OO Scale Heavyweight figures appeared in 1961. These hand painted figures can be divided into two main types. The first design was the ‘short sleeved’ footballer (See Ref 14 below). This type remained in production until the late 1960s. In 1967 an improved heavyweight figure was in production. This figure became the principal Subbuteo footballer until the late 1970s. Below is a selection of Heavyweight teams.
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Ref Number 2. Standard blue and White kit. Used by Cardiff City, Carlisle Utd, Chesterfield, Everton, Gillingham, Halifax, Ipswich, Leyton Orient, Leicester City, Portsmouth, Albion Rovers, Cowdenbeath, Rangers, Raith Rovers, St Johnstone, Queen of the South, Glenavon and Linfield. |
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Ref Number 4. Stoke City |
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Ref Number 6. Woverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Hull City and Oxford Utd. |
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Ref Number 7. Aston Villa, Burnley & West Ham United. |
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Ref Number 8. Newcastle Utd, Grimsby Town, Notts County, Dunfirmline Athletic |
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Ref Number 9. Brentford, Sheffield United, Southampton, Derry City |
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Ref Number 10. Darlington, Derby County, Fulham, Luton Town, Rochdale, Port Vale, Ayr United, Distillery, Dundalk, England, West Germany, Austria |
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Ref Number 11. Morton, Reading and Queens Park Rangers. |
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Ref Number 13. Blackpool & Holland |
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Ref Number 14. (Early Heavyweight) Swindon, Crewe, Bournemouth and Belgium. |
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Ref Number 16. Arsenal |
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Ref Number 18. Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers, Bolton, Bury, Preston, Scunthorpe, Mansfield, Finland, Greece, East Germany, and Iceland. |
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Ref Number 21. Leeds United and Real Madrid |
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Ref Number 25. Glasgow Celtic |
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Ref Number 36. Real Betis and Floriana |
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Ref Number 39. Airdrie, Walsall and Poland |
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Ref Number 40. Crystal Palace |
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Ref Number 41. Liverpool and Aberdeen. |
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Ref Number 42. Chelsea, Oldham, Southend, Raith Rovers. |
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Ref Number 50. Brazil. |
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Ref Number 51. Brighton and Hove Albion, Chester City, Colchester, Peterborough, Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan Athletic. |
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Ref Number 59. River Plate |
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Ref Number 100. Manchester United |
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Ref Number 156. West Germany, Ayr United, Fulham, Hereford United, Port Vale, New Zealand |
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Ref Number 318. England |