1942 Redskins Matchbooks
1942 Redskins Matchbooks were printed by the Maryland Match Corporation of Baltimore and distributed by Home Laundry Cleaners of Washington, D.C. There are twenty matchbooks in all, including three Hall-of-Famers: coaches Ray Flaherty and Turk Edwards, and quarterback Sammy Baugh.
Each matchbook has a picture of a player (or coach) on the inside of the cover, along the player's position and college and a facsimile autograph. The outsides of the matchbooks are all alike; they include advertising for Home Laundry and the team's 1942 home schedule.
By my count, only five of the players in the set ever appeared on a regular issue football card. That's mainly because no card company produced a set between the 1935 National Chicle and 1948 Bowman and Leaf offerings.
The Redskins won the NFL Championship in 1942, going 10-1 for the season and beating the Chicago Bears 14-6 in the title game. Their only loss was to the New York Giants, in the second game on the matchbook cover.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Ki Aldrich | Washington Redskins | center | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1960 | The Chicago Cardinals chose Aldrich with the first overall pick in the 1939 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. | ||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Pre-rookie card Baugh, Ki Aldrich, and L.D. Meyer were the MVPs of the first Cotton Bowl Classic, played on January 1, 1937. |
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Joe Beinor | Washington Redskins | tackle, defensive end | Notre Dame | Beinor placed ninth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1938. See the Gallery's football cards of Heisman candidates page. | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Vic Carroll | Washington Redskins | tackle, center | Nevada-Reno | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Ed Cifers | Washington Redskins | end | Tennessee | Cifers's younger brother, Bob Cifers, played for the Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Green Bay Packers. | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Fred Davis | Washington Redskins | guard, tackle | Alabama | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Turk Edwards | Washington Redskins | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Andy Farkas | Washington Redskins | fullback | Detroit Mercy | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Dick Farman | Washington Redskins | guard | Washington State | After retiring from football, Farman co-founded Farman Brothers Pickle Company in Enumclaw, Washington, with his brother, Fred. | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Ray Flaherty | Washington Redskins | end, defensive end | Washington State, Gonzaga | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1976 | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Al Krueger | Washington Redskins | halfback, end | USC | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Bob Masterson | Washington Redskins | end | Miami Florida | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Bob McChesney | Washington Redskins | end | UCLA | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Wilbur Moore | Washington Redskins | halfback, defensive back | Minnesota | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Bob Seymour | Washington Redskins | halfback, fullback | Oklahoma | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Clyde Shugart | Washington Redskins | guard, tackle | Iowa State | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Clem Stralka | Washington Redskins | guard, tackle | Georgetown | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Dick Todd | Washington Redskins | halfback, coach | Texas A and M | ||||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Willie Wilkin | Washington Redskins | tackle | St. Mary's | Wilkins scored both of the Redskins' safeties in 1942. | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Bill Young | Washington Redskins | tackle | Alabama |