Collecting Street & Smith's Annuals Dates to the 1940s

One of the great enjoyments that I receive from my collection of football publications is to trace the history of the game of football over many years.  One of the more interesting runs of football publications that is in my football library is the Street & Smith's football annual magazine.

Still in publication today, Street & Smith's is the longest running annual in the market with its' debut in 1940.  In the 1940 edition, the annual just covered the college game and in 1941, there was an early article review about the NFL professional game.From 1940 to 1962 Street & Smith's was a one edition annual and then beginning in 1963, the split came for two editions, a college and a professional magazine.