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.

 1970/71 FOOTBALLER (ORANGE BACKS)

This set was issued in three series - cards 1 to 84, cards 85 to 169 and cards 170-255. Each packet of cards / chewing gum cost 6d.

Number of cards in set: 255
Number of Albion cards in set: 12

The card backs are enlargeable by clicking on them

17 - JEFF ASTLE			77 - TONY BROWN

92 - DOUG FRASER			115 - RAY WILSON

129 - ASA HARTFORD			141 - COLIN SUGGETT

155 - JOHN KAYE			161 - JOHN OSBORNE

180 - JOHN TALBUT			204 - BOBBY HOPE

217 - GRAHAM WILLIAMS			244 - LEN CANTELLO

Card Dimensions: H 88mm x W 63mm