1926 Sports Co. of America/Spalding - talk about/show/contribute your knowledge

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

As promised, I have added lists of the non-baseball subjects that are known to exist with one or more of the three different back variations in the set. This info I pulled strictly from the PSA and SGC population reports, so take with a grain of salt, unless of course you have high blood pressure. I have transferred the baseball subjects lists from a previous posts so that all is located in one spot here. If you have difficulties when seeing non-baseball info in a forum devoted to baseball, strictly stick to the baseball lists I posted previously, and avert thine eyes from the icky information as seen below. I will be updating both sets of lists if the need arises.


+Baseball Subjects+

Known Ad Backs

Grover Alexander
Jim Bottomley
Eddie Collins
Goose Goslin
Bucky Harris
Gabby Hartnett
Rogers Hornsby
Walter Johnson
Sam Rice
Babe Ruth
Urban Shocker
Al Simmons
George Sisler
Paul Waner

Known Blank Backs

Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Kiki Cuyler
Bucky Harris
Rogers Hornsby
Dutch Ruether
Babe Ruth
Al Simmons
George Sisler
Paul Waner

Known 1927 Copyright Backs

Babe Ruth


+Non-Baseball Subjects+

Known Ad backs

Francis Allen - ice skating
Jack Beresford - sculling
Arne Borg - swimming
Jean Borotra - tennis
Earl Cooper - automobile racing
Dr. Paul Crouch - archery
Jack Dempsey - boxing
E. Demuyter - balloon racing
Ralph DePalma - automobile racing
Pete DePaulo - automobile racing
Leo Diegal - golf
Sgt. Morris Fisher - rifle shooting
Charley Gorman - ice skating
George Guthrie - high hurdles
Walter Hagen - golf
Harry Hartz - automobile racing
Benny Hill - automobile racing
Charley Hoff - pole vault
Bud Houser - discus
Frank Jackson - horseshoe pitching
Chick Jewtraw - ice skating
Bill Johnston - tennis
Tud Kent - dog team racing
Walter Koppisch - football
Walter Laufer - swimming
Strangler Lewis - wrestling
Sir Thomas Lipton - yachting
Willie Macfarlane - golf
Johnny Maiben - jockey
Lt. John McCready - aviation
Bob McDonogh - automobile racing
Reggie McNamara - bicycle racing
John C. Miles - marathon running
Tommy Milton - automobile racing
Pete Moeskops - bicycle racing
Wayne "Big" Munn - wrestling
Tommy Murphy - harness horse racing
Jonni Myyra - javelin
Nels Nelson - ski jumping
Erinie Nevers - football
Nathaniel Niles - figure skating
Barney Oldfield - automobile racing
Charley Paddock - sprints
Dr. J.T. Robinson - angling
Ad. Santel - wrestling
Bobby Skelton - swimming
Tod Sloan - jockey
Jimmy Smith - bowling
Arthur Spencer - bicycle racing
Freddie Spencer - bicycle racing
Joe Stecher - wrestling
Frank Taberski - billiards
Clas Thunberg - ice skating
Bill Tilden - tennis
Gene Tunney - boxing
Cyril Walker - golf
Ed Weir - football
John Weismuller - swimming
Al White - diving
R.N. Williams - tennis
Stan Zbysko - wrestling
Wladek Zbysko - wrestling

Known Blank Backs

George Carpentier - boxing
Bob Crosby - cowboy
Jack Dempsey - boxing
Red Grange - football
Bobby Jones - golf
Jack Kelly - rowing
Ernie Nevers - football
Chas. P. Rosenberg - boxing
Gene Tunney - boxing

Known 1927 Copyright backs

Jack Dempsey - boxing
Walter Hagen - golf
Walter Koppisch - football
Bo McMillan - football
George Wilson - football



Let us know if you have any additions or corrections to these lists.

Thanks, Brian

I have more information I will share. I actually have photocopies of the sheet and letters from the eBay auction I got from the seller that is referenced in the article. I’ll try to dig them up. I too only collect football, since there were only two football on the sheet I decided not to buy it. The asking price was also very high because of the baseball HoFers. It came from George Kelly’s estate.

I also have the checklist somewhere from Alan Hager of most of the Ad backs from an auction. I am missing some of the pages. I bought many of my Ad backs from Hager. He told me that he bought everyone in an REA auction. He said the auction didn’t highlight that they were different and much rarer variation, so he bought everyone. Many ended up in ASA holder, but some in PSA.

I’ve had the number one football set since the onset of the PSA set registry 22+ years shooting for 25 so they have to create another star…lol

One final thing not mentioned on the article or on this thread is that the paper script is blue not orange in the 1927 set.


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