Moulded Heavyweights - The Scarecrow

Moulded heavyweight players came in box sets during the 60's and 70's. There were four distinct types of figure - these have been named by collectors, walker, winged short, scarecrow and moulded heavyweight. Figures usually came in ref 1 & ref 2 (standard club edition fare), but are also fairly common in ref 154.

The moulded figures came in Football Express boxes too, and here we find them in a variety of different kits, namely 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 16, 21, 25, 41, 42.

I intend to post up examples of each of the four figure types this month to run alongside the accessories. Today we look at my favourite. the 'scarecrow'. The figure has a typical 70's haircut and he looks a little on the scruffy side, he reminds me of George Best. These figures usually come in red/white & blue/white kits but I've also seen an all white and an England 154.

The two ref 1 examples here show that they can come with painted sock tops - which actually makes them a 161 - from experience I believe the 'all white' sock is the more common variation.

Generic Red Scarecrow

Generic Red Scarecrow with sock tops