Umpire cards are cool! A while back I got really interested in them and did some research!
The first umpire cards were produced in the 1887-90 Old Judge set. It includes Wallace Fessenden, Jack McQuaid and “Honest John” Kelly.
Next, I think there's one in the 1909 Cabanas set
As mentioned earlier in the thread there are some M101-2 umpires! This is the first Hall of Fame umpire card.
There are some in the 1922 Exhibit set: HOFers such as Klem and Evans are included.
There are some in the extremely rare 1934 Al-Demaree die-cuts set. Klem is currently the only known HOFer in the set so far. There are 6 umpire cards in total. I suspect there are two more which are undiscovered at the moment one of which I suspect could be Bill McGowan!
I believe there are a couple in the '35 Schutter-Johnson set.
As mentioned earlier there are two Play Ball umpire cards: 1939 Play Ball Dolly Stark, and 1940 Play Ball Stark.
Those are the pre-war ones that I can remember, there might be a couple others which I didn't mention plus some obscure postcards or premiums.
Hope this helps!
-Owen
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1955 Topps 171/206
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