1936 Wills Irish Sportsmen Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Wills Irish Sportsmen |
Year | 1936 |
Size | 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1936 Wills Irish Sportsmen Set Overview
This set featured some of the top Irish athletes of the time period. Cards were distributed by W.D. & H.O. Wills for their Wills Cigarettes products.
The cards included color headshots of athletes. They were similar to most of Wills’ other sets but one interesting feature is that many were wearing formal apparel. Backs of the cards had a biography on each athlete.
Many different sports were covered here, including tennis as players Trevor McVeagh and E.A. McGuire were featured. Both McVeagh and McGuire represented Ireland in the Davis Cup. Other sports here included soccer, rugby, and cricket, among others.
These cards, like many others from Wills, had adhesives on the back, which allowed them to be stuck into an album.
1936 Wills Irish Sportsmen Set Checklist
- TBD
- J. Ayres
- Jimmy Bermingham
- J.L. Brennan
- TBD
- Willie Burke
- TBD
- Joe Canty
- R.N. Case
- George Comerford
- Ernie Crawford
- Maurice Davin
- Bertie Donnelly
- John Doyle
- R.J. Duggan
- TBD
- Lord Fingfall
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- Willoughby Hamilton
- George Hamlet
- Tom Harte
- TBD
- George Hutchinson
- W. Lacey
- R.H. Lambert
- John Mackey
- John McDonald
- Joseph McGrath
- E.A. McGuire
- Trevor McVeagh
- T.A. Morris
- Sean Oge Murphy
- TBD
- Paul Murray
- TBD
- P. O’Donoghue
- W.T. O’Grady
- P.J. O’Keeffe
- Martin O’Neill
- TBD
- J.J. Parkinson
- P. Perry
- TBD
- T. Soye
- Dan Sullivan
- James Walsh
- Stanley Woods
- TBD
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