1962 York Iron-On Transfers Hockey Card Set and Checklist

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Specs

Year: 1962

Title: York Iron-On Transfers

Size: 2 1/4″ x 4 1/4″, I’ve also read 2 3/16” x 4 5/16”

Number in Set: 36, 37 with the short print

Overview

The 1962 York Iron-On Transfers are super tough to find; PSA has only graded 95 of them. There’s also some debate about when they came out, but based on the players selected, the hobby has concluded that they’re likely a 1962-63 release.

York put the transfers under the lids of their peanut butter and on bags of peanuts; therefore, they were folded in the middle for packaging.

1962 York Iron-On Transfers Cello Starter Set (Broken)
York Jar with Iron-On Ad
1962 York Lid

York also distributed blank pennants for 25 cents that fans could iron the transfers on. I’m not exactly sure what the pennants York distributed looked like; some of these photos may be homemade versions.

1962 York Iron-On Transfers Toronto Maple Leafs Pennant
1962 York Iron-On Transfers Montreal Canadiens Pennant
1962 York Iron-On Transfers Toronto and Detroit Pennants

They also made a few iron-on team logos available through a mail-in offer (Toronto, Montreal, or Detroit).

1962 York Iron-On Transfers Montreal Canadiens Logo Transfer
1962 York Iron-On Transfers Toronto Maple Leafs Logo Transfer
1962 York Iron-On Transfer Mail-In Offer

Each transfer is a simple hand-drawn head-and-shoulders player portrait with a facsimile autograph along the bottom. Beneath the portion meant to be transferred are directions and the card’s number.

There’s also one short print since card number 30 was used for both Andre Pronovost and the much rarer Vic Stasiuk.

Example

1962 York Iron-On Transfers #27 Parker MacDonald – Front
1962 York Iron-On Transfers #27 Parker MacDonald – Reverse

Key Cards

The set’s key card belongs to Gordie Howe.

Checklist

1 Johnny Bower

2 Jacques Plante

3 Tim Horton

4 Jean-Guy Talbot

5 Carl Brewer

6 J.C. Tremblay

7 Dick Duff

8 Jean Beliveau

9 Dave Keon

10 Henri Richard

11 Frank Mahovlich

12 Boom Boom Geoffrion

13 Kent Douglas

14 Claude Provost

15 Bob Pulford

16 Ralph Backstrom

17 George Armstrong

18 Bobby Rousseau

19 Gordie Howe

20 Red Kelly

21 Alex Delvecchio

22 Dickie Moore

23 Marcel Pronovost

24 Doug Barkley

25 Terry Sawchuk

26 Billy Harris

27 Parker MacDonald

28 Don Marshall

29 Norm Ullman

30A Andre Pronovost

30B Vic Stasiuk

31 Bill Gadsby

32 Eddie Shack

33 Larry Jeffrey

34 Gilles Tremblay

35 Howie Young

36 Bruce MacGregor