Monday, January 18, 2021

Vive la Sumo - 1977 French Sumo Wrestling Sportscaster Card

Sportscaster cards are fascinating to me.  The rich checklist as well as the almost endless variations and languages make chasing parts, or all, of the set really fun and challenging.  The lone sumo wrestling card in the set also has fun variations to chase.  Right now, I know of at least 7 different cards that exist, but almost certainly my checklist is incomplete.

03-08 Printed in Japan (English Language)
03-08 Printed in Italy - Blank Series (English Language)
03-08 Printed in Italy - A Series (English Language)
03-08 Printed in Italy - B Series (English Language)
03-56 Printed in Belgium (Dutch Language)
03-56 Printed in Italy (French Language)
03-56 Printed in Finland (Finnish Language)

Recently, a French seller hooked me up with the French Language version of the card and I was able to cross off one more card from the checklist.

Run-Fore-Sportscaster Cards is a great resource on trying to decipher what is out there!




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  1. FujiJanuary 18, 2021 at 7:51 PM

    I love Sportscasters! And it's cool that you have different variations to chase down.

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:10 PM

      Sportscasters are so uniquely 1970s! I love them and all the variations!

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  2. JonJanuary 19, 2021 at 6:36 PM

    These are hit-and-miss with me, but am interested to learn more about the variations, especially since I had no idea that there were variations until just right now.

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:11 PM

      The size seems to be a turn off, but the variations are fun to chase. Pre-internet days, these things were a gold mine of info!

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  3. SeanJanuary 19, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    Nice one! Those sets look pretty cool, it must be fun to have different language versions of a card to track down!

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 19, 2021 at 9:12 PM

      Interesting that Japan go in on the printing of these, yet there are no Japanese language Sportscasters.

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  4. gregoryJanuary 25, 2021 at 9:59 AM

    Now I'm trying to imagine what a French sumo wrestler would look like. (Would he walk into the arena wearing a beret and holding a glass of wine?)

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    1. SumoMenkoManJanuary 25, 2021 at 12:00 PM

      At one point, France had the second largest fan base outside of Japan only to the U.S.

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