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1909 through 1912 was a glorious time for card collectors, and the T206 and T205 card sets are probably the most widely collected tobacco cards of the deadball era. The T207 set definitely lags in popularity and availability, but it shares characteristics of the other two sets (size of card, larger size of set, major league players, artwork based upon photos instead of photos themselves) to make it part of the Tobacco Card Triple Crown. There are other great tobacco sets from the era (T3, T201, T202, T204, T211 etc.), but none of them share all of the same specifications that I listed above.

Below is a list of the 71 players that have cards in each of these three sets. The T207 set definitely had an odd player selection, with many fringe players included, otherwise this list would have been much larger. As it is, beside the obvious big names missing in the T207 set (Cobb, Mathewson, Eddie Collins, etc.), the players that are seen in all three sets are definitely some of the more popular players of this era, and ones that are frequently seen in the other sets of the era, such as in various 'E' card issues.

Below is this list of players seen in all three sets, and I have included a scan of the Tobacco Triple Crown of one of these players, Lefty Leifield. Feel free to show any trios you may have. And let me know if anything seems inaccurate, whether missing or erroneously included. At some point I might do a list of those players seen in both T205 and T206, which would be a much larger grouping.

I have added an asterisk by each player that has had their Triple Crown on display.

Players in all three sets - T205/T206/T207

Neal Ball
Cy Barger *
Beals Becker *
Chief Bender *
Bob Bescher
Joe Birmingham
Lena Blackburne
Roger Bresnahan *
Bobby Byrne *
Howie Camnitz *
Bill Carrigan
Frank Chance *
Eddie Cicotte
Doc Crandall *
Jim Delahanty *
Art Devlin
Josh Devore *
Red Dooin *
Tom Downey
Larry Doyle *
Clyde Engle
Steve Evans *
Art Fletcher *
Art Fromme
Peaches Graham
Buck Herzog **
Walter Johnson *
Johnny Kling *
Ed Konetchy *
Harry Krause
Arlie Latham *
Tommy Leach *
Lefty Leifield *
Ed Lennox
Paddy Livingston *
Harry Lord
Rube Marquard *
George McBride *
John McGraw *
Harry McIntire
Matty McIntyre *
Larry McLean *
Clyde Milan *
Dots Miller *
Mike Mitchell *
George Moriarity *
George Mullin *
Tom Needham *
Rebel Oakes
Rube Oldring *
Dode Paskert *
Jack Quinn *
Ed Reulbach *
Nap Rucker *
Germany Schaefer *
Frank Schulte *
Jim Scott
Fred Snodgrass
Tris Speaker *
Oscar Stanage
Harry Steinfeldt *
George Stovall
Gabby Street *
Lee Tannehill *
Joe Tinker *
Terry Turner
Bobby Wallace *
Zack Wheat *
Doc White *
Chief Wilson *
Hooks Wiltse *

Brian