- 1945 *STAR ITEM* RAF All-Stars Billy Liddell WOL Williams BORO Hardwick STOKE Franklin BRUM 2 etc

£950.00

Description

1945 unique, original war football photo of Billy Liddell, of Scotland & Liverpool, and his RAF team of soccer legends:: England & Wolves' goalie Bert Williams; Middlesbrough & England's George Hardwick; Leeds United's Frank Butterworth (who also played for Watford FC during his RAF days, in WW2); Neil Franklin of Stoke City & England; Frank Rist of Essex CCC & Charlton Athletic; Harold Hobbis of England & Charlton Athletic; Dennis Grainger of Southport in the year he moved to Leeds United; Bill Layton of Reading; Neil Dougall of Scotland & Birmingham City; and George Edwards of Wales & Birmingham City. UNIQUE - BEYOND RARE - An almost sacred relic of wartime football in GB, the RAF Bomber Command soccer team would have been a match for any team! A veritable artifact of the highest order. SOLD AS SEEN