Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	W-UNC Shoulderless Players Strip Card
Year	1920s
Size	1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Sepia
Type	Strip
Number in Set	11

W-UNC Shoulderless Players Strip Cards Overview

The W-UNC Shoulderless players strip card set is a unique issue. Cards feature portraits of players with their shoulders ‘cut off.’ Pictures are colorless and the backs of the cards are blank.

Cards are described as shoulderless since they feature a player’s head and neck area, but with sharply sloping shoulders giving the appearance that they do not have any.

New players are still being discovered so the checklist is not yet fully confirmed. Ty Cobb, one of the biggest cards in the set discovered to date, was just found in 2013. While baseball cards are the focal point of the set, the issue also includes actors.

The maker and means of distribution method is not known. Here are pictures of the entire set known to date.

W-UNC Shoulderless Players Strip Cards Checklist

1. Ty Cobb
2. Rogers Hornsby
3. George Kelly
4. Walter Maranville
5. Herb Pennock
6. Ed Rommel
7. Babe Ruth
8. George Sisler
9. Tris Speaker
10. K.R. Williams
11. Ross Youngs

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