1926 Spalding Champions Set and Checklist

‘It’s In The Details’

Title Spalding Champions (Sports Company of America)
Year 1926
Size 1 1/2″ x 2 1/4″
Images Black and White
Type Trade
Number in Set
210

1926 Spalding Champions Overview

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Flournoy Football 1926 Spalding Champions

The 1926 Spalding Champions set is a multi-sport release with athletes in a number of sports, including baseball and football.

The baseball players are the most popular and there are 48 of them in the entire set. But the set includes some nice older football cards as well, which are popular with collectors.

Football cards of Friedman and Nevers are particularly interesting since they are Hall of Famers and their earliest recognized cards.

In addition to baseball and football, boxing, golf, and tennis are also featured with many big names from those sports.

1926 Spalding Walter Hagen Golf

The fronts include a black and white picture of the athlete in question. Backs can be found blank, with an advertisement for the Sports Company of America, or with a biography of the player shown on the front.

The ad-backed cards encouraged collectors to save the cards and then send five in along with $.50 (money order or stamps) in exchange for a blue and gold album that has spaces for all 200 of the cards in the set along with their ‘records.’ As noted, below, while the backs advertised 200 cards, there are actually 210 known in the set.

A few variations are found in the set as well. Some cards (Babe Ruth is one) are marked with a 1926 copyright date while others have a 1927 date.

The cards are not extremely plentiful but not overly rare, either. PSA has graded about 1,000 of them to date.

Classifying the cards is not entirely easy, either. While some collectors have classified them as a trade card of sorts, they are different from many other traditional trade issues. They could also be cataloged as a U-Card, which covers miscellaneous issues.

1926 Spalding Champions Checklist

  1. Babe Adams
  2. Grover Alexander
  3. Francis Allen
  4. Nick Altrock
  5. Dave Bancroft
  6. Newell Banks
  7. Jesse Barnes
  8. Lee Barnes
  9. Jack Beresford
  10. Fred Berger
  11. Valentine Bialas
  12. Jimmy Blouin
  13. Ossie Bluege
  14. Arne Borg
  15. Jean Borotra
  16. Jim Bottomley
  17. Charley Brookins
  18. Ray Buker
  19. Bob Cannefax
  20. Yakima Canutt
  21. Max Carey
  22. Georges Carpentier
  23. George Chapman
  24. Ty Cobb
  25. Welker Cochran
  26. Mickey Cochrane
  27. Eddie Collins
  28. Earl Cooper
  29. Jim Corbett
  30. Paul Costello
  31. Stan Coveleski
  32. Bob Crosby
  33. Steve Crothers
  34. Paul Crouch
  35. Kiki Cuyler
  36. Jim Davis
  37. Hank DeBerry
  38. Jack Delaney
  39. Jack Dempsey
  40. E. Demuyter
  41. Ralph DePalma
  42. Pete DePaolo
  43. Leo Diegel
  44. Morris Fisher
  45. Peggy Flournoy
  46. Tiger Flowers
  47. Jack Fournier
  48. Benny Friendman
  49. Ed Garbisch
  50. Tommy Gibbons
  51. W.E. Gilmore
  52. Charley Gorman
  53. Goose Goslin
  54. Red Grange
  55. Harry Greb
  56. Ralph Greenleaf
  57. Charlie Grimm
  58. George Guthrie
  59. Walter Hagen
  60. Erich Hagenlocher
  61. Lloyd Hahn
  62. Bucky Harris
  63. Gabby Hartnett
  64. Tiny Hartranft
  65. Harry Hartz
  66. Homer Hazel
  67. Alan Hellfrich
  68. Ralph Hepburn
  69. Benny Hill
  70. Tommy Hitchcock
  71. Charley Hoff
  72. Fred Hofmann
  73. Walter Hoover
  74. Willie Hoppe
  75. Edouard Horemans
  76. Rogers Hornsby
  77. Bud Houser
  78. Waite Hoyt
  79. DeHart Hubbard
  80. Frank Hughes
  81. Frank Hussey
  82. Frank Jackson
  83. Chick Jewtraw
  84. Walter Johnson
  85. Bill Johnston
  86. Joe Judge
  87. Willie Kamm
  88. Rocky Kansas
  89. Kid Kaplan
  90. Jack Kelly
  91. Tud Kunt
  92. Bob Kinsey
  93. Dan Kinsey
  94. Howard Kinsey
  95. Walter Koppisch
  96. Fidel LaBarba
  97. E. Lasker
  98. Maynard Laswell
  99. Pete Latzo
  100. Walter Laufer
  101. Tony Lazzeri
  102. Bob LeGendre
  103. Benny Leonard
  104. George Lermond
  105. Strangler Lewis
  106. Thomas Lipton
  107. R. Locke
  108. Willie Macfarlane
  109. Johnny Maiben
  110. Sammy Mandell
  111. Peter Manning
  112. Rabbit Maranville
  113. Fred Marberry
  114. Rube Marquard
  115. Frank Marshall
  116. John McCready
  117. Bob McDonogh
  118. Ed McGinley
  119. Matt McGrath
  120. Stuffy McInnis
  121. Bo McMillan
  122. Reggie McNamara
  123. Mike McTigue
  124. Speck Meadows
  125. Chuck Mellor
  126. Whitey Michelsen
  127. Devereux Milburn
  128. John Miles
  129. Tom Milton
  130. Pete Moeskops
  131. Tod Morgan
  132. Putt Mossman
  133. Brick Muller
  134. Willie Munden
  135. Wayne Munn
  136. Loren Murchison
  137. Tommy Murphy
  138. Jonni Myyra
  139. Nels Nelson
  140. Ernie Nevers
  141. Nathaniel Niles
  142. Swede Oberlander
  143. Barney Oldfield
  144. Hal Osborn
  145. Francis Ouimet
  146. Man O War
  147. Charlie Paddock
  148. Babe Pinelli
  149. Wally Pipp
  150. Willie Plant
  151. Earl Pool
  152. Joie Ray
  153. Sam Rice
  154. Vinny Richards
  155. Emory Rigney
  156. Johnny Risko
  157. Willie Ritola
  158. J.T. Robinson
  159. Charles Rosenberg
  160. Dutch Reuther
  161. Babe Ruth
  162. Earl Sande
  163. Ad Santel
  164. Gene Sarazen
  165. Jake Schaefer
  166. Ray Schalk
  167. Leonhard Seppala
  168. Joe Sewell
  169. Johnny Seymour
  170. Dave Shade
  171. Urban Shocker
  172. Al Simmons
  173. George Sisler
  174. Bobby Skelton
  175. Tod Sloan
  176. Lowell Smith
  177. Jimmy Smith
  178. Walter Spence
  179. Arthur Spencer
  180. Freddie Spencer
  181. Joe Stetcher
  182. Orie Steele
  183. Young Stribling
  184. Harry Stuhldreher
  185. Jess Sweetser
  186. Frank Taberski
  187. Morgan Taylor
  188. Clas Thunberg
  189. Bill Tilden
  190. Pie Traynor
  191. Eddie Tryon
  192. Gene Tunney
  193. George Uhle
  194. George Von Elm
  195. Cyril Walker
  196. Bobby Walthour
  197. Paul Waner
  198. Aaron Ward
  199. Ed Weir
  200. Johnny Weismuller
  201. Al White
  202. Charlie White
  203. Ken Williams
  204. R.N. Williams
  205. George Wilson
  206. Gar Wood
  207. Glenn Wright
  208. Emil Yde
  209. Stan Zbyszko
  210. Wladek Zbyszko

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