September Internet Auction Closing September 22
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2018
A collection of 23 different booklets is presented. These 4" x 5-1/2", 12-page souvenirs were produced by Union Oil to complement its "Sports Club" television program. The booklets are printed in the company's familiar orange-and-blue-colored ink, with a major sports Hall of Famer or superstar on each cover and nicely illustrated content in which those athletes provide insight about their respective realms of competition. The booklets' numbers and cover subjects/sports include: #'s 2 Les Richter/Football, 3 Frankie Albert/Football, 6 Forrest Twogood/Basketball, 8 Phil Woolpert/Basketball, 10 Alf Engen/Skiing, 13 Payton Jordan/Track, 17 Pancho Gonzales/Tennis, 18 Mal Whitfield/Running, 19 Mike Peppe/Swimming, 21 Nancy Chaffee Kiner/Tennis, 24 Perry T. Jones/Tennis, 26 Herb Parsons/Shooting, 27 Bob Waterfield/Football, 28 Pete Elliott/Bowling, 30 Frank Gifford/Football, 31 George Yardley/Basketball, 32 John Wooden/Basketball, 33 Ralph Borrelli/Gymnastics, 34 Bob Cousy/Basketball, 37 Jess Mortensen/Track, 40 Jack Kramer/Tennis, 41 Ernie Banks/Baseball and 42 Cary Middlecoff/Golf. About EX overall (a few lesser, some nicer) with mostly routine reading-wear faults. Some of the items have a mailing address stamping on the outside of the back cover page.