Encyclopedia of British Football
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Tom Gallaher, the son of an
Irish farmer, started his own one-man business in 1857 at the age of 17
by making and selling roll pipe tobaccos. By 1888 he had offices in
Belfast and London.
Gallaher produced its first set of cards, The British Army, in 1897. The
company issued its first set of football cards in 1910. Football Club
Colors was a set of 100.
The next set published in 1925, Famous Footballers, was also a set of
100. The following year they published a second series of these cards.
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Hugh Gallagher
NewCastle United |
Arthur Wood
Clapton Orient |
Arthur E. Hufton
West Ham United |
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In 1928 Gallaher published
Footballers in Action. These were painted scenes from football matches.
These cards are in short supply and sets cost in the region of £130.
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Footballers in Action, Gallaher (1928)
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