Set_Listing	Set_Name	Brand_Name	Set_Year	Rarity	Number_Issued	Example	Comment
mparg004	Learn Football from the Stars	Argus Weekend Magazine	1951	7	14		These supplements contained leading VFL players of the era explaining coaching tips for certain aspects of the game. The supplement showed a colour caricature of a player and then a black and white head photo of the player. Generally the black and white photo showed the same player as the caricature, but not in all cases.
mparg009	Colour Team Photos	Argus Weekend Magazine	1951	7	7 known		The team photos were not quite as consistent in 1951 as other years with 'Learn from the Stars' supplement more predominant. Still there were a number of colour team photos issued.
tcheo001	Famous Footballers	Harper's Easi Oats	1951	8	40		This series shows caricatures of leading VFL players.
tcheo002	Sth. Australian Footballers (Series 1)	Harper's Easi Oats	1951	9	36		The cartoon caricatures of SANFL players were drawn by Lionel Coventry.
tckor004	Footballers in Action (Bar)	Kornies	1951	5	64		This series was the first of three similar series of Footballers in action. The differentiating factor is the heading banner on the back of the card, this series showing as a bar. Each card has the players facsimile signature on the front. An album was issued to house the cards
otzzz004	VFL Cloth Bookmarks	(Unknown)	1952 cc	8	5 known		This series of silky cloth bookmarks shows predominantly team mascots with the team name at the top and team nickname at the bottom. The issuer is unknown as is the date of issue but the style of the mascots would suggest early to mid 1950s.
mparg005	Colour Team Photos	Argus Weekend Magazine	1952	7	19		The team photos in 1952 came in three separate subsets. Most teams appeared with player head photos spread across the page with a club mascot in the middle, but three teams appeared with the traditional style team photo as appeared in previous years. The last subset showed traditional team photos of the teams competing in the VFL finals series.
tckor005	Footballers in Action (Football)	Kornies	1952	5	64		This series was the second of three similar series of Footballers in action. The heading banner on the back of the card shows as a football. Each card has the players facsimile signature on the front. An album was issued to house the cards.
accha001	Hospital Appeal Cards	Childrens Hospital Adelaide	1952 cc	8	1 known		Only one card is known to exist in this set and it shows a black and white photo of an SANFL footballer with a circular frame surrounded by red card. It is titled 'Childrens Hospital Appeal'.
tcarg001	Football Portraits	Argus	1953	7	72		These cards could be obtained by sending in four consecutive numbered vouchers found in the Argus. Four cards were redeemed for these vouchers. Six cards from each team were issued. Smaller reproductions (110 x 75 mm) of card numbers 1, 2, 3, 12, 15, 19 and 20 were printed in the paper itself as advertisements for the set.
mparg006	Colour Team Photos	Argus Weekend Magazine	1953	7	20		Formal team photos of all the VFL teams competing that year with additional photos for teams competing in the finals series. The Footscray finals photo showed the same team photo as the earlier edition except that the head of Jack Collins had another players head superimposed on top of it as Jack was out injured at the time. The Argus also issued supplements on Victorian country towns in 1953 and the Latrobe Valley one of these contained four colour team photos of Latrobe Valley teams. Other town supplements contained black and white team photos but not ones of the quality in the Latrobe Valley supplement.
tcheo003	Sth. Australian Footballers (Series 2)	Harper's Easi Oats	1953	7	36		This series shows head and shoulder shots of SANFL players. 'Second Series' and a player profile is printed on the back of the card.
tckor006	Footballers in Action (Flag)	Kornies	1953	5	64		This series was the last of three similar series of Footballers in action. The heading banner on the back of the card shows as a flag. Each card has the players facsimile signature on the front. An album was issued to house the cards.
miwsm002	Football Stars	Western Mail Newspaper	1953 cc	8	12		Large supplements issued in Western Australia in twelve consecutive weekly editions of the Western Mail, showing colour portraits of leading WAFL players of the era with the players statistics at the bottom.
tcarg002	Football Swap Cards	Argus	1954	5	144		This set shows actual photographs of player heads superimposed on an action cartoon drawing of a body and football ground in the background.
mparg007	Colour Team Photos	Argus Weekend Magazine	1954	7	19		Formal team photos of all the VFL teams competing that year and the several VFA teams.
tccol001	Victorian Footballers (Series 1)	Coles	1954	5	56		This series shows predominantly training action shots but some portrait shots also appear.
tccol002	Victorian Footballers (Series 2)	Coles	1954	5	56		These cards differ from series one in that they have 'Exclusive Coles Production' printed lightly in a semi-circle on the back of the card. The sequence of team colour at the top and bottom of the card is also reversed.
cffyf001	Victorian Football Caricatures	Fyna Foods	1954	8	24		These cards show caricatures of leading VFL players with a team colour tab at the bottom of the card in the shape of a football designed to be cut off and pinned onto your jumper. A series of poster sized reproductions of these cards was also produced recently.
tcheo004	Sth. Australian Footballers (Series 3)	Harper's Easi Oats	1954	7	31		These cards depict the same photos as those used in the second series with a facsimile signature added. The backs read 'third series' and had an updated player profile
tckor007	Champion Footballers	Kornies	1954	6	48		The Champion Footballer series was larger again than the previous Kornies series. The players facsimile signature appears on the front of the card. This series shows half length portrait shots of VFL players.
otkor001	Champion Footballers (Large Panels)	Kornies	1954	10	12		These cards formed the front panel of the Kornies cereal box that the above series of Champion Footballers could be found in.
pohsm003	Original WEG Posters	Herald Sun Newspaper	1954 -	9	48		An institution in Melbourne is this series of posters issued immediately after each VFL/AFL grand final showing a caricature of the winning team drawn by WEG. The first poster was released in 1954 as the cover sheet to bundles of newspapers, and then sold at various outlets, including outside the ground on grand final day, ever since. The older posters are extremely rare and even more rare are the losing team grand final posters which were mostly destroyed once the winner was known.
mparg008	Colour Team Photos	Argus Weekend Magazine	1955	7	18		Team photos of the VFL teams competing that year, plus aerial views of the finals series.
tccol003	Victorian Footballers	Coles	1955	7	56		This set also has 'Exclusive Coles Production' printed lightly in a semi-circle on the back of the card, but the colour of the cardboard tends to be cream not white. The sequence of team colour at the top and bottom of the card has reverted to the way it was in series 1. All cards in this set have both the players first name and surname printed.
tcheo005	Sth. Australian Footballers (Series 4)	Harper's Easi Oats	1955	9	24		The back of the card shows 'Fourth series' again with a player profile. These are probably the hardest of the SA Easi Oats series to find.
cgmch001	Sporting Club Gallery	Michelides Ltd.	1955	8	4 known footballers		Pictures of Sth. Fremantle footballers appeared on the top left hand corner of Micheleides 'Sport Club Gallery' cigarette packets in Perth. Four are known to exist along with pictures of celebrities from other sports.
otcxb001	Footy Blotting Paper	Cox Bros.	1955 cc	9	3 known		Blotting paper showing caricatures of VFL footballers on the back. Only three are known to exist, Collingwood, Nth. Melbourne and Hawthorn.
acgfl001	Advertising Card	Golden Fleece	1955 cc	8	4 known		These cards show a photo of VFL players with the caption "With compliments from Golden Fleece and Kookaburra Underwear"
otvch001	Richmond Matchbooks	Vaucluse Hotel Melbourne	1955 cc	9	3 known		Three matchbooks are known to have been issued by the Vaucluse Hotel in Richmond, Melbourne. One shows a black and white head photo of Des Rowe superimposed on a drawn in collar and tie with Richmond colour diagonal stripes in the background. Another shows black an white photos of Des Rowe and Max Oppy in an oval frame with a similar Black and yellow diagonal stripe background. The third is a text advertisement for the hotel.
tcarg003	Fireside Footballers	Argus	1956	9	288		Postage stamp sized cards to be used with the Argus Fireside Footballers game. Twenty four cards per team were issued in sheets which had to be cut into the individual cards. Coupons had to be collected from the Argus newspaper and then redeemed in person at the Argus distribution outlet in Melbourne.
tccol004	Olympic Series	Coles	1956	5	1 football related		Coles issued several series of cards related to the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. One of these series showed scenes from sports that were to be contested at the games, one of which was the exhibition sport of Australian Rules Football. The card was a cartoon like image that did not specify any players or teams.
achol001	Victorian Football League Players	Holeproof	1956 cc	9	3 known		These large sized cards showed action shots of players with a facsimile signature.
acmyr001	Souvenir Photo Card	Myer	1956	6	1		This single souvenir photo card shows a black and white training photo of Peter Box from Footscray. It was issued to commemorate his visit to the Myer store in Melbourne after winning the 1956 Brownlow Medal. The card has a facsimile signature on the front.
tczzz004	1957 Tas v Vic	(Unknown)	1957	10	20		This set contains 20 cards believed to depict the 20 players in the Tasmanian team that played Victoria in 1957
tccoc001	Geelong League Football Stars	Coca-Cola	1957	9	24		This series has a Coca-Cola symbol on the top of the card with no border around it. An album was produced to house the cards.
otghn001	VFL Mascot Pennants	Greig's Honey	1957	6	12		This set of triangular cardboard pennants show a VFL club mascot on a team colour background. The mascot and banner are very similar to those appearing on the early Shell Decals.
tckor008	VFL Mascots	Kornies	1957	8	36		This series shows a players head photo superimposed on a caricature of the team mascot. Excluding the above box panels, these are probably the rarest of the Kornies cards.
tcatl001	VFL Footballers	Atlantic - Picture Pageant	1958	5	128		This card series shows a mix of training action shots and player portraits. Twelve cards were issued for each of the teams competing in the 1957 VFL finals series and ten for all the other teams.
tccoc002	Geelong Footballers	Coca-Cola	1958	9	32		The format of this series is the same as the 1957 cards however the border is blue. Once again an album was available to stick the cards in.
tcjon001	Victorian Footballers	Jonco Football Shorts	1958	9	45 + Header Card		The brand advertisement (header card) appeared at the top of the six card sheet and the cards had perforated edges for easy detachment. Ongarello, Gunn, Adams, Hebbard, Hands, Birt, Dummett and Young appear in a second set that does not show the Jonco symbol on the back of the card.
cocri001	Cereal Box Cut-Out	Crispies Cereal Food	1958 cc	9	12		An action image of one player from each of the twelve VFL teams of the time appeared altogether on the back panel of a Crispies cereal box. The cards most commonly appear as single players, but because of their position on the box they could not be cut out into rectangular panels therefore they are cut at irregular angles.
dcmob003	Club Mascots	Mobil	1958 cc	6	20		These transfers show a team mascot with a panel reading 'Follow team name on Mobilgas'. The presence of the Gorilla mascot for Fitzroy would suggest that they were issued in the late 1950's.
dcshl002	Club Mascots	Shell	1958 cc	6	28		This series of transfers shows a shell with a team mascot or symbol in the middle of it and a banner at the bottom with the caption 'With Compliments of your Shell Dealer'. The series was issued for VFL, WAFL and SANFL teams.
cfbes001	Victorian Footballers	Besters Sweets	1959	7	23 x 2 series		Two series were produced containing an identical player list. The first set was the larger in width. Both sets show a player photo in the middle of the card with competition details and player details appearing in the top and bottom panel respectively. The cards have the appearance of a newspaper cut-out but were issued on a sturdy cardboard. All VFL teams have two cards issued except Melbourne which only has one.
tckor009	Swap Cards	Kornies	1959	6	36		These cards are also commonly known as the Kornies scoreboard cards and show a player portrait with a picture of the 1958 grand final in the background.
pljed001	Verdun Howell Footy Shorts	Jedsons	1959 cc	8	1		A single design showing Verdun Howell reaching up for a mark. These cards were the labels on footy shorts made by the Jedson's conpany.
dcmob004	Club Mascots	Mobil	1959 cc	6	26		These transfers show a team mascot with a yellow or white panel reading 'Follow team name on Mobilgas Special'.
accof003	Caberet Ball Card	Collingwood Football Club	1960	7	1		This advertising card shows a black and white half length portrait of Murray Weideman with a facsimile signature. The back of the card has a message from Murray Weideman as captain of the 1960 team and the club themesong.
tcheo006	Sth. Australian Footballers	Harper's Easi Oats	1960	7	24 + 1 error card		This series shows a player head photo superimposed on a crowd scene photo. A facsimile signature also appears on the front of the card.
mpwmw001	League Teams of 1960	Womens Weekly	1960	7	12		Team Photos of the VFL teams competing in the 1960 season, issued as a supplement of the Australian Women's Weekly.
acrbf001	Advertisement Card	Ron Barassi Football Boots	1960 cc	8	1		A single advertisement card showing a b/w three quarter length shot of Ron Barassi in his Melbourne uniform.
tcsas001	Magarey Medalists	S.A. Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association Inc.	1960 cc	8	8 known		Large trade cards showing full length photos of Magarey medalists. Some are plain backed and some show an advertisement for the Woodville Spastic home.
dcshl003	Club Mascots	Shell	1960 cc	6	12		This series of transfers again shows a shell with a team mascot or symbol in the middle of it and a banner at the bottom with the caption 'With Compliments of your Shell Dealer'. The bottom banner is red in this series as opposed to yellow in the other.

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