - JOHN KAYE

Card Dimensions: H 81mm x W 55mm


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