1911-12 C55 Hockey Card Set
‘It’s In The Details’
| Title | C55 |
| Year | 1911-12 |
| Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ |
| Images | Color |
| Type | Tobacco |
| Number in Set |
46 |
1911-12 C55 Hockey Overview
The 1911-12 C55 set is one of the earliest hockey tobacco card issues. The set is anchored by hockey stars Georges Vezina and Art Ross – both of whom have trophies named after them in the National Hockey League.
Unlike many early tobacco issues, the C55 hockey cards are numbered. Card numbers were not only printed on the fronts but also on the backs. While there are 45 players with cards in the set, some collectors consider the set to be complete at 46 cards since there are two variations of Walter Smaill’s No. 27 card.
While it isn’t completely known who produced these cards, the distributor is believed to be Imperial Tobacco – the same company that produced the C46 baseball card set.
PSA has graded nearly 5,000 of these cards.
1911-12 C55 Hockey Checklist
- Paddy Moran
- Joe Hall
- Barney Holden
- Joe Malone
- Ed Oatman
- Tom Dunderdale
- Ken Mallen
- Jack MacDonald
- Fred Lake
- Albert Kerr
- Marty Walsh
- Hamby Shore
- Alex Currie
- Bruce Ridpath
- Bruce Stuart
- Percy Lesueur
- Jack Darragh
- Steve Vair
- Don Smith
- Fred Taylor
- Bert Lindsay
- Larry Gilmour
- Bobby Rowe
- Sprague Cleghorn
- Odie Cleghorn
- Skein Ronan
- Walter Smaill (two variations)
- Ernie Johnson
- Jack Marshall
- Harry Hyland
- Art Ross
- Riley Hern
- Gordon Roberts
- Frank Glass
- Ernest Russell
- James Gardiner
- Art Bernier
- Georges Vezina
- Henri Dallaire
- Rocket Power
- Didier Pitre
- Newsy Lalonde
- Eugene Payan
- George Poulin
- Jack Laviolette
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