1930 Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities |
Year | 1930 |
Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
36 |
1930 Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities Overview
These cards featured some of the world’s top athletes and the set was distributed by tobacco firm Major Drapkin, a part of the United Kingdom Tobacco Company.
The cards included black and white pictures of athletes on the front with their biographies on the back. The Sporting Celebrities in Action name, as well as a mention that there were 36 cards in the set.
Among the sports featured are boxing, golf, and tennis. Many of the names will be not familiar to American collectors but a few of the major stars included are boxing’s Gene Tunney and golf’s Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, as well as tennis stars Helen Wills and Rene Lacoste.
One unique twist on this set compared to other similar 1920s and 1930s sets is that this one did not include the names of athletes on the fronts.
1930 Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities Checklist
- W.H. Ponsford
- W.M. Woodfull
- Walter Hammond
- Bobby Jones
- Walter Hagen
- A. Compston
- G. Patterson
- Helen Wills-Moody
- Rene Lacoste
- D’Arcy Greig
- Bert Hinkler
- Charles Lindbergh
- W.W. Wakefield
- J. Richardson
- James McMullan
- David Jack
- Malcolm Campbell
- W. O. H. Segrave
- Tom Heeney
- Gene Tunney
- J. Munro
- Gordon Richards
- Bill Lamont
- Sprouts Elder
- E. Barry
- R. Arnst
- A.H. Orlebar
- Willie Smith
- E.H. Temme
- Alan Charlton
- Paavo Nurmi
- D. G. A. Lowe
- Sonja Heine
- E. Ham
- Lord Burghley
- F.H. Wyld
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