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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
1968/69 (YELLOW BACKS)
This set was issued in two series - cards 1 to 54 and cards 55-101. Each packet of
cards / chewing gum cost 3d. The backs of the cards featured a quiz question for
which you could reveal the answer by rubbing an edge of a coin over a blank
space on the card.
Number of cards in set: 101
Number of Albion cards in set: 5
The card backs are
enlargeable by clicking on them
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1 - TEAM PHOTO / SERIES ONE CHECKLIST |
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4 - RONNIE REES |
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84 - JEFF ASTLE |
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90 - BOBBY HOPE |
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99 - JOHN KAYE |
Card Dimensions: H 80mm x W
55mm
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