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Title: date this football player
Post by: Ivo on August 20, 2014, 12:02:05 PM

I have owned this a set of beer glasses with an etched football player on it forever - and have never been able to establish approximate time, club or perhaps even individual. The football union whom I asked are 404 - they could not be blonder.

Can anyone suggest an approximate date?

Title: Re: date this football player
Post by: David E on August 20, 2014, 01:25:10 PM

The style of kit looks like between late-1930s to early-1950s. Striped shirts are common - did you know, BTW, that Juventus copied Newcastle United's black and white stripes? Thought not...  ;)

Title: Re: date this football player
Post by: glassobsessed on August 20, 2014, 04:12:40 PM

Maybe the style of ball could help - the shapes of the stitched panels have changed over time.

http://www.soccerballworld.com/History.htm

John

Title: Re: date this football player
Post by: neilh on August 20, 2014, 06:02:26 PM

Surely it's got to be the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews in his Stoke City kit - he played for them on and off from 1932 to 1965. There were plenty of commemoratives produced in his lifetime.

Title: Re: date this football player
Post by: Ivo on August 20, 2014, 06:52:38 PM

Right! I was notified via email by a kindred spirit who even managed to find the original photograph:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8528000/8528344.stm
So the wizzard of dribble it is!