Set_Listing	Set_Name	Brand_Name	Set_Year	Rarity	Number_Issued	Example	Comment
tccoc003	WAFL League Football Stars	Coca-Cola	1961	10	192 + 8 Captain Album Covers		A set of rare Coca-Cola cards issued in WA only. They are a very similar format to that of the Geelong Coca-Cola cards in that they have a red border with the caption 'Drink Coca-Cola ice cold". Each club had 24 cards issued with an album to store the cards in.
othoy002	VFL Team Bookmarks	Hoyts Picture Theatres	1961	6	12		These series of competition tickets shows club mascots on the front above the caption 'I Like Team name'. The competition was run in conjunction with 3KZ radio station where winners were announced due to the number on the ticket. The tickets were then designed to be used as bookmarks.
mptvt001	Team Photos	TV Times Magazine	1961	7	12		Glossy black and white team photos of the VFL teams competing that year. Some had a yellow name panel at the bottom of the photo and others had a white panel.
acwmw001	WAFL Player Photos	Walsh's Menswear	1961	7	36 known		This series of black and white photos show half length studio portraits of WAFL players and were issued free at various Walsh's outlets. Advertisements of the time show that players from all clubs could be obtained but only Subiaco and East Fremantle ones are known to exist.
mpwmd001	League Team Photos	Womens Day	1961	7	12		Colour Team Photos of the VFL teams competing in the 1961 season, issued as a supplement to the Australian Woman's Day.
mpwmw002	League Pin-Ups	Womens Weekly	1961	7	6 x 2 players per page		A single page issued in several editions of the Australian Women's Weekly showed portraits of two stars of the VFL competition.
tccoc004	Geelong Footballers	Coca-Cola	1962	9	30		Once again the cards are the same format as the 1957 series except that a border appears around the Coca-Cola symbol at the top of the card. An album was produced to house the cards. A bottle cap was also issued by the Geelong Coca Cola bottling factory to advertise the set.
otgia004	Footy Fan Toffee Wrappers	Giant Brand	1962 cc	6	12		These wrappers for Giant Brand Footy Fan Fan Toffee's show a team mascot in a circle on a team jumper colour background. The wrappers generally had two teams end to end and sometimes half of a third team as well. Similar wrappers also exist for Allens Bubble Gum.
othsm005	Herald for Footy VFL Badges	Herald Newspaper	1962	5	13		These round badges show team mascots or emblems for each of the twelve VFL teams of the era with the caption Herald for Footy. Each badge had a pin attached to the back. There are two known styles for the St.Kilda badge.
dckan001	Kangaroo Decals	Kangaroo Brand Petroleum	1962	8	12		This is most probably the rarest series of water based transfers. It shows a Kangaroo caricature in a team colour uniform with above a triangular shape containing the caption The Top Team Kangaroo and Team Name.
acmit001	Geelong Footballers	Mitt's Dry Cleaners	1962	10	29 known		This set contains large leaflets with a caricature of a Geelong footballer of the era. It is not known whether No.29 is the highest number issued but it is the highest known.
mpwmw003	League Teams of 1962	Womens Weekly	1962	7	12		Team Photos of the VFL teams competing in the 1962 season, issued in the Teenagers Weekly supplement of the Australian Women's Weekly.
dcshl004	Club Mascots	Shell	1962 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 yellow again but the team name now appears as a fancy nickname.
dcshl006	SANFLClub Mascots	Shell	1962 cc	6	8		This series although almost identical to the first series issued Australia wide does not have shell lines in the bottom left and right corners of the shell.
otarn001	Play Better Football	Arnott's Biscuits	1963	8	7 known		These fold out cards show Ted Whitten (Vic) or Fos Williams (SA) demonstrating several different skills of the game. The front of the Victorian issue shows a head and shoulders shot of Ted. The card then opens out into four panels where the particular skill is demonstrated along with pictures of the Arnott's biscuit range.
otbry001	Collingwood Match Books	Bryant & May	1963	8	33 known		These matchbooks were issued in the normal folded fashion showing black and white photos of Collingwood players of the era. A scoreboard matchbook was also issued allowing space to record the quarter by quarter scores of a game. The Collingwood theme song was also issued on one matchbook.
bccoc001	SANFL Bottle Caps	Coca-Cola	1963	7	144		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. The players name appeared below the photo and the team above the photo. A large album was issued to stick all the caps on. These caps were issued in two formats, one from the Adelaide bottlers and one from the Port Pirrie bottlers. The Port Pirrie set has a different font and West Torrens is shown as just Torrens.
bccoc002	VFL Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1963	7	240		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. A album was issued to house the bottle caps. The caps were issued in at least two different formats. One with a larger head and one with a smaller head, believed to be Melbourne and Geelong issues. The Graham Arthur cap also appears in a third format with capt next to his name.
otmtg001	VFL Mascot Wrappers	Metro Gum (Giant Kandyland Pty.Ltd)	1963	8	12		These wrappers for metro chewing gum showed a VFL team mascot with club details along the left side and leading goal kickers and Brownlow medallists on the right side.
bcpep001	SANFL Bottle Caps	Pepsi	1963	7	40 + 1 error cap		This series showed players head photos printed on the underside of a Pepsi Cola or Miranda bottle cap. The players’ name appeared below the photo. A single paper sheet was issued to stick the caps on. The Ken Eustice cap was initially issued as Eustace and the reissued as Eustice. Also the Don Lindner cap shows the name incorrectly as T Lindner.
tcscn001	VFL Football	Scanlens	1963	8	18		The first offering of the now famous Scanlens cards are the company's rarest and most valuable. This set of 18 features players from only 9 of the 12 VFL clubs plus interstate players L. Fitzgerald and the great Haydn Bunton Jnr. This highly collectable series is also known for its bright colour scheme with some players appearing in varied and unusual uniforms. They were available in packets with a stick of bubble gum from milk bars, newsagents and similar outlets.
coshl001	SANFL Football Autograph Book	Shell	1963	7	64		This series shows black and white player head photos. Each player could be cut out of a sheet of six and pasted into an album.
coshl002	VFL Football Autograph Book	Shell	1963	7	96		This series shows black and white player head photos. Each player could be cut out of a sheet of six and pasted into an album.
coshl003	WAFL Football Autograph Book	Shell	1963	7	64		This series shows black and white player head photos. Each player could be cut out of a sheet of four and pasted into an album.
otzzz007	VFL Mascot Badges – Series 1	(Unknown)	c1963	5	12		These round celluoid badges show team mascots or emblems for each of the twelve VFL teams of the era. They are very similar to the Herald for Footy badges but without the Herald caption. Each badge had an exposed stick pin attached to the back.
otzzz008	VFL Mascot Badges – Series 2	(Unknown)	c1963	5	12		These round celluoid badges show team mascots or emblems for each of the twelve VFL teams of the era. Very similar to series 1 expect some mascots differ slightly and the colouring is different. Each badge had an enclosed pin attached to the back.
bccoc006	SANFL Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1964	7	180		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. The players name appeared below the head and the team above the head. The players guernsey number appeared to the left of the head and the players height to the right. A large cardboard album was issued to store the caps in.
bccoc007	TFL Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1964	7	120		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. The players name appeared below the head and the team above the head.
bccoc003	VFL Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1964	8	240		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. The obvious difference from the 1963 series is that 19 is printed to the left of the players head and 64 is printed to the right.
tcheo007	Sth. Australian Footballers	Harper's Easi Oats	1964	7	24		The cards are similar in style to the 1960 Easi -Oats set however no signature appears on the front of the card.
tcheo008	Victorian Footballers	Harper's Easi Oats	1964	8	24		The cards are similar in style to the SA 1960 Easi Oats set however no signature appears on the front of the card.
pohnz001	VFL Player Posters	Heinz	1964	7	24		Large sized posters showing posed training action shots of the players. A white football logo appeared on each poster with the number 57 at the top and the players name in the middle.
othsm001	VFL Captains Cloth Patches	Herald Sun Newspaper	1964	6	12		A black and white head photo of the captain of each VFL for that season appeared above a colour team emblem.
skmlo001	SANFL Emblem Stickers	Milo	1964	6	10		This series of SANFL club emblem stickers came in cellophane wrappers inside Milo tins in SA. One emblem for each club was issued.
dcmob001	Club Mascots	Mobil	1964	6	36		These transfers show a team mascot with a panel beside it reading 'Follow the team nickname on Mobil Special'
dcmob002	Club Mascots	Mobil	1964	6	36		These transfers show a team mascot with a panel to the right reading 'Follow the team nickname on Mobilgas'
tcmob001	Footy Photos (SANFL)	Mobil	1964	4	40		This series shows half length portraits of leading players from all SANFL clubs. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcmob002	Footy Photos (VFL)	Mobil	1964	4	40		This series shows half length portraits of leading players from all VFL clubs. They, along with the 1965 Victorian edition are the most common of the series issued by Mobil. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcmob003	Footy Photos (WAFL)	Mobil	1964	5	40		This series shows three quarter length portraits of leading players from all WAFL clubs. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcscn002	VFL Football	Scanlens	1964	5	33		The second Scanlens release, a set of 33, includes players from every VFL club with information on each player on the back. Like the 1963 series the background is high colour, however this time players appear in their respective club uniforms with the exception of Ted Whitten and Noel Teasdale who are pictured in Victorian jumpers. They were available in packets with a stick of bubble gum from milk bars, newsagents and similar outlets.
aczzz001	Milk Advertisements	(Unknown)	1964 cc	8	4		Believed to be a series of four cards depicting leading VFL players of the time advertising milk but only this one is known.
dcshl005	Club Mascots	Shell	1964 cc	6	12		This series of transfers shows a shell, this time on a red background, 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 square with black writing and the team name again appears as the nickname
otcof001	Popular Players Competition Cards	Collingwood Football Club	1964/65	8	7 known		This series was issued over two separate years involving a club competition. The cards are paper and appear to have been torn from a book of many stapled together.
otzzz003	WAFL Captains Cloth Patches	(Unknown)	1965	8	8		A black and white head photo of the captain of each WAFL team for either season '64 or '65 appeared above a colour team emblem and team nickname.
tccla001	Clarence Footballers	Clarence Football Club	1965	8	38 known		This set contains large cards with a black and white player photograph and various company advertisements at the bottom. Due to the rarity of these cards it is difficult to determine if this list is complete.
accoc001	Advertisement Card	Coca-Cola	1965	7	1		A single advertisement card showing Bob Skilton with a bottle of coke and a game action scene in the background.
bccoc005	TFL Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1965	7	131		This series shows players head photos printed on the under side of a Coca-Cola or Fanta bottle cap. The players name appeared below the head and the team above the head. The year of issue was printed either side of the players head.
bccoc008	The Way to Play Football Bottle Tops	Coca-Cola	1965	7	68		This series of bottle tops shows different skills of the game demonstrated by use of caricatures. Issued in SA only the series also had an album to house the caps.
dcgfl001	Active 8 Transfers	Golden Fleece	1965	6	41 known		This australia wide series shows a team flag above the Golden Fleece symbol with Active-8 at the bottom. The caption reads 'I like team name and'. Similar stickers were also issued but they were smaller and did not have the Active 8 logo on them. Two different producers of this series of Decals is known, DeNeefe and Selex.
mihsm001	Pencil Pictures	Herald Sun Newspaper	1965	7	12		Lifelike caricatures drawn in pencil by Roy Hodgkinson on parchment type paper. Each of the VFL club captains for 1965 appear in this set.
acmfc005	Dixon Fan Card	Melbourne FC (assumed)	1965	7	1		This single card of Brian Dixon from Melbourne shows an identical photo and facsimile signature to the one issued in the Mobil Footy Photos set from that year, However this one has a blank back designed to be signed by the player. It is unknown whether the card was issued by the Melbourne FC or by the player himself.
mimcn001	Tasmanian Captains	Mercury Newspaper	1965	7	20 known		Every Monday and Friday for several weeks, the Mercury newspaper issued a coupon which could be exchanged for a photo of one of the Tasmanian captains of the era.
tcmob004	Footy Photos (SANFL)	Mobil	1965	4	40		This series shows posed training action shots of leading players from all SANFL clubs. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcmob005	Footy Photos (VFL)	Mobil	1965	4	40		This series shows posed training action shots of leading players from all VFL clubs. They, along with the 1964 Victorian edition are the most common of the series issued by Mobil. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcmob006	Footy Photos (WAFL)	Mobil	1965	5	40		This series shows posed training action shots of leading players from all WAFL clubs. An album was also available to store the cards in.
tcscn003	VFL Football	Scanlens	1965	5	36		This relatively small set of 36 features three players from each of the 12 VFL clubs. Interestingly some cards show similar bright coloured backgrounds and action shots of players depicted on the first two Scanlens sets, while others are more modern looking profile photographs. On the reverse of each card is a 'mystery quiz' and player details. They were available in packets with a stick of bubble gum from milk bars, newsagents and similar outlets.
dcshl001	Go well Go Shell Transfers	Shell	1965	6	8		These transfers show a club colour rosette for the WAFL teams with a caption in the middle reading 'Go Well Go Shell Go team nickname'
dczzz003	Saints Transfer	(Unknown)	1965 cc	7	1 known		This single decal is similar in appearance to the Ampol decals of the same era, but has no identifying markings on it. It shows a St.Kilda cartoon player marking the ball overhead with the caption 'We support St.Kilda Football Club'. It is possible that these were produced for other VFL teams but they are yet to be seen.
dc3kz001	Club Colours	3KZ	1965 cc	6	12		These transfers show a club guernsey pattern with an oval banner saying 'On 3KZ Follow' and then the team name appears at the bottom.
dcadm001	VFL Transfers	Admiral	1965 cc	7	12		A series of water based transfers showing a VFL team mascot. The team name appeared at the bottom and the nickname at the top.
dcamp001	Caricature Transfers	Ampol	1965 cc	6	22		These transfers show a colour team cartoon character with the words 'We follow team name on Ampol'
dcarc001	Team Transfers	Artcolour	1965 cc	7	30		These transfers show a team shield with a team emblem above the caption "Come on Team Nickname" in Victoria, and in WA and SA show a team mascot in an oval with the team name and nickname surrounding it. They were issued in a small plastic bag along with a leaflet of instructions on how to apply them.
dcarc002	Comic Car Stickers	Artcolour	1965 cc	7	4 known		These transfers show a team mascot with the caption 'Come on THE team nickname'. They were produced by Artcolour and were issued in a plastic sleeve that also contain instructions on how to apply the transfer to a window. The instruction leaflet was titled Comic Car Stickers.
dcbps001	Footy Flags	BP	1965 cc	6	42		These decals show club flags with the team name below. They were issued in two distinct series. Series one having a black panel under the flag and a plain back. Series two showed a white panel under the flag and instructions on the back. The flag design differed for some teams as well. Soccer decals are also known to exist in this series.
dcctx001	Club Flags	Caltex	1965 cc	7	12		These decals show a club flag with a Caltex symbol intruding on the left side and the team name underneath
dcctx002	Two Champions - Transfers	Caltex	1965 cc	8	4 known		This series of Oil Company Decals is probably one of the most rare. They show a player from the prominent team marking over a player from another team. The caption reads 'Two Champions Caltex and Prominent team name. One of the few series known to include Queensland teams.
dceso001	Oil Drop Man	Esso	1965 cc	7	20		This series of Decals shows the famous Esso Oil Drop man cartoon character standing next to a team colour panel with the name of the VFL/WAFL team along the bottom.
dcgfl002	Active 8 Reverse Decals	Golden Fleece	1965 cc	7	12		This series of Golden Fleece decals is similar in design to the more common series of Active 8 decals , however these were issued face down on the backing paper instead of face up, and are slightly more difficult to find these days.
dcgfl003	Team Flag Reverse Decals	Golden Fleece	1965 cc	7	22		This series of Golden Fleece decals again appear face down on the backing paper but they are smaller in size that the Active 8 decals and they do not have the Active 8 symbol at the bottom of the decal. Both VFL and SANFL items are known to exist.
dckar001	Team Colours	Karinna	1965 cc	6	12		These transfers show a club colour panel with an oval panel at the top showing the caption 'Follow team name With' and Karinna in red lettering at the bottom next to a chequered flag.
acmsd001	Barassi Advertisement Card	Melbourne Sports Depot	1965 cc	7	1		This single advertisement card shows a black and white training shot of Ron Barassi after his move to Carlton. There was a large white border around the card with the bottom panel showing the caption 'MSD First for Sport'.
dcnep001	Arrow Transfers	Neptune	1965 cc	7	8		These WAFL transfers show a club symbol to the left with an oval border encasing the caption 'Go Neptune Go team nickname'. An arrow is shown through the middle of the caption.
ottrx001	Top Men Drink Tarax	Tarax	1965 cc	5	Unknown		Black or Red and white action drawings, belonging to a game issued by Tarax.
dcwod001	SANFL Team Footies	Woodies Drinks	1965 cc	6	10		This series of transfers shows a team colour footbal with a team emblem and name on it. A banner below the football reads 'Woodies Hi Sparkle Drinks'

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