1949 · Chicago Coin
Football
Golden-yellow sky with radiating white cloud streaks, dark blue oval behind the title, blue banded lower sky, tan multi-storey tower block on the left, packed stand of tiny blue and white spectators and green turf strip along the bottom.
- Year
- 1949
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- blue
- red
- green
Fingerprint: football with colossal running player, white helmet with yellow ear guards and open mouth shout, red-striped sleeves and yellow trousers, pink arched FOOTBALL title, left-side ladder of arrow-topped score panels in alternating colors, weathered green MILLION banner, giant golden boot resting on turf, Chicago Coins script, mid-century painted style
The single most memorable element is the colossal football player striding across the centre in a white helmet with blue-and-yellow ear guards, mouth open in a shout, red-striped sleeves and yellow trousers. Behind his head the whole word FOOTBALL arches in pink block letters over a dark blue oval, with the white cursive Chicago Coins tucked diagonally at the left. A left-hand ladder of arrow-topped score panels running 100 000 to 900 000 in alternating colours is a second strong identifying feature. A green name banner across the top is heavily scuffed and blackened, leaving only the white word Million.
Setting
- Golden-yellow sky with radiating white cloud streaks
- Dark blue oval behind the title
- Blue banded lower sky
- Tan multi-storey tower block on the left
- Packed stand of tiny blue and white spectators
- Green turf strip along the bottom
Symbols
- Vertical ladder of arrow-topped score value panels
- White star in the blue oval
- Yellow goal-post-like uprights at lower left
- White cloud streaks
Lettering
- Large arched pink-and-white sans-serif block capitals with a blue drop shadow for the title; white slanted cursive script for the maker line; heavy white sans-serif capitals on the green top banner; white numerals on coloured ladder panels with black arrow tabs
Themes
- American football
- Sports
- Stadium
- Team mascot
Title on it
- Football
Text on it
- Million
- FOOTBALL
- Chicago Coins
- 100 000
- 200 000
- 300 000
- 400 000
- 500 000
- 600 000
- 700 000
- 800 000
- 900 000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Large central american-football player running to the right, white helmet with a blue centre stripe and yellow ear pads, white jersey with a red shoulder yoke and red-and-white striped sleeves, clenched fist, mouth open shouting, yellow trousers and a red sock visible |
| Man | Small player in a yellow helmet, red jersey and white trousers standing in the lower left-centre near the tower block |
| Man | Small player in a red jersey and yellow helmet at the lower right edge, partly cropped by the frame |
| Other | Large golden-yellow football boot lying on its side on the green turf at the bottom left corner |
A painted American-football backglass dominated by a giant arched word FOOTBALL in salmon-pink block capitals with a white face and blue drop shadow, set on a dark blue oval. Above it runs a green name banner whose left portion is dark and worn away, leaving only the word Million in white at the right. To the left of the title, white cursive script reads Chicago Coins. A vertical ladder of coloured score panels climbs the left edge, each with a black arrow tab and a white value from 100 000 up to 900 000, alternating magenta, green, blue and pink. The central figure is a large footballer in a white helmet with a blue stripe and yellow ear pads, a white jersey with red yoke and striped red-white sleeves, running right with a clenched fist and open shouting mouth. Behind him are a golden-yellow sky with radiating white cloud streaks, blue bands, a tan multi-storey tower block on the left, a packed stand of tiny blue-and-white spectators, and smaller players in yellow and red kit. A big golden-yellow boot lies on green turf at the bottom left.