Track and field cards

[runbrett]

Nice to see some cards of some of the Chariots of Fire subjects.

[wdmullins]

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by runbrett

Nice to see some cards of some of the Chariots of Fire subjects.

Since you like 'Chariots of Fire' here are some of the official RPPC's issued in 1924. They are by the same photographer but I have not determined why some are full frame and some have the white borders. The card numbering does not help as the photographer also did individual cards for many French athletes including some who competed in 1928 but not 1924.

1924 100m final.jpg

1924-200m-b.jpg

1924-US-200m-b.jpg

1924-scholz-b.jpg

[G1911]

Picked up William Barry at a local show for $8. This one is cut from the advertising poster, not the album, I think. Couldn't find much on him outside a few NY Times articles from the late 1880's.

[CA Esq]

Richard Fosbury, inventor of the "Fosbury Flop" (backwards high jump)

[StraightRaceCards]

As a former track & cross country athlete in college, I love this thread. Chariots of Fire is my favorite movie… I used to watch it before most of my races in high school and college as motivation…!

Looking to pick some graded T218’s up… also anyone else have any Chariots of Fire members in cards?

Paddock, Shultz, Liddell, Abraham’s, montague, Burghley, etc?

If anyone is interested in selling those, let me know!

Matt

[bk400]

Awesome thread. Loved seeing Bruce Jenner pre Kardashian.

[epike3]

What a great thread!

Let me start by adding a few E229 sheet cuts. Not sure that will tell us anything new about what the full sheet looked like .... would be interested to learn more about how that set was produced and the dimensions of a full sheet if anyone has info on that.

Also have one "So Cripso" back from this set, only one I have seen or heard of. I wonder if the set was produced primarily for National Licorice and the manufacturer wanted to make a few more $$$ by offering to also print the cards to whomever they could find that was willing to pay to print with their back logo; and perhaps even the manufacturer offered to produce them for distribution with blank backs.

-Ed