Biology:Australian rules football card

A 1906 Dungey Ralph Sweet Nell cigarette card of Sinclair Dickson.

An Australian rules football card is a type of trading card relating to Australian rules football, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. These cards feature one or more Australian rules football players. Cards are almost exclusively found in Australia as no top-level leagues are present outside the country.

History

The first Australian rules football cards were produced in conjunction with Goodwin & Co's Old Judge Cigarettes in the late 1880's. In the set were Australian celebrities which included Australian rules footballers from Victoria and South Australia. The known players featured in the set were:

1. Norman Richards - Adelaide (SAFA)
2. George Rowley - Adelaide (SAFA)
3. George McKenzie - Ballarat
4. Tommy Allen - Carlton
5. Tommy Leyden - Carlton
6. John Daly - Norwood
7. Dick Houston - North Melbourne
8. Joey Tankard - North Melbourne
9. William Hannaysee - Port Melbourne
10. Peter Burns - South Melbourne
11. Sonny Elms - South Melbourne

Popular sets

The most popular set of Australian rules football cards are often the considered to be the Scanlens cards.

Current producers

Select Australia

The present oldest producer of Australian rules football cards.

AFL Team Coach

AFL Team Coach cards are part of an annual set with numbers allocated to each card for games. These cards are often targeted specifically to kids.

Regal Trading Cards

High end cards focusing on signature inserts and limited production runs. Unlike the other manufacturers Regal is an unlicensed producer of football cards.

Acheron Mint

Produces limited runs of sketch illustration cards.

See also

• Australian rules football
• Cigarette cards
• Rookie card
• Sports cards
• Trading cards