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Interesting topic. Alright, let's look at the criteria Mr. Jurgela has:
1. Early superstar of the sport. I think Honus Wagner would be known to baseball fans even if he didn't have his famous T206 card. The same isn't true for Meredith. I would say that 99.99 percent of soccer fans don't even know who he was. I didn't learn who he was until I got deep into soccer card collecting. 2. Highly collected set. First you wrote "highly collected set," and then you proceeded by saying "for those of you who don't know this set." Funny. If this is a highly collected set, then you shouldn't have to explain it to us. Oh, and I have never heard of this Taddy set either. And finally, it looks to me as if you selected Meredith because he played in the same era as Wagner, but it doesn't have to be this way. My selection is this card below: 1957 Balas Futebol #11 Pele This is the first card of the king. I am not sure how many examples exist, but it's extremely difficult to locate (so don't even try searching for it on eBay ) The above picture was taken from an album owned by the biggest soccer card collector in Brazil, Moacir Peres, a retired judge. I would give up my whole entire soccer collection for this one card.
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^Well, that’s an interesting item but from another set I’ve never heard of.
If there is a Quigol Garrincha that would be a Post-War equivalent (short printed, popular set). But there probably isn’t... I think it makes most sense to establish what the most collected sets are and then see if there are any short print superstars.
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Agree....
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Do you know of any SP's out there of superstars in either pre or post war?
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Yes!!!
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If we are going to push this into post war, I like the choice of the Quigol Garrincha as a SSP! When I refer to highly collectible, I was mainly referring to the UK card seen, not the North American card seen. I don't think that ANY soccer cards are highly collected in the USA. In the UK, however I understand that Taddy & Co have quite the following. Similary to the Pinnace sets. Any time you find websites dedicated to a particular set tends to say something.
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