Detroit Alumni Football Cards

Image Set #Card Title/Players Pro Team Position College Honors Notes Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1951 Topps Magic Mike Goggins 1951 Topps Magic 32 Mike Goggins fullback Detroit
1952 Bowman Large Jack Simmons 1952 Bowman Large 110 Jack Simmons Chicago Cardinals center Detroit Rookie card
1952 Bowman Small Jack Simmons 1952 Bowman Small 110 Jack Simmons Chicago Cardinals center Detroit Rookie card
1953 Bowman Ted Marchibroda 1953 Bowman 93 Ted Marchibroda Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Detroit Colts Ring of Honor Rookie card
1954 Bowman Tom Finnin (double error) 1954 Bowman 97A Tom Finnin (double error) Error card

This variation has Finnin's name misspelled "Finnan" on both front and back.
Tom Finnin Baltimore Colts tackle Detroit
1954 Bowman Tom Finnin (error) 1954 Bowman 97B Tom Finnin (error) Error card

This variation has Finnin's name misspelled "Finnan" on the front, but spelled correctly on back.
Tom Finnin Baltimore Colts tackle Detroit
1955 Bowman Lee Riley 1955 Bowman 21 Lee Riley Detroit Lions defensive back Detroit Rookie card
1955 Bowman Jack Simmons 1955 Bowman 27 Jack Simmons Chicago Cardinals center Detroit nm
1955 Bowman Ted Marchibroda 1955 Bowman 106 Ted Marchibroda Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Detroit Colts Ring of Honor
1956 Topps Chicago Cardinals Team 1956 Topps 22 Chicago Cardinals Team Chicago Cardinals Short print

This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Cardinals team.
1956 Topps Baltimore Colts Team 1956 Topps 48 Baltimore Colts Team Baltimore Colts This card pictures the 1955 Baltimore Colts team. Hall of Fame NFL coach Don Shula is in the front row. Leroy Vaughn, father of major league baseball's Mo Vaughn, is in the back row.
1956 Topps Ted Marchibroda 1956 Topps 51 Ted Marchibroda Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Detroit Colts Ring of Honor
1956 Topps Pittsburgh Steelers Team 1956 Topps 63 Pittsburgh Steelers Team Pittsburgh Steelers This card pictures the 1955 Steelers team. For a larger version of the image on the card, see the 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers page at steelersuk.com.
1956 Topps Jack Simmons 1956 Topps 82 Jack Simmons Chicago Cardinals center Detroit Short print
1956 Topps Detroit Lions Team 1956 Topps 92 Detroit Lions Team Detroit Lions This card pictures the 1955 Lions team.
1957 Topps Ted Marchibroda 1957 Topps 113 Ted Marchibroda Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Detroit Colts Ring of Honor Marchibroda was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. exmt
1958 Topps Ted Marchibroda 1958 Topps 44 Ted Marchibroda Chicago Cardinals quarterback Detroit Colts Ring of Honor
1958 Topps Chicago Cardinals Team 1958 Topps 69 Chicago Cardinals Team Chicago Cardinals This card pictures the 1957 Chicago Cardinals team. Click here to see a large, black-and-white copy of this image. Dick Lane, in the upper right corner of the photo, appears to have been cut-and-pasted in.
1961 Fleer Perry Richards 1961 Fleer 130 Perry Richards Minnesota Vikings end Detroit Rookie card

Richards played in a different city in each of his six seasons in the NFL and AFL. Starting in 1957, he played a year each for the PIttsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, and New York Titans. This card shows him with the Vikings because the Vikings had claimed him from the Cardinals in the 1961 NFL Expansion Draft. He never played for the Vikings, though.
1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures Perry Richards 1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures Perry Richards Minnesota Vikings end Detroit
1961 Nu-Card Jerry Gross 1961 Nu-Card 164 Jerry Gross quarterback Detroit
1962 Post Cereal Grady Alderman 1962 Post Cereal 174 Grady Alderman Minnesota Vikings tackle Detroit
1962 Post CFL Jim Cain 1962 Post CFL 22 Jim Cain Ottawa Rough Riders guard, tackle Detroit
1963 Fleer Lee Riley 1963 Fleer 19 Lee Riley New York Jets defensive back Detroit
1963 Post CFL Jim Cain 1963 Post CFL 21 Jim Cain Ottawa Rough Riders guard, tackle Detroit

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