Offered here are one of the earliest CFL football sets, the 1952 Canada Starch Crown Brand player photos set, including 30/48 cards and one duplicate. The 8" x 10" cards were obtainable by sending a label or cone top from a tin of Crown Brand Corn Syrup into The Canada Starch Company Limited. The set is missing 18 cards of Paul Alford, Sugarfoot Anderson, Bill Briggs, Bob Bryant, Ken Charlton, Cliff Cyr, Sully Glasser, Nelson Greene, Stan Heath, Stan Kaluznick, Gus Knickrehm, Art McEwan, Jimmy McFaul, Bob Pelling, Chuck Radley, Jack Russell, Murray Sullivan, Roy Wright. The duplicated card is Hall Of Fame inductee Tom Casey.

Size
10" x 8".

Condition
The group is in overall excellent+ condition. Nelson Greene has a tear with creases left edge. Chuck Quilter has a stain lower third. 1/2 Casey examples has stape marks top edge. Claude Arnold has staple marks top edge. Bert Iannone has a stain lower right corner.