Editing Cigarette card (section)

== Sports cigarette cards ==
The following list focuses on the sports-only cards manufactured by tobacco companies:

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|+ style= "background:#888888; color:white" | '''(Sports only) cigarette cards''' 
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! Manufacturer{{refn|The list include only manufacturing companies and not their individual brands.|group=n|name=manuf}}
! width=px| [[Association football trading card|Assoc.<br>foot.]]
! width=px| [[Australian rules football card|Aus<br>foot.]]
! width=px| [[baseball card|Baseb.]]
! width=px| Boxing
! width=px| Cricket 
! width=px| Golf 
! width=px| Horse<br>rac. 
! width=px| [[hockey card|Hockey]]/<br>Lacrosse 
! width=px| [[rugby card|Rugby]] 
! width=px| Tennis 
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| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen & Ginter]]{{refn|Merged to form American Tobacco in 1890. The "W. Duke & Sons" company was part of the group but did not include sports figures into their card sets.|group=n|name=amtob}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{yes}}{{refn|As part of various sports sets, not as individual collections.|group=n|name=part}} ||  {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} 
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| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[American Tobacco Company|American Tobacco]]{{refn|American Tobacco was formed by 5 companies: W. Duke & Sons, Allen & Ginter, W.S. Kimball & Company, Kinney Tobacco, and Goodwin & Company. It commercialised cards through its brands Fatima, Hassan, Meca, Obak, among others.|group=n|name=atc}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[British American Tobacco]]{{refn|Formed in 1902, when the UK Imperial Tobacco and the US' American Tobacco agreed to form a joint venture.|group=n|name=bat}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}}  || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} D. Buchner || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[W.A. & A.C. Churchman|Churchman]] || {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}}|| {{no}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Cohen Weenen <ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/CIGcohen.htm Cohen Weenen cards] on Spartacus Educational</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||{{yes}} || {{no}}
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| align=left|  {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gallaher Group|Gallaher]]{{refn|Founded by Thomas Gallaher in Belfast, the company became the largest independent buyer of tobacco in the world. It owned the [[Benson & Hedges]] brand. Gallaher was acquired by American Tobacco in 1974, and the factory closed in 1988. Japan Tobacco acquired Gallaher in 2007.<ref>[http://letslookagain.com/2016/02/up-in-smoke-a-history-of-gallaher/ Up to smoke: a history of Gallaher] on Let's Look Again, 25 Feb 2016</ref>|group=n|name=gallah}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Godfrey Phillips India|Godfrey Phillips]] || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{refn|Only traded in Australia.|group=n|name=austr}}  || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Goodwin & Company|Goodwin & Co.]]{{refn|group=n|name=amtob}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Imperial Tobacco Canada]]{{refn|Canadian subsidiary of British Imperial Tobacco, commercialised its ice hockey cards only in that territory.|group=n|name=canadaonly}} || {{no}} || {{no}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Player & Sons]]{{refn|Merged to form [[Imperial Brands|Imperial Tobacco]] in 1901.|group=n|name=imperial}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} 
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| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} W.S. Kimball & Co.{{refn|group=n|name=amtob}} || {{no}} || {{no}}  || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lambert & Butler]] || {{yes}} || {{no}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lorillard Tobacco Company|Lorillard]] || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ogden's <ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/CIGogdens.htm Ogden's cigarette cards] on Spartacus Educational</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}|| {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|name=part}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} J J Schuh Tobacco Co || {{no}} || {{yes}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}|| {{no}} || {{yes}} ||{{no}} ||{{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sniders & Abrahams]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}|| {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{no}} ||{{no}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} James Taddy & Co.<ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/CIGtaddy.htm James Tadddy cigarette cards] on Spartacus Educational</ref> || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{yes}} || {{no}}
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| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[W.D. & H.O. Wills]]{{refn|Also commercialising through its brand [[Capstan (cigarette)|Capstan]].|group=n|name=caps}}{{refn|group=n|name=imperial}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}|| {{no}} ||{{yes}} || {{no}}
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;Notes:
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===Association football===
Ogden's Limited of Liverpool produced cigarette cards featuring football from 1894 which were included with their Guinea Gold brand until 1901. They were later included with their Tabs brand from 1901 to 1903.<ref name=prog>{{cite work|title=Red Alert (Bristol City v Ipswich Town)|issue=2|date=6 August 2011|page=67|last=Smith|first=Steve}}</ref>

In 1896 Marcus & Company of Manchester produced the first football set called Footballers & Club Colours.<ref name=sparta/> In 1902 W.D. & H.O. Wills produced a set of football-related cards called the Football Series with 66 cards featuring advertising for their [[Woodbine (cigarette)|Wild Woodbine]] and Cinderella brands. William Clarke & Sons of Liverpool later issued the same set but with a short biography for the player on each one.<ref name=prog/>

In 1906, Ogden's produced a set depicting footballers in their club colours, in one of the first full-colour sets.<ref name=sparta/>

Wills issued a 50-card set for the Indian market in 1907 with their Scissors brand, called Football Team Colours. Further sets were issued overseas by Wills in 1910 and 1914.<ref name=prog/>

Wills produced further sets in 1935 and 1939.<ref name=sparta/>
===Cricket===
{{See also|List of cricketers in Wills' Cigarettes Cricketers, 1928}}
Wills produced a set called 'Cricketers' in 1896 and released others sets in 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1928.<ref name=sparta>[https://spartacus-educational.com/Fcigarette.htm The History of Football Cigarette Cards] by John Simkin, on Spartacus Educational, September 1997</ref>