1933 Diamond Matchbooks

[sockwell123]

I dont have any knowledge on the subject but i did a search and this site popped up with some for sale..and it appears with some differnt color jersey numbers..maybe you can contact the seller or some'n

www.vintagefootballcards.com

And this link to an article here on net54 about the subject
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...RXPftwLtO4KFgA

[swarmee]

I'm not an expert in them, but do know that John "Stumpy" Thomason was known at Georgia Tech for owning a bear that was given to him at the 1929 Rose Bowl against the Cal Bears. It was named Bruin and lived under the bleachers at GT's football stadium. It was known to drink Coca Cola and alcohol and would sometimes be corralled by the Atlanta Police Department.

[swarmee]

*double post*

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it.

I heard that bear story before. What I read is that is that Roy Lumpkin basically got in trouble for cutting class the season GT won that Rose Bowl, so he decided to turn pro before camp started the next season - he wanted to take his friend with him, but the other guy wanted to stay and take care of his Bear! (Some of this may be off - it was a while ago).

So no one collects these matchbooks? Specifically, all the 32 Portsmouth Spartans cards have orange numbers, but I believe they wore purple and gold. I saw one Redskins player with orange numbers and one Dodgers player with an orange stripe on the uniform. My theory is they colorized black and white pictures without regard for the colors matching their real life counterparts. It actually hadn't dawned on me the colors may be off at first - but I just felt like I was seeing too much orange.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

So no one collects these matchbooks? Specifically, all the 32 Portsmouth Spartans cards have orange numbers, but I believe they wore purple and gold. I saw one Redskins player with orange numbers and one Dodgers player with an orange stripe on the uniform. My theory is they colorized black and white pictures without regard for the colors matching their real life counterparts. It actually hadn't dawned on me the colors may be off at first - but I just felt like I was seeing too much orange.

I believe you are correct, John. The colors on these aren't necessarily correct. I believe they colorized them according to the colors they were planning to use in printing more to highlight the photos than to be correct.

I am slowly working on all of the football matchbooks out there including not only the Diamond ones but the Redskin sets. There are also sets for the Colts (one of the few AAFC sets of any kind available), Houston Oilers, etc, plus individual ones of players like Grange, Nagurski, etc.

Here are a few.











jeff