These colorful 2-1/2" diameter cloth patches were included
with the purchase of a boy's sport shirt for a short period
in 1961. The patches were issued in a cello package with instructions
for ironing it onto the shirt. Yankee great Yogi Berra is shown
on the MINT example above. The package also offered the opportunity
to trade the players patch for a different star. See below:

Here is an original advertisement for the shirts w/ patch:
