Gallaher Famous Footballers — Robert Turnbull #99 — Leeds United
c.1925
Robert Turnbull’s Gallaher card reaches beyond a simple player portrait: the period text also touches on wartime football and Victory International experience. Details like that make early cigarette cards unexpectedly rich historical documents, compressing a player’s career and the wider disruption of the era into a few square inches.
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- c.1925
- Set
- Gallaher Famous Footballers — Series of 100
- Subject
- Robert Turnbull
- Club shown
- Leeds United
- Card number
- 99
- Grading
- Age wear with localised front surface loss/adhesion residue; no numeric grade.
- Condition
- Age wear with localised front surface loss/adhesion residue; no numeric grade.
- Completeness
- Complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
Robert Turnbull’s Gallaher card reaches beyond a simple player portrait: the period text also touches on wartime football and Victory International experience. Details like that make early cigarette cards unexpectedly rich historical documents, compressing a player’s career and the wider disruption of the era into a few square inches.
Archive significance: Strong mid-1920s Leeds/England-associated Gallaher card with wartime and Victory International text
Historical context: Exact catalogue year remains provisional
Research caution: Exact issue year unresolved.
Why this object matters
The Turnbull reverse connects playing biography with wartime football and Victory Internationals. Retain high outstanding importance for that content, with exact Gallaher issue dating explicitly unresolved before any further uplift.
Evidence limits: Precise Gallaher issue dating remains unresolved; no unverified age or rarity premium is awarded.
Historical context
Exact catalogue year remains provisional
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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