1926 Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport Set and Checklist

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘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

Gene Tunney 1929 Godfrey Phillips Who's Who Boxing Golf Bobby Jones 1926 Lambert & Butler Who's Who in Sport Lambert Butler Who's Who in Sport Jean Borotra Tennis 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.