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172 Frank Ryan — Los Angeles Rams
Frank Ryan Alpha-Bits 13 oz. 172 Frank Ryan Crispy Critters 13 oz. 172 Frank Ryan Grape Nuts 16 oz. 172
Alpha-Bits 13 oz. Crispy Critters 13 oz. Grape Nuts Flakes 16 oz.
Frank Ryan Alpha-Bits 13 oz. 172 Frank Ryan Alpha-Bits 13 oz. 172 back
Alpha-Bits 13 oz.
Double print with CC13. Cropped farther left using the power pole on the right side and slightly lower than the GNF16. Colors are lighter than the CC13. The fence is reddish brown. There are two versions of the AB13 card as shown in the large scans just below. If there is either a white spot above Ryan's left shoulder or what looks like blue paint strokes in the same area, the card is an AB13.
Hugh McElhenny Grape Nuts Flakes 12 oz. 179 Hugh McElhenny Top 3 10 oz. 179
Alpha-Bits 13 oz. white spot (left) and Alpha-Bits 13 oz. no white spot (right)
There are two versions of Ryan's Alpha-Bits card. Apparently the version on the left is the original as the version on the right shows how Post tried to fix the white spot above Ryan's left shoulder. It is believed that a physical change to the cyan rotogravure cylinder was made in the area of the white spot so that it would show up as blue rather than white.
Frank Ryan Crispy Critters 13 oz. 172 Frank Ryan Crispy Critters 13 oz. 172 back
Crispy Critters 13 oz.
Double print with AB13. Colors are darker than the AB13. Trees are dark green. Jersey is darker blue. Darker yellow football. This card can be identified by first finding the reddish brown fence and then seeing that the spot over Ryan's left shoulder is neither white nor a "fixed" blue spot.
Frank Ryan Grape Nuts 16 oz. 172 Frank Ryan Grape Nuts 16 oz. 172 back
Grape Nuts Flakes 16 oz.
Cropped farther right than AB13/CC13 versions using the power pole on the right side. Fence is green.
Frank Ryan Alpha-Bits 13 oz. preloaded
Colors are lighter than the CC13. The fence is reddish brown. There are two versions of the AB13 card as shown in the large scans above. If there is either a white spot above Ryan's left shoulder or what looks like blue paint strokes in the same area, the card is an AB13.
Crispy Critters 13 oz. mouseover
Colors are darker than the AB13. Trees are dark green. Jersey is darker blue. Darker yellow football. This card can be identified by first finding the reddish brown fence and then seeing that the spot over Ryan's left shoulder is neither white nor a "fixed" blue spot.
Frank Ryan Grape Nuts Flakes 16 oz. preloaded
Cropped farther right than AB13/CC13 versions using the power pole on the right side. Fence is green.
Alpha-Bits 13 oz. mouseover
Cropped farther left using the power pole on the right side and slightly lower than the GNF16. The fence is reddish brown.