| Ben Hogan Cards 1960 thru 1969 (10 cards in this decade) |
1960 Anglo American Chewing Gum (England)Sports Parade
#9 2 1/4" x 2 5/8"
The Anglo American Chewing
Gum cards (not actually cards but wax inserts) came in 3 issues, each with 48
cards:
“Sports Gallery" with 2 golfers: #5
Bobby Jones and #22 Walter Hagen;
“Sports Parade" with 2 golfers: #9 Ben Hogan
and #12 Babe Zaharias;
“World of Wonders” with 2 golf related cards: 40C Question
and 40C Answer.
Naturally, being inside with a wrapped piece of gum, most are found with gum stains and folds and
wrinkles. However, there were a few
“proof” issues available that are in Mint condition.
The Sports Parade issue has
many different sports represented.
Examples are: Track and Field/Jesse Owens; Figure Skating/Sonja Henie;
Boxing/Joe Louis; Tennis/Bill Tilden; Swimming/Johnny Weismuller; Rifle
Shooting/Annie Oakley; along with Ice Hockey, Football (Soccer) , Water Speed Records,
Billiards, Auto Racing, Horse Racing, and Questions and Answer cards.
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The Ben Hogan card is also found in a panel with: Ben Hogan/Gordon Richards/Suzanne Lenglen
1960 Newspaper Clipping
by PAP
Busy Ben
#NNO
4 1/2" X 4"
1961 Clevedon Confectionery Ltd (England) Sporting Memories
#6 3 7/8" x 2 1/2"
In the early 1960’s, Clevedon
Confectionery released two card issues that contained golf cards.
The first issue is named
“International Sporting Stars.” It was
issued in 1960 and is smaller in size than the 1961 issue. There were 6 golf cards in this issue. Three question cards and three answer cards
as follows: #20 Harry Weetman/#31 Answer Card; #41 Dai Rees/#10 Answer Card;
#50 Ken Bousfield/#1 Answer Card. |
Here is an example of some of the 1960 "International Sporting Stars" cards: (Vertical Fronts)
| The 1961 issue is called
“Sporting Memories.” It
contains 25 cards and is the issue that has the #6 Ben Hogan card. It also has
another golf card, #13 Dai Rees. The
most common back printing color is blue, but these cards can also be found with
a black printing color. |
Here is a rare advertising poster for the 1961 "Sporting Memories" issue: (Horizontal Fronts)
1962 Ben Hogan Disk Card (Argentina)
Editorial Bruguera - Religious Magazine
Los Diez Mandamientos - Set of Cards
#NNO 1 3/4" diameter
| This card is from a 1962 Argentina Album (or supplement) called Los Diez Mandamientos (The Ten Commandments). Other sport athletes, along with movie stars, are found in this album. |
A page from the album
1964 Ben Hogan Playing CardsRed and Blue Entire Decks
All card #'s RED
2 1/4" x 3 1/2"
All card #'s BLUE 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"
Even though these are not
“true” trading cards, these are still collected by many Ben Hogan collectors as
they depict the perfect “Hogan Impact” image.
They also show a facsimile autograph in the lower right hand corner of
each card. Not sought after by every
collector, but by enough to be considered for a Ben Hogan collection.
There are several different
playing card manufacturers that have made Ben Hogan cards with the red and blue
backs. The U.S. Playing Card Company and
Bicycle Playing Card Company are two that come to mind. They are often found being sold as the pair
with the red and blue backed decks in the same box. |
1965 APBA Golf Game
APBA Golf Game Card
Set #32ATG 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
The APBA game was first
played in the 1930’s by a group of high school boys in Lancaster, PA. It was conceived by one of the boys, Dick
Seitz. He based it on another game of that
time called “National Pastime”, but Dick used dice and on-field performances of
individual players in his new game. The
group called themselves the “American Professional Baseball Association.” Thus the title of the new game was born,
APBA.
The game went into market in
1951 and Mr. Seitz quit his real job in 1957 to make APBA a career. Golf was added to the mix in the 1960’s and
both baseball and golf APBA games continue to be made to this day.
As you can see from the above
card, players vital statistics are on the card along with stats used in the
playing of the game. |
Below is the envolpe that houses this set and the Jones card from this set:
1965 Shell Corporation
Wonderful World of Golf
Calendar Card of 1965 Matches
#NNO 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
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Shell's
Wonderful World of Golf started in 1961 and ran through 2003.
These matches became a very popular TV series beginning in 1962
and going through 1970. It then again aired from 1994 thru 2003.
The color commentator for most matches was Gene Sarazen.
The format pitted two popular golf professionals playing an 18
hole stroke play match. These matches took place at Golf Clubs
all over the world. Each
match took hours to complete, as the TV crews had to move the few
cameras used in the early matches from position to position.
Ben
Hogan's only match was played in 1964 and aired in 1965. This
match was against Sam Snead and played at the Houston Country Club.
This match actually took two days to complete, as a huge
rainstorm forced the match to be stopped early on the first day.
Mr. Hogan would eventually win the match with a 69 to Sam Snead's 72. |
1965 Slazenger Golf Club CompanyHogan Promotional Card
| Card or
Picture
Needed |
1966 AP News Features
Sports Slants by Pap "Scrapbook Collection"
#19 4" x 5"1946 Book "Sport Slants" by Pap| Tom "Pap" Paprocki was an AP sports cartoonist during the middle part of the 1900's. His Sports Slants
began with Sunday strips in 1942 and continued into 1955. His
work featured anecdotes and illustrations of sports figures and sports
connected celebrities of the day. In 1946, his works were turned
into a "comic book" like publication. After the Sunday strips
ended, "Pap" continued to do sport illustrations for newspapers.
This one featuring Ben Hogan was published in 1966. The
back of this gives information about how the NFL and AFL were butting
heads to sign players just before their merger. |
This marks the end of all of the Ben Hogan cards from the 1960's decade.
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