More Wonderful Soccer Postcards

A lot of people asked to see more of these, so here’s a second batch, extending a bit later into the twentieth century.

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Little boy with football, c. 1910s

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Wembley Stadium, 1925

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Little boy with footballer toy, 1930s. Do they still make toys like this?

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Football Illustrated, “A Throw-In,” c. 1940

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Football Illustrated, “A Touch Line,” c. 1940

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Football Illustrated, “Centre Forward,” c. 1940

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Football Illustrated, “Ball Control,” c. 1940

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Illustration of a soccer game played at Iowa’s Camp Algona, which held 10,000 German prisoners of war during WWII.

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Molly Brett, “Fairy Games: Football.” Over to you, Jim Rome.

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“Thanksgiving.” Okay, this is probably American football, but I’d like to believe that the turkey seemed like a hard tackler and the kid shrieked and picked up the ball.

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Either this goalkeeper is way out of his net, or this volleyball game is being played on the wrong surface.

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Bob Marley juggling

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Buckingham Palace guards defend a free kick.

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German football cows. Can you find the ball?

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U.S. Women’s National Team photographed by Annie Leibovitz, 1996

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