Aston Villa FC 1921-22 autographs, rare original autographed fold-over card size 8.5 by 5.5in. with typed team grid to the open interior, fully autog

Aston Villa FC 1921-22 autographs, rare original autographed fold-over card size 8.5 by 5.5in. with typed team grid to the open interior, fully autographed in fountain pen ink to their individual team positions by the great Aston Villa team of 1921-22 that included eight England Internationals as well as seven members of the 1919-20 F.A Cup Final team and eight members of the 1923-24 F.A Cup Final team, eleven original ink signatures including: Tommy Jackson, Tommy Smart, Tommy Weston, Frank Moss, Frank Barson, G. Fred Blackburn, Richard York, Billy Kirton, Ian Dickson, Billy Walker and Arthur Dorrell, very good condition Aston Villa finished 5th in League Division One in season 1921-22 with a team that including eight England International players: Tommy Smart (20 September 1896 – 10 June 1968) was an English footballer who played as a full-back for Aston Villa. He made five appearances for England at international level between 1921 and 1929. He soon established himself in Villa's first team, and made his debut for the England team against Scotland in 1921. The third of his five appearances, also against Scotland, was in the first match that England played at Wembley Stadium, on 12th April 1924. FA Cup winner 1920 and runner-up 1924. Frank Moss (17 April 1895 – 15 September 1965) was an English professional football wing half who made over 250 appearances in the Football League for Aston Villa. He was capped 5 times by England at international level between 1921 and 1924, and represented the Football League XI. He captained Villa, and was a part of the Villa teams which won the 1919-20 FA Cup and finished runners-up in 1923-24. Frank Barson (10 April 1891 – 13 August 1968) was an English footballer who played for several English football clubs including Barnsley, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Watford. He had a reputation for aggressive play, and is regarded as one of the "hard men" of English football. He transferred to Aston Villa in 1919, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1920, and to Manchester United in 1922, with a transfer fee of £5,000. In 1920, Barson had England trials and it was whilst at Villa Park that he made his one and only international appearance for England on 15 March 1920 against Wales at Highbury. Wales won the game 2–1. George Fredrick Blackburn (3 August 1899 – 7 March 1957) was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England. He made over 250 appearances in the Football League during his career and won one cap for England in May 1924. Blackburn received his first call up to the England national side in April 1924 for a match against Scotland in the 1923-24 British Home Championship, but did not feature for the side. One month later, on 17 May 1924, Blackburn made his one and only appearance for England in a 3–1 victory over France at Stade Pershing. Richard Ernest York (25 April 1899 – 9 December 1969) was an English footballer, who in addition to a long club career with Aston Villa in the Football League appeared twice for England. A winger, he spent 16 years at Villa from 1915 to 1931, and was on the losing team in the 1924 FA Cup Final. He made two appearances for England, both 1–0 defeats to Scotland in April 1922 and April 1926. William John Kirton (2 December 1896 – 1970) was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games for Aston Villa and is best known for scoring the only goal in the 1920 FA Cup Final. Kirton won his first and only international cap for England against Northern Ireland on 22nd October 1921. Kirton scored England's only goal in the 1–1 draw. William Henry Walker (29 October 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered by many to be the greatest footballer to ever play for Aston Villa Football Club and one of the greatest players to have played for England. As a manager he won the FA Cup with each of Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest some 24 years apart, a record to this day. He made 531 appearances for Villa between 1914 and 1934, scoring 244 goals, of which 214 came in 478 league matches. He remains Aston Villa’s all-time top goal scorer to this day. He was an FA Cup Winner with Villa in 1920, and runner up in 1924. Walker played for England 18 times between 1920 and 1932, scoring 9 goals. Arthur Reginald Dorrell (30 March 1896 – 13 September 1942) was an English international footballer who played on the left-wing. He was the son of former Villa player William Dorrell. He played for Aston Villa between 1919 and 1931, scoring 65 goals in 390 appearances and winning four England caps 1924-25. He played in both the 1920 and 1924 FA Cup finals, the first of which Villa won. Thomas Jackson (16 March 1898 – 1975) was a football player in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games for Aston Villa as a goalkeeper. FA Cup runner-up 1924. Thomas Weston (2 August 1890 – 1952) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke City. Weston joined Aston Villa in 1911. He soon established himself as first choice full back and earned a reputation as a tough and uncompromising defender. He helped Villa win the FA Cup in 1912-13 and 1919-20. He made 178 appearances for the "Villans" in seven seasons he spent at Villa Park and finished runners-up in the First Division twice in 1912-13 and 1913-14. He left in the summer of 1922 and joined newly promoted Stoke where he only managed to play four matches in 1922-23 before deciding to retire. FA Cup winner 1913 and 1920. Ian William Dickson (September 1902 – 1976) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Queen of the South, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. In his first season at Aston Villa, Dickson scored two goals from his eight appearances. It was, however, in the 1921/22 season that Villa Park saw the best of him when he scored 28 goals from his 42 appearances, making him Villa's top scorer that season and helping the team to finish 5th in England's top division.