A Toy Fair Surprise in 1954

Tudor Electric Football did so well in the early 1950s that Norman Sas found a surprise at the 1954 New York City Toy Fair. That surprise was another company making an Electric Football game.

Norman was well aware of the Gotham Pressed Steel Corp., a Bronx-based toy company. Gotham had been making sports action games longer than Tudor – and their vice president was a former Tudor employee.

The 1954 Gotham G-880 All-Star Electric Football Game.

Gotham’s new game was called the All-Star Electric Football game. And Montgomery Ward was going to sell during the 1954 Christmas shopping season.

1954: Tudor Electric Football games on display in a toy store.

Tudor’s Electric Football games were still more widely available than Gotham’s. But the Electric Football landscaped had changed. Norman new there were significant challenges ahead in the toy world.

Earl & Roddy

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