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. 1972/73
FOOTBALLER (ORANGE / RED BACKS)
This set was issued in two series - cards 1 to 109, and cards 110-219. Each
packet of cards / chewing gum cost 2p. The backs of the cards featured a
question about each player, the answer being revealed by rubbing the edge of a
coin over the area.
Number of cards in set: 219
Number of Albion cards in set: 10
The card backs are
enlargeable by clicking on them
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10 - LEN CANTELLO |
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32 - JOHN WILE |
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54 - TONY BROWN |
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76 - RAY WILSON |
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98 - ASA HARTFORD |
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153 - JEFF ASTLE |
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160 - BOBBY GOULD |
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164 - ALISTAIR BROWN |
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166 - COLIN SUGGETT |
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199 - ALISTAIR ROBERTSON |
Card Dimensions: H 80mm x W
55mm
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