1910 Mecca / Tolstoi Champion Athletes and Prizefighters Set and Checklist (T220)
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Title | Mecca / Tolstoi Champion Athletes and Prizefighters (T220) |
Year | 1910 |
Size | 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
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
- James Barry
- Willie Beecher
- Jack Burke
- Tommy Burns
- Jem Carney
- Joe Choynski
- Joe Coburn
- James Corbett
- Young Corbett
- Leach Cross
- Jack Dempsey
- George Dixon
- Mike Donovan – In the 60s
- Mike Donovan – Today
- Patsey Driscoll and Glover
- Billy Edwards
- Young Erne
- Bob Fitzsimmons
- Johnny Frayne
- Joe Gans
- Charlie Goldman
- Jack Goodman
- Young Griffo
- Marvin Hart
- John Heenan
- John Heenan and Tom Sayers
- Peter Jackson
- James Jeffries and Tom Sharkey
- Ben Jordan
- Frank Klaus
- Kid Lavigne
- Jem Mace and Tom King
- Jem Mace
- Frankie Madden
- Peter Maher
- Jack McAuliffe
- Kid McCoy
- Terry McGovern
- Charlie Mitchell
- Jack O’Brien
- Pal Moore
- Randall and Belasco
- Randall and Turner
- Tommy Ryan
- Tom Sharkey
- John Sullivan
- John Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
- Joe Wagner
- Freddie Welsh
- Tug Wilson
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