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Title	Churchman’s Sporting Personalities
Year	1931
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Color
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1931 Churchman’s Sporting Personalities Overview

This colorful set was issued by Churchman’s Cigarettes, a British tobacco brand. It was one of many Churchman sets issued in the 1930s involving sports.

The cards feature color cartoon images of various sports figures, performed by an artist named ‘Mel’, as indicated next to the drawings. Backs included a biography of the subject pictured. The format on the back with the set title at the top, bio in the middle, and Churchman name at the bottom was one used on most of their 1930s issues.

The set includes many sports, including boxing, golf, soccer, and tennis, among others. Many big names are featured in the set, including boxer Max Schmeling, golf legend Walter Hagen, and tennis greats, such as Fred Perry and Betty Nuthall.

A key card in the set is that of Hall of Famer Tommy Armour, often seen as his rookie issue.

1931 Churchman’s Sporting Personalities Checklist

1. D. Cobb
2. E.W. Denison
3. E.W.G. Goodwillie
4. R.H. Thomas
5. R.M.N. Tindall
6. J.F. Devlin
7. D.C. Hume
8. J. Purcell
9. W. Lindrum
10. Kid Berg
11. Al Brown
12. Primo Carnera
13. Len Harvey
14. Max Schmeling
15. Don Bradman
16. R. Duleepsinhji
17. D. Jardine
18. T. Lowry
19. Ian Peebles
20. Hugh Gallagher
21. H. Hibbs
22. Alec Jackson
23. Alec James
24. J. Bassett
25. B. Black
26. E. Ribere
27. W. Roughead
28. Mark Sugden
29. H. Robert Kronfeld
30. Tommy Armour
31. T. A. Brockelebank
32. H. Pearce
33. Cilli Aussem
34. H.W. Austin
35. G. Lott
36. Betty Nuthall
37. Fred Perry
38. J. Van Ryn
39. F. Shields
40. S. Wood
41. Billy Burke
42. L.G. Crawley
43. Walter Hagen
44. E. Martin Smith
45. C.A. Whitcombe
46. Enid Wilson
47. Sir Malcolm Campbell
48. Kaye Don
49. Freddie Fox
50. Gordon Richards

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