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Change: matchMatch John Del Isola 1933Diamond matchMatch Tony Sarausky 1933Diamond matchMatch Cecil Tex Irvin 1934Diamond Match Steve Owen 1934 Diamond Match Mel Hein 1934 Diamond Match Ray Flaherty 1934 Diamond Match Ken Strong 1934 Diamond Match Harry Newman 1934 Diamond Match Morris Red Badgro 1934
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Change: who went on to fame with the Maramen. Jack McBride 1933 Diamond Match Bill Owen 1933 Diamond Match Hap Moran 1933 Diamond Match Ed Danowski 1933Diamond match John Del Isola 1933Diamond match Tony Sarausky 1933Diamond match Cecil Tex Irvin 1934Diamond Match Steve Owen 1934 Diamond Match
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Change: 1926 Newspaper Premium Walter Koppisch 1926 Spalding Sports Company Chris Cagle 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1930 Rogers and Peet Ken Strong 1931Canadian Baseball La Presse Jim Thorpe1933 Goudey Gum In 1933 the Diamond Match Company used professional
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Change: TornotoToronto - where there was a newspaper premium with his picture. After suffering a broken wrist when he ran into an outfield wall, he quite baseball and went on to his Hall of Fame career in football.In 1933 the Goudey Gum Company
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Change: Ken Strong was signed by the NY Yankees baseball team upon graduation from college and while playing pro football also played first in the Eastern
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Change: Canadian Baseball La Presse Jim Thorpe1933 Goudey Gum In 1933 the Diamond Match Company used professional football players to sell matchbooks – two for a penny. A number of
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Change: Benny Friedman 1925Candy Card WalterBenny KoppischFriedman 1926 Spalding Sports Company BennyWalter FriedmanKoppisch 1926 Spalding Sports Company Chris Cagle 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1930 Rogers and Peet Jim Thorpe1933 Goudey Gum In 1933 the Diamond Match
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Change: champion, had a card for his achievements in track and somefield. Several professional football players, including future Giant Ken Strong, were part of a multi-sport set issued in 1930 by the Rogers and Peet Clothing Company. In 1933 the Goudey Gum Company inserted
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Change: for running, is shown passing and Friedman, who was famous for passing, is shown kicking. Chris Cagle 1935 Wheaties Fancy Frames Benny Friedman 1935 Wheaties Fancy Frames read about Giants Cards after World War IIRead
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Change: Benny Friedman 1926 SpaldingWalter SportsKoppisch Company1925W580 Benny Friedman 1926 Spalding Sports Company Walter KoppishKoppisch 1926 Spalding Sports Company Chris Cagle 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1928 W560 Ken Strong 1930 Rogers and Peet Jim Thorpe1933 Goudey Gum In 1933 the Diamond
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Change: In 1933 the Diamond Match Company used professional football players to sell matchbooks – two for a penny. A number of contemporary football Giants were included in that set. Other Diamond Matchbooks that featured Giants were put out in 1934 and 1935.Some samples are below. Jack McBride 1933 Diamond Match
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Change: In 1933 the Goudey Gum Company inserted a multi-sport set, "Sports Kings" into Gum packs. Jim Thorpe was in this set, although his play for the 1925 Giants is not mentioned on the card. Bo Moldenda1935 National Chicle Ken Strong1935 National Chicle Tom Potsy Jones1935 National Chicle
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