SPA Team Photo Buttons

These large 4 inch Baseball team Photo Buttons were made by Sports Photo Associates located in Hawthorne NJ. The company also produced a set of 25 Hall of Fame buttons, and a set of about 367 player photo buttons. The Team photo buttons are numbered with a SPA prefix, and have copyright dates from 1979-1982. The officially Licensed buttons featured 9 circled player photos, that were also used for the player buttons. The number of buttons made for this set has yet to be determined, and were made in both 3" and 4" sizes. It has been documented that unnumbered team buttons were also made for other teams such as the Mets, and Pirates. These and other buttons will be added to the checklist as the information becomes available.

Some of the player photos used for the buttons produced by Sports Photo Associates were also used for 1981 Fleer baseball cards. The pins were packaged in a small plastic bag attached to a "Baseball Photo Button" hang card, with company and licensing information. The buttons were sold by mail order, through hobby publication ads, local novelty stores, and at the ballparks.

Sports Photo Associates Baseball Team Photo Button Checklist

SPA-1		New York Yankees World Champs (1979)
SPA-2		Los Angeles Dodgers National League Champs (1979)
SPA-3		Philadelphia Phillies (1979)
SPA-4		Boston Red Sox (1979)
SPA-		New York Yankees (1979)
SPA-10		New York Yankees (1982)
SPA-12		Philadelphia Phillies (1982)
SPA-20		Chicago White Sox (1982)
SPA-21		San Francisco Giants (1982)
SPA-22		Philadelphia Phillies (1983)

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