Start: 3/18/2025 12:00 AM EST End: 4/5/2025 9:00 PM EST
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Category: 1949-Present
Starting Bid: $100.00
Bids: 6 (Bid History)
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Interesting complete set of seldom-seen tip booklets issued by Union Oil between 1957 and 1959 in conjunction with the 76 Sports Club television show on the ABC network sponsored by 76 brand gas stations. Each book is a small pamphlet measuring approximately 4" x 5 1/2" featuring tips from a major athlete on how youngsters could succeed at their various sports. The complete set of 44 booklets is presented here mostly in VG-EX to EX condition with light toning and soiling though some do appear in lesser condition with some soiling paper loss wrinkling and other flaws. Included are the following: #1 Elroy Hirsch (football) #2 Les Richter (football) #3 Frankie Albert (football) #4 Y.A. Tittle (football) #5 Bill Russell (basketball) #6 Forrest Twogood (basketball) #7 Bob Richards (body conditioning for sports) #8 Phil Woolpert (basketball) #9 Bill Sharman (basketball) #10 Alf Engen (skiing) #11 Bob Mathias (track and field) #12 Duke Snider (baseball) #13 Payton Jordan (high jumping and broad jumping) #14 Bob Lemon (baseball) #15 Red Schoendienst (baseball) #16 Johnny Dieckman (fresh water fishing) #17 Pancho Gonzalez (tennis) #18 Mal Whitfield (running) #19 Mike Peppe (swimming) #20 Bill Rigney (baseball) #21 Nancy Chaffee Kiner (tennis) #22 Lloyd Mangrum (golf) #23 Pat McCormick (diving) #24 Perry T. Jones (tennis for youth) #25 Howard Hill (archery) #26 Herb Parsons (Marksmanship) #27 Bob Waterfield (football) #28 Pete Elliott (bowling) #29 Elroy Hirsch (football) #30 Frank Gifford (football) #31 George Yardley (basketball) #32 John Wooden (basketball) #33 Ralph Borrelli (tumbling) #34 Bob Cousy (basketball) #35 Yves Latreille (skiing) #36 Slats Gill (basketball) #37 Jess Mortensen (conditioning for track) #38 Jackie Jensen (baseball) #39 Warren Spahn (baseball) #40 Jack Kramer (tennis) #41 Ernie Banks (baseball) #42 Cary Middlecoff (golf) #43 Greta Andersen (swimming) #44 Lon Garrison (camping). A very unusual and highly collectible complete set of sports-related booklets. 44 booklets total.