Sports printed matter and documents
Printed materials show sport from another angle: advertising leaflets, membership cards, registration cards, fixture calendars and press materials. At FANzone you will find sports ephemera from early 20th-century advertisements to world championship media guides.
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HC Sparta Prague pocket match calendar, 2009/2010 season. Paper fold-out
The newspaper *Sport a Hry*, No. 4, ‘SK Slavia in Prague’ – a team compiled by the editorial staff of *Sport a Hry* – published on 18 March 1903. An illustrated weekly covering all sports – the official organ of 101 associations. Volume II. Pages: 351–358. Number of pages: 8
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Sport a Hry newspaper, No. 39, International Sunday of Czech Football – Smíchov, Slavia, Čechie, Plzeň, DFC and others, 1907, published on 23 October 1907. All-Sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 101 associations. Volume VI. Pages: 351–358. Number of pages: 8
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Athlete’s Registration Card, Volleyball 1962. Spartak Dejvice, Prague 6. Number: 30751, Czechoslovak Physical Education Union. Number of pages: 6.
Media Guide 2001 IIHF WCH, team USA. Comprehensive information on the American team. 42 pages. Ring binding.
Senate election leaflet, 1998, Augustin Bubník – ice hockey legend, 1949 ice hockey world champion
Sport a Hry newspaper, No. 41, the Great Pardubice Steeplechase – winner Burgham, 1907, published on 6 November 1907. All-Sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 101 associations. Volume VI. Pages: 368–376. Number of pages: 8
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An authentic newspaper clipping with photograph documenting award of Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) to Josef Masopust from prestigious French publication France Football.
Sport a Hry newspaper, No. 33, 1st Karlín Memorial, 1907, published on 11 September 1907. All-sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 101 associations. Volume VI. Pages: 301–308 Number of pages: 8
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Athlete’s classification card, Association for Cooperation with the Armed Forces. Number of pages: 16. Only personal details have been filled in.
Advertising leaflet – price list for bicycles, tennis rackets, footballs, skates and sports equipment, the Potůček brothers, Prague, Spálená Street, 1904. 4 pages
The newspaper Sport a Hry, No. 54, featuring the line-up of S. K. Slavia Prague as they played against MAC, and S. K. Plzeň, who played against FC Nuremberg, published on 1 February 1904. All-Sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 78 associations. Volume II. Pages: 408–419 Number of pages: 16
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Sport a Hry newspaper, Nos. 49–50, Sport a Hry Cup ice hockey matches – SK Slavia v. SK Smíchov and ČLTK v. SK Smíchov, published on 13 January 1904. All-Sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 77 associations. Volume II. Pages: 390–398 Number of pages: 8
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Card of a participant in university physical education, sport and games. Masaryk University Brno. 1931/1932.
Receipt for 5 Kč, Plzeň District of Sokol, Plzeň. Handwritten note. 23 May 1923
ČSLH – Czech Ice Hockey Association, Compliments, signature
Sport a Hry newspaper, No. 29, Rud. Wejruba – Bohemia represented with dignity at the World Championships. Published on 25 August 1903. All-Sports Illustrated Weekly – Official organ of 73 associations. Volume II. Number of pages: 8
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Promotional printed matter, ice hockey, International Coaching Seminar, 9–11 April 1999, Füssen, Germany. Six-panel fold-out with an application form inside.
What you will find in Printed materials
The range includes issues of the weekly Sport a Hry from 1903 to 1907, an advertising leaflet of the Potůček brothers from 1904, a sports membership card from 1931, athlete registration and classification cards, a Team USA media guide from the 2001 Ice Hockey World Championship, HC Sparta Praha fixture calendars and a TJ Tesla Pardubice hockey notebook from the 1980/81 season. They are joined by leaflets, cuttings and letters from sports federations.
How to assess printed material
Value depends on age, the link to a club or personality, rarity and condition. Small printed items were usually thrown away, so older pieces have survived only rarely.
Frequently asked questions
Why collect small printed items? Leaflets, membership cards or calendars capture the everyday side of sport that large publications do not describe. For collectors of clubs and regional history, they are a valuable source.
What is an athlete registration card? A document by which a federation registered a player for a competition. It contains the name, the club, often a photograph and stamps, and documents a specific athlete's career.
How should printed materials be stored? Flat, in acid-free sleeves or folders, away from light and moisture. Do not tape or fold them.
Related categories: Sports journals, Programmes, Books, Rare.