Albert Richard Sportswwear Grid Revue, 1946

Map depicts hundreds of college football team placed geographically and represented by pennants and teams in the National Professional Football League and the All-America Professional Football Conference represented by footballs. The border of the map includes the 1945 All-American team selected by Grantland Rice; the Heisman Trophy with 1945 winner Doc Blanchard of Army; Great All-Time Coaches, including drawings of Glenn S. Warner, Amos A. Stagg, Howard Jones, Robert C. Zuppke, Knute K. Rockne, Fielding H. Yost, Dr. Henry Williams, Gilmour Doble, Percy D. Houghton; All-Professional Team picked by the AP; drawing of Soldier Field in Chicago; image of Grantland Rice with the text, "Surely you will find, as I have, may hours of worthwhile pleasure in studying this 1946 Albert Richard Grid Review. It is beyond doubt one of the most informative an colorful presentations of the football world ever created. I know it will be thoroughly enjoyed by football enthusiasts of all ages, in every part of America; and I am glad indeed to have my own All-American team selections a feature in such an important contribution to the enjoyment of footbal as this map is certain to be"; drawing of Harvard stadium; Eternal All-American team selected by Grantland Rice; drawings of Famous All-Time players, including Mahan (Harvard), Hinkey (Yale), Heston (Mich.), Cagle (Army), Gipp (Notre Dame), Eckersall (Chicago), Albert (Stanford), Nagurski (Minn.), Whitmire (Ala.); drawing of the first intercollegiate game between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869; the Amos Alonzo Stagg award; the first All-American team chosen by Walter Camp in 1889; Famous Football Records; and Famous Football Firsts. The reverse of the map features advertisements for Albert Richard clothes; 1946 schedules for 89 college teams; the undefeadted, untied teams of 1945; the all-time record of undefeated, untied teams; previous year bowl game results; recent leading teames; and famous nicknames. This poster was distributed by Penn Traffic Company of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.