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JimStinson 06-23-2013 07:01 AM

Who ARE These Guys ?
 
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This page fell out of a 1930's Autograph Album book I purchased a few months back , the book was mostly sports. I'm guessing this is some team of some sort and could be absolutely nothing but was unable to ID a single one. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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travrosty 06-23-2013 09:38 AM

there was a dj mcmahon who was an athlete (cycling) for the new jersey athletic club around the turn of the 20th century. dont know if this is him, cant find any of the other names listed associated with his name. ???

39special 06-23-2013 02:13 PM

There was a J.F.Slater that played for Manchester United from 1890-1892

Michael B 06-23-2013 04:27 PM

Jim,

Van Elslande is a Belgian surname. As people are wont to do when an item is posted here, I must ask, what is on the other side? Perhaps this will help identifying this side, though I suspect it may not be sports. I don't recall seeing that many signatures with just initials when it is Anglo names.

JimStinson 06-24-2013 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael B (Post 1150157)
Jim,

Van Elslande is a Belgian surname. As people are wont to do when an item is posted here, I must ask, what is on the other side? Perhaps this will help identifying this side, though I suspect it may not be sports. I don't recall seeing that many signatures with just initials when it is Anglo names.

Here is the reverse, appears as if it was pulled from an address book, there were several others like it that I was able to identify but this one stumped me. I was thinking it may be some obscure team , either cycling as Travis mentioned , or rowing or Olympic related. Just don't know. It could be something destined for the waste basket but all of the other autographs that came with the group had some type of historical significance which led me to believe that maybe this one did too.
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cubsfan-budman 06-24-2013 07:34 AM

Arthur Hopcraft was a noted Soccer journalist in the UK. Also a screenwriter. Can't find his middle name to match it to "AJ" though.

Michael B 06-24-2013 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman (Post 1150292)
Arthur Hopcraft was a noted Soccer journalist in the UK. Also a screenwriter. Can't find his middle name to match it to "AJ" though.

As Jim stated in his first post, this was a 1930's autograph album. Arthur Hopcraft was born in 1932.

Michael B 06-24-2013 06:56 PM

Jim,

These are definitely not Olympians. They could be a group of people with no sports affiliation at all or a group from some local team. I would guess they were all Coloradans based on the other side. It mentions both Crested Butte and Denver. The street address '207 S 26th Ave' is a designation found more in the western states than the east. I would also suspect that the two phone numbers 'MA 4224' and "HA 1472' are old phone exchanges from the area. My home town used TW - Twinbrook, back before the 3 number prefix became common.


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