Unusual pair of original vintage autograph bookscontaining a remarkable collection of signaturesand inscriptions dating primarilyfrom the 1940s and early 1950s.The collection has a particularly strong connectionto international sport and the 1948 London Olympic Games, including a group of signatures associatedwith members of the Pakistan Olympic field hockey team,as well as signatures connected with baseball,athletics, swimming, horse racing, broadcasting, entertainment and other fields.Among the names identified through previous research are:
Abdul Hamid Hamidi (7 January 1927 – 11 July 2019)
was a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born in Bannu. He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics.
Abdul Qayyum Khan (born November 1922) was a Pakistani field hockey player
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh competed at the Olympics in two sports, the unique combination of hockey (field) and cycling. Shah-Rukh played for the Pakistani hockey team at the 1948 Olympics, alongside his brother Muhammad Khurram.
Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (born 1921) is a Pakistani field hockey player.
Jaffar Ali Shah (born 1930) is a Pakistani former swimmer
Muhammad Sharif Butt (15 January 1926 – 8 June 2015) was a Pakistani sprinter
Frank (Reid?) Luis Levy orchestra
Muriel Audrey Russell, MVO (29 June 1906 – 8 August 1989) was a BBC Radio journalist (then called a "commentator"), the BBC's first female news reporter, and, in 1944, the first accredited female war reporter.
Maureen Angela Jane Dyson (née Gardner, 12 November 1928 – 2 September 1974) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles. She won silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Edgar Clive Britt OAM (30 October 1913 – 28 January 2017)[1] was an Australian jockey, who won every British Classic Race
John Randolph Sutton (24 July 1888 – 28 February 1969) was an English singer and comic entertainer in music hall and variety shows.
James A. Welch Mayor of Acton
Leo Ernest Durocher July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991, nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach
Additional British, American, Australian and international signatures and inscriptions remain throughout the two books.Both autograph booklets in FAIR condition,
tanned pages, loose pages.
5" x 3" and 3" x 3"
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