1924-25 Dominion Chocolate. Baseball cards DO exist!

[rhettyeakley]

I keep track of these cards and according to my checklists I do not recall seeing any soccer-specific cards in the two V31 Dominion Chocolate sets, there are some "All-Around" Canadian athletes but none that are soccer specific. However, in the V122 Willard's Chocolate set there are a pair of soccer cards featuring the foloowing players...
54 Bobby Lavery Star of Soccer Centre Forwards
55 William Sim Star Soccer Centre Half


I have not done any research into these two guys to know if they were Canadian or prominent European players as that same set features random "Sports Champions" from around the world, but the set is Canadian in origin.

Anyways, I hope this helps.
-Rhett

[Collect Equity]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

I keep track of these cards and according to my checklists I do not recall seeing any soccer-specific cards in the two V31 Dominion Chocolate sets, there are some "All-Around" Canadian athletes but none that are soccer specific. However, in the V122 Willard's Chocolate set there are a pair of soccer cards featuring the foloowing players...
54 Bobby Lavery Star of Soccer Centre Forwards
55 William Sim Star Soccer Centre Half

Rehtt,

I know this is off topic, but do you or others on the board know of any other US soccer cards printed before 1970?

Thanks!

[Copa7]

Both Laverty and Sim were amateur players in the Ontario League (Canada).

There was no sustained professional US soccer leagues after WWII until 1967.

The North American Soccer League (NASL) began a year later. The earliest player cards from the NASL I know of were in 1974.

If anyone has a a Sim or Laverty card, please let me know.

Thanks