1926 Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport |
Year | 1926 |
Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1926 Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport Overview
These cards featured some of the world’s top athletes and the set was distributed by tobacco firm Lambert & Butler based in England.
The cards included black and white pictures of athletes on the front with their biographies on the back. The Who’s Who in Sport name, as well as the date of this set (1926), are both found on the back, as well as a mention that there were 50 cards in the set.
Among the sports featured are boxing, golf, and tennis. In particular, the Bobby Jones card is heavily sought after as it is the rookie card of the golf Hall of Famer. The Jones card can be missed as he is simply called ‘R.T. Jones’ on the front instead of his more recognizable name.
Many of the names will be not familiar to American collectors but a few other keys here are boxing Hall of Famer Gene Tunney and tennis Hall of Famers Suzanne Lenglen and Rene Lacoste.
1926 Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport Checklist
- Charles Rosenberg
- Bobby Jones
- Gene Tunney
- Lulworth
- F.W. Dix
- Norman Derham
- F.H. Bontecou
- F.B. Rees
- Huddersfield Town
- H. O. D. Segrave
- Cambridge University
- W.W. Wakefield
- Walter Amstutz
- Miss Ederle
- Lord Northesk
- M.B. Carstairs
- Major Goodsell
- Lancashire County Cricket Team
- J.G. Parry Thomas
- Coronach
- Miss Beckton
- Dagfinn Carlsen
- A.G. Fulton
- J. Earlam
- Jovial Judge
- Dr. Peltzer
- J. W. J. Rinkel
- R. Corts
- A. Theaker
- Jesse Sweetser
- Sir Alan Cobham
- Captain H.S. Broad
- F.H. Wyld
- Lord Burghley
- Tom Newman
- Jack Hobbs
- Wilfred Rhodes
- Molly Gourlay
- Suzanne Lenglen
- Cecil Leitch
- Jean Borotra
- Rene Lacoste
- Mrs. L.A. Godfree
- Aubrey Boomer
- G. Baraton
- W.F. Baker
- J. Beresford
- Jack Horner
- Bolton Wanderers
- T. Weston
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