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A&BC Chewing Gum were one of the first producers of cards back in the mid fifties and churned out sets on a seasonal basis from the late fifties through to the mid seventies. Their first set in 1954 was an 'All Sports' series of some 120 cards, 36 of which were footballers with their first all football series being produced for the 1958-59 season. A football series was then issued from that date right through to the 1974-75 season when the company folded.
Wolves had players featured in every season with the exception of the final two. Detailed and illustrated below are the cards I have collected to date.
For a fuller history of these cards visit Nigel's Webspace for more details.
1954 - All Sports
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The 1954 series featured just two Wolves players. Those players and there card number were 5 - Jimmy Mullen and 118 - Billy Wright
1958-59 - Topstars Famous Footballers
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The cards were 88mm x 63mm in size and featured a brief synopsis of the players career on the reverse. Two Wolves players again featured, both detailed below.
1959-60 - Footballer
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The 1959-60 cards were issued in two series of 49 cards each. There were three cards featuring Wolves players Bill Slater as illustrated below and 15 Billy Wright & 49 Team Group
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1960-61 - Footballer
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The 1960-61 cards were issued in two series of 42 cards each. There were four cards featuring Wolves players, two which are featured below, the others being 58 Peter Broadbent & 81 George Showell
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1961-62 - Footballer
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The 1961-62 cards were issued in a single series of 64 cards There was only one card featuring Wolves players as follows - 46 Eddie Clamp
1962-63 - Footballer - Bazooka
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The 1962-63 cards were issued in two series of 40 cards There were three cards featuring Wolves players, Eddie Stuart as illustrated below and 21 Ron Flowers & 61 Peter Broadbent
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1963-64 - Footballer - Make-a-Photo
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The 1963-64 cards were issued in two series of 55 cards There were two cards featuring Wolves players as detailed below.
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1964-65 - Footballer - Quiz
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The 1964-65 cards were issued in three series totalling 149 cards. There were five cards featuring Wolves players as follows - 76 Dick Le Flem, 95 George Showell, 114 Ray Crawford, 133 Chris Crowe & 143 Ron Flowers
1966-67 - Footballer
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The 1966-67 cards were issued in two series of 110 each giving a total of 220 cards. With Wolves being a second division team there were two cards featuring Wolves players as follows - 13 Ron Flowers & 153 Ernie Hunt
1967-68 - Footballer (Star Player)
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The 1967-68 were a single series of 55 cards. With Wolves still a second division team, surprisingly there were two cards which are shown below.
1968-69 - Footballer
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The 1968-69 series (know as the Yellow Backs) were issued in two sets totalling 101 cards. Wolves had two players featured as shown below.
1969-70 - Footballer
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Issued in three series the 1969-70 (Green Backs) totalled 174 cards. There were six Wolves representatives all shown below.
1970-71 - Footballer
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Again issued in three series the 1970-71 (Orange Backs) was the largest total set yet with 255 cards. There were twelve Wolves players featured as follows - 184 Derek Dougan, 198 Derek Parkin & 222 Mike O'Grady plus the cards featured below
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1971-72 - Footballer
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Issued in three series the 1971-72 (Purple Backs) totalled 277 cards. There were ten Wolves representatives all shown below.
1972-73 - Footballer
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The next set (Orange/Red Backs) was issued in two series and totalled 219 cards. There were four Wolves players featured, 68 Jim McCalliog being the one missing from those below.
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1973-74 - Footballer
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The penultimate set (Blue Backs) was issued in two series and totalled 262 cards. Rather surprisingly Wolves were not represented in the set, however, Second Division Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion were?
1974-75 - Footballer
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The final set (Red Backs) was the smallest set ever with only 132 cards. Despite being holders of the League Cup trophy Wolves were again the only top flight team not represent with Second Division Manchester United included.
Sat 5th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.
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Mon 7th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Derby County Res.
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Sat 19th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Liverpool Res.
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Fri 26th March 1948
Wolves Res. v Barnsley Res.
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Sat 3rd April 1948
Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.
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Sat 17th April 1948
Wolves Res. v Manchester United Res.
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