1956-57
Sport Club Gallery
Michelides Ltd.
Australia
12 cards (1 football)
Steve Flemming has provided details and a scan of this very rare football card. It was produced as a cigarette packet panel (unprinted on the inside) by the Western Australian firm Michelides Ltd. in late 1956/early 1957. The 'Sport Club' packaging series included 12 leading sporting subjects from Western Australia with 6 of them depicting Australian Rules players and another of them featuring Ron Adair – a well credentialed Western Australian 'soccer' player. The series is regarded as the only known post-WW2 Australian sporting issue done by a cigarette company and remains very sought after with only a handful of cards known to exist.
A8. Ron Adair (Swan Athletic - Association Football)
Graham Farmer (East Perth - Australian Rules Football)
Dick Walker (Perth - Australian Rules Football)
John Todd (South Fremantle - Australian Rules Football)
Pat Daly (South Fremantle - Australian Rules Football)
Cliff Hillier (South Fremantle - Australian Rules Football)
Barry White (South Fremantle - Australian Rules Football)