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The article provides a general overview of earlier football collectibles and presents the different types of collectible items of 19th century football material. It cites the 1894 Mayo's Cut Plug (N302) set of 35 cards as the mainstream about 19th century football collecting which depicts players from Princeton, Harvard and Yale universities. The 1887 N162 Goodwin's Champions series has one football player Yale's Harry Beecher which is said to be technically the first football card.

The article focuses on several collectibles of the Chicago Bears football team from 1920 to 1945. It offers a brief history of the team which started out as a company team from Decatur, Illinois named the Staleys and renamed the Bears under new owner George Halas in 1922. It notes that the image used for the 1935 National Chicle premium was shot by photographer George Burke. It adds that the Shotwell football card set of 1926 is exclusive to Bears player Harold Grange, also called Red.

The article explores the world of early National Football League (NFL) collectibles from 1920 to 1929. Some of the featured collections include cards, postcards, and programs and tickets. Several photographs for each are also presented which include the 1928 Star Player Candy Paddy Driscoll card, the Frankford postcard from 1927, and the 1927 New York Giants vs. Benny Friedman's Cleveland Bulldogs game ticket.

The article presents information on football matchcover collectibles. Among the collectibles presented are the Diamond Match Company issued football matchbooks from the 1933-1938, the Maryland Match Company's All-America Footbal Conference (AAFC) Baltomore matchbooks in 1948, and Universal Company's Redskins matchbook for Arcade Pontiac. Details of football matchcover collectibles and their estimated price are also discussed.

The article describes photographs of athletes and events released by the press and newspapers that have been stocked on file cabinets prior to the digital era. It discusses the collectible cards produced by the Sports Co. of America featuring any sports related subjects which was later used by Spalding as promotional items for their sporting goods. Images of athletes are presented in which the field of baseball, boxing, track and field and football have the most representations.

The article focuses on the 1928 Dockman's Star Player Candy vintage football cards. It traces the origins of the cards which escaped classification by card collecting legend Jefferson Burdick in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Produced by John H. Dockman and Sons of Baltimore, Maryland, the cards are blank-backed and identifies the player and his college affiliation beneath a sepia toned black and white photo. Players identified include Red Grange, John "Paddy" Driscoll and Joe Strenaman.

The article focuses on the 1929-1930 Rogers Peet Set Football Cards. To motivate employees and customers alike, the Rogers Peet clothing store of Manhattan most likely used a multi-sport set of cards in late 1929. Rogers Peet produced an album that held 48 numbered sports card which were distributed in glassine envelopes with numbers each that corresponded to the numbers on the cards. The cards were given as part of a membership for boys in the Ro-Pe-Co club or as promotion for the store.