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TOPPS CHEWING GUM

     Topps Chewing Gum were a well-known producer of cards from the United States. Founded in 1938 they took over A&BC Gum in 1975 and issued there first series of footballers in 1975-76 and continued issuing until 1981-82 when they stopped. Topps acquired Merlin Publishing and now produce the successful Match Attax cards.

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1975-76 - Footballer

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This was the first series under the Topps name and covered the First and Second Division and totalled 330 cards this time. The cards had red and grey backs, measuring 88mm x 63mm in size and featured nine Wolves players as below.

Willie Car - 1.jpg
Willie Carr - 2.jpg
Steve Kindon - 1.jpg
Steve Kindon - 2.jpg
Derek Parkin - 1.jpg
Derek Parkin - 2.jpg
Mike Bailey - 1.jpg
Mike Bailey 2.jpg
Frank Munro - 1.jpg
Frank Munro - 2.jpg
Barry Powell - 1.jpg
Barry Powell - 2.jpg
Ken Hibbitt - 1.jpg
Ken Hibbitt - 2.jpg
Alan Sunderland - 1.jpg
Alan Sunderland - 2.jpg
John Richards - 1.jpg
John Richards - 2.jpg

1976-77 - Footballer

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This was a series again covering the First and Second Division and totalled 330 cards this time. The cards had blue and grey backs, measuring 88mm x 63mm in size and featured nine Wolves players as below.

Mike Bailey - 2.jpg
Mike Bailey - 1.jpg
John Richards 1.jpg
john Richards 2.jpg
Ken Hibbitt 1.jpg
Ken Hibbitt 2.jpg
Alan Sunderland 1.jpg
Alan Sunderland 2.jpg
Frank Munro - 1.jpg
Frank Munro - 2.jpg
Steve Kindon 1.jpg
Steve Kindon 2.jpg
Gary Pierce - 2.jpg
Gary Pierce - 1.jpg
Derek Parkin 1.jpg
Derek Parkin 2.jpg
Willie Carr 1.jpg
Willie Carr 2.jpg

1977-78 - Footballer

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This series covered both the First and Second Division and totalled 330 cards. The cards had red backs, measuring 88mm x 63mm in size and featured nine Wolves players and a 'team leaders/history' card. Images of all of the Wolves cards are below.

John Richards - 1.jpg
John Richards - 2.jpg
Willie Carr - 1.jpg
Willie Carr - 2.jpg
Team Leaders - 1.jpg
Team Leaders - 2.jpg
Steve Kindon - 1.jpg
Steve Kindon - 2.jpg
Frank Munro - 1.jpg
Frank Munro - 2.jpg
Alan Sunderland - 1.jpg
Alan Sunderland - 2.jpg
256 - Steve Daley (Front).jpg
256 - Steve Daley (Rear).jpg
Ken Hibbitt - 1.jpg
Ken Hibbitt - 2.jpg
Garry Pierce - 1.jpg
Garry Pierce - 2.jpg
Derek Parkin - 1.jpg
Derek Parkin - 2.jpg

1978-79 - Footballer

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The 78-79 series again covered both the First and Second Division with a further 11 cards covering the history of the World Cup, a total of 396 cards. The cards had orange backs, measuring 88mm x 63mm in size and featured eleven Wolves players as shown below.

Steve Daley 1.jpg
Steve Daley 2.jpg
Derek Parkin 1.jpg
Derek Parkin 2.jpg
John Richards 1.jpg
John Richards 2.jpg
Geoff Palmer 2.jpg
Geoof Palmer 1.jpg
John McAlle 1.jpg
John McAlle 2.jpg
Maurice Daly 1.jpg
Maurice Daly 2.jpg
Martin Patching 2.jpg
Martin Patching 1.jpg
Kenny Hibbitt 1.jpg
Kenny Hibbitt 2.jpg
Paul Bradshaw 1.jpg
Paul Bradshaw 2.jpg
Norman Bell 2.jpg
Norman Bell 1.jpg
Willie Carr 1.jpg
Willie Carr 2.jpg

1979-80 - Footballer

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This was a series covering the First and Second Division and totalled 396 cards and had Pale Blue Backs. Wolves were represented by 16 cards all of which are displayed below.

005 - Willie Carr (Front).jpg
005 - Willie Carr (Rear).jpg
031 - Derek Parkin (Front).jpg
031 - Derek Parkin (Rear).jpg
059 - Bob Hazell (Front).jpg
059 - Bob Hazell (Rear).jpg
070 - Geoff Palmer (Front).jpg
070 - Geoff Palmer (Rear).jpg
098 - Bill Rafferty (Front).jpg
098 - Bill Rafferty (Rear).jpg
103 - Peter Daniel (Front).jpg
103 - Peter Daniel (Rear).jpg
122 - Steve Daley (Front).jpg
122 - Steve Daley (Rear).jpg
186 - Gary Pierce (Front).jpg
186 - Gary Pierce (Rear).jpg
195 - Kenny Hibbitt (Front).jpg
195 - Kenny Hibbitt (Rear).jpg
231 - Mel Eves (Front).jpg
231 - Mel Eves (Rear).jpg
252 - Martin Patching (Front).jpg
252 - Martin Patching (Rear).jpg
310 - John Richards (Front).jpg
310 - John Richards (Rear).jpg
313 - Paul Bradshaw (Front).jpg
313 - Paul Bradshaw (Rear).jpg
352 - Norman Bell (Front).jpg
352 - Norman Bell (Rear).jpg
372 - George Berry (Front).jpg
372 - George Berry (Rear).jpg
396 - Team (Front).jpg
396 - Team (Team).jpg

1980-81 - Footballer 81

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This series saw a radical change for although they were still the same overall size at 88mm x 63mm they each contained three cards which were separated by perforation with 198 footballers represented. Wolves players featured on 7 cards as follows:- 47 - John Richards (Wolves Top Scorer), 73 - Andy Gray, 74 - Emlyn Hughes, 75 - Willie Carr, 76 - John Richards, 114 - Emlyn Hughes (England) & 166 - Andy Gray (Scotland)

1981-82 - Footballer

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     This was the last series issued by Topps and again the cards were split into three as the previous series (see image to the right) with 187 footballers represented. Wolves players featured on 6 cards as below. Size 63 x 30mm each individual card (63 x 90mm for the trio)

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Sat 5th April 1947

Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Mon 7th April 1947

Wolves Res. v Derby County Res.

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Sat 19th April 1947

Wolves Res. v Liverpool Res.

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Fri 26th March 1948

Wolves Res. v Barnsley Res.

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Sat 3rd April 1948

Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.

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88 page issue - 240 x 165 in size - £3.00

Sat 17th April 1948

Wolves Res. v Manchester United Res.

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