SMU Alumni Football Cards

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Picture Set # Card Team Position College Honors Notes Est. NM Value (?)
1948 Bowman John Clement football card1948 Bowman86John ClementPittsburgh SteelersquarterbackSMURookie card$30
1948 Leaf Doak Walker football card1948 Leaf4Doak WalkerhalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Rookie card. Walker was the second player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. The first was Army's Doc Blanchard. Notre Dame's Leon Hart won the Heisman in Walker's senior year, 1949.$679
1948 Leaf Billy Dewell football card1948 Leaf39Billy DewellChicago CardinalsendSMURookie card$138
1948 Leaf John Clement football card1948 Leaf47John ClementPittsburgh SteelersquarterbackSMURookie card$186
1948 Leaf Bob Folsom football card1948 Leaf56Bob FolsomendSMU, ArmyRookie card$5491
1949 Leaf Billy Dewell football card1949 Leaf10Billy DewellChicago CardinalsendSMU$68
1950 Bowman Doak Walker football card1950 Bowman1Doak WalkerDetroit LionshalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Walker led the NFL in scoring in 1950, with 128 points. He was the 1950 rookie of the year.$107
1950 Bowman Billy Dewell football card1950 Bowman22Billy DewellChicago CardinalsendSMU$20
1950 Topps Felt Backs Dick McKissack football card1950 Topps Felt Backs55BDick McKissackfullbackSMUBrown background variation. McKissack played in one NFL game, for the Dallas Texans in 1952. See my blog article, A Cup of Coffee--and a Card, for cards of other players who appeared in exactly one NFL, AFL, or AAFC game.$200
1950 Topps Felt Backs Dick McKissack football card1950 Topps Felt Backs55YDick McKissackfullbackSMUYellow background$75
1950 Topps Felt Backs Doak Walker football card1950 Topps Felt Backs92BDoak WalkerhalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Brown background variation. The price guides assign a higher value to the yellow variation, but the brown variation is actually scarcer.$1500
1950 Topps Felt Backs92YDoak WalkerhalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Yellow background variation$700
1951 Berk Ross Doak Walker football card1951 Berk Ross2-14Doak WalkerhalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Hockey player Jack Stewart's card was attached to right side of Walker's.
1951 Bowman Doak Walker football card1951 Bowman25Doak WalkerDetroit LionshalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Walker and Bobby Layne were teammates at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.$54
1951 Topps Magic Dick Hightower football card1951 Topps Magic51Dick HightowercenterSMU$142
1952 Bowman Large Doak Walker football card1952 Bowman Large3Doak WalkerDetroit LionshalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948The Detroit Lions have retired Walker's number, 37.$91
1952 Bowman Large Kyle Rote football card1952 Bowman Large28Kyle RoteNew York GiantsendSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1964Rookie card, short print$114
1952 Bowman Large Fred Benners football card1952 Bowman Large93Fred BennersNew York GiantsquarterbackSewanee, SMU$34
1952 Bowman Small Doak Walker football card1952 Bowman Small3Doak WalkerDetroit LionshalfbackSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1986, Heisman Trophy 1948Walker was an MVP of the Cotton Bowl game in both 1948 and 1949. He was a member of the inaugural class of the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.$61
1952 Bowman Small Kyle Rote football card1952 Bowman Small28Kyle RoteNew York GiantsendSMUCollege Hall of Fame 1964Rookie card$32