Tuck logo over TRADE MARK, at base on back in red:-COPYRIGHT 1903 BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO.LTD. N.Y. grey & cream embossed design with die-cut figure applique over heart shaped perforation
VALENTINE GREETING, THE FOOTBALL PLAYER boy stands scared & open mouhed as football lands on him
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3 serrated edges with front & back embossed design inside right:-THE FOOTBALL PLAYER . WITH TOUSLED HAIR AND GRIMY FACE, YOU LINED UP FOR THE GAME AND THINK BY MAKING PUNTS AND KICKS TO THUS ENHANCE YOUR FAME. ALTHOUGH YOU LOOK A PERFECT FRIGHT, YOUR STRENGTH IS SO SUBLIME, I'D CHOOSE YOU FIRST OF ALL THE LOT TO BE MY VALENTINE. artist likely F. BRUNDAGE - see notes re Valentine greetings: Steier & Braun, p.58
