College Hall Of Fame Football Cards, page 23
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Rams Team Issue | Tank Younger | Los Angeles Rams | fullback | Grambling | College Hall of Fame 2000 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 1 | Herman Hickman | guard | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 2 | John Kimbrough | fullback | Texas A and M | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Kimbrough finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1940, behind Tom Harmon. After graduating, he starred in two Westerns, played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons, and served in the Texas State Legislature. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 3 | Ed Weir | tackle | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ex | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 4 | Erny Pinckert | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 1957 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 5 | Bob Grayson | fullback | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1955 | Grayson was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 6 | Nile Kinnick | halfback | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1951, Heisman Trophy 1939 | Rookie card, error card Kinnick died in a plane crash in World War II. His name is misspelled "Niles" on this card. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 8 | George Cafego | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1969 | Cafego placed seventh in voting for the Heimsan Trophy in 1938, and fourth in 1939. See the Gallery's page of Heisman candidates. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 9 | Tom Hamilton | halfback | Navy | College Hall of Fame 1965 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 10 | Bill Dudley | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 11 | Bobby Dodd | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Dodd was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. His son, Bobby Dodd Jr., played quarterback for the University of Florida. For more cards of father-son pairs, see the Gallery's Fathers and Sons page. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 12 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was an All-American in both football and basketball at Northwestern. | PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 13 | Aaron Rosenberg | guard | USC | College Hall of Fame 1966 | Rosenberg became a movie producer. One of his movies, Mutiny on the Bounty, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 14cor | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 14err | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Error card The back of this card shows Byron White's bio, not Tinsley's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 15 | Eddie Kaw | halfback | Cornell | College Hall of Fame 1954 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 16 | Knute Rockne | coach, end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 17 | Bob Reynolds | halfback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1984 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 18 | Pudge Heffelfinger | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 19 | Bruce Smith | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 20 | Sammy Baugh | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 21cor | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card White served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 21err | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card, error card The back of this card shows Gaynell Tinsley's bio, not White's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 22 | Brick Muller | end | California | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Muller won a silver medal in the high jump in the 1920 Olympics. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 23 | Dick Kazmaier | quarterback | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1966, Heisman Trophy 1951 | Rookie card |