Don Hutson Items… During NFL playing days?

[TanksAndSpartans]

When the hobby accepted rookie card of someone who played in the NFL from 35-45 is a 1955 issue, it gives you the feeling there aren’t a lot of items out there, but the board is always full of surprises for me, so I thought its worth asking:

Is there an item that depicts Hutson as a Packer which was issued during his playing days?

My research shows a Wheaties panel that has him as an Alabama AA, but no Packers Walkers Cleaners, Diamond Matchbook, Chicle, etc.

Thanks!

[jefferyepayne]

Hi John. Unfortunately for Hudson he fell in the card pit that was the great depression / WWII era when there's just not a lot of items.

Your best bet if you want something that shows him in his Packers uniform is to snag a vintage photo from that era. I don't have a lot of Hudson ones but here is one with Lambeau and Irv Comp.



There was a really nice action photo of him in the most recent RMY Auction as well.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Jeff. Makes sense, I figured that was a rough time period for cards. Nice photo!

[revmoran]

The Packer programs from that era still featured yearbook like photos of the players -

[revmoran]

Living in Connecticut, one of my favorite Hutson items is the program from a mid-season war time exhibition game the Packers played against a team from the Navy yards in Groton and New London - which had a number of NFL players stationed there. They had come East to play the Dodgers in Brooklyn on Nov 21, 1943, and were playing the Eagles-Steelers in Philadelphia on Dec. 5, so they fit this game in.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Awesome! Thanks Mike. And we even get the final score: 62-14. I love seeing stuff like this. The number of exhibition games the teams played in the first few decades seems to be quite a lot and you don't find them documented on sites like profootball reference because they weren't official.

On a somewhat related note - couldn't help but notice Swede Johnston from the Chicle set - always thought his inclusion in the Packer HOF was curious since he never seemed like one of their key players.