Agreed. I strongly believe this set is specifically from 1946 or 1947.
SCD does not list the football players, and that is the best way to date this. They are Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, and that's how I zero in on 1946-47. Glenn Davis won the Heisman in 1946, and was drafted in 1947, but didn't play in the NFL except for the 1950-51 season, so it seems far more likely a premium would be issued when he was at the top of his game in college in the mid to late 40's instead of in the 50's after his NFL career ended after one lackluster season. Blanchard won the Heisman in 1945, was drafted in 1946, but never played in the NFL.
I just discovered that both of these guys played themselves in the movie "The Spirit of West Point" in 1947, so it is possible they were included due to the timing of the movie. It seems unlikely these should be dated anytime after the 1947 movie.
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