1910 Mecca / Tolstoi Champion Athletes and Prizefighters Set and Checklist (T220)

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1910 Mecca / Tolstoi Champion Athletes and Prizefighters Set Overview

The T220 Champion Athletes and Prizefighters set is one of the more popular 20th century boxing tobacco card issues. The cards were distributed inside packages of Mecca and Tolstoi Cigarettes. Unlike most of the other tobacco cards of that same time period, these are larger and shaped more like a square.

The T223 Dixie Queen set used the same images from the T220 set but the two sets have a few differences. First, they were printed on different paper. The T220 cards are also slightly larger than the T223 cards and, instead of Dixie Queen ads, these have Mecca and Tolstoi ads.

The styles for the cards varies as some feature individual boxers while others feature fights between a pair of boxers. Additionally, while some of the cards featuring two boxers include their full names, others only have their last names.

The cards have color pictures with thick white borders on the front and a description of the subject(s) on the back as well as a tobacco advertisement for either Mecca or Tolstoi.

1910 Mecca / Tolstoi Champion Athletes and Prizefighters Set Checklist

1. James Barry
2. Willie Beecher
3. Jack Burke
4. Tommy Burns
5. Jem Carney
6. Joe Choynski
7. Joe Coburn
8. James Corbett
9. Young Corbett
10. Leach Cross
11. Jack Dempsey
12. George Dixon
13. Mike Donovan – In the 60s
14. Mike Donovan – Today
15. Patsey Driscoll and Glover
16. Billy Edwards
17. Young Erne
18. Bob Fitzsimmons
19. Johnny Frayne
20. Joe Gans
21. Charlie Goldman
22. Jack Goodman
23. Young Griffo
24. Marvin Hart
25. John Heenan
26. John Heenan and Tom Sayers
27. Peter Jackson
28. James Jeffries and Tom Sharkey
29. Ben Jordan
30. Frank Klaus
31. Kid Lavigne
32. Jem Mace and Tom King
33. Jem Mace
34. Frankie Madden
35. Peter Maher
36. Jack McAuliffe
37. Kid McCoy
38. Terry McGovern
39. Charlie Mitchell
40. Jack O’Brien
41. Pal Moore
42. Randall and Belasco
43. Randall and Turner
44. Tommy Ryan
45. Tom Sharkey
46. John Sullivan
47. John Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
48. Joe Wagner
49. Freddie Welsh
50. Tug Wilson

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