Heisman Trophy + Rookie Football Cards
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1948 Bowman | 3 | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | Rookie card, short print Lujack finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1946, behind Glenn Davis. Lujack won the Heisman in 1947. |
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1948 Bowman | 71 | Leslie Horvath | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1969, Heisman Trophy 1944 | Rookie card | ||
1948 Bowman | 104 | Bruce Smith | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941 | Rookie card | ||
1948 Leaf | 4 | Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Rookie 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. |
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1948 Leaf | 13C | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | Rookie card This variation has Lujack's first name spelled correctly. |
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1948 Leaf | 13E | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | Rookie card, error card Lujack's first name is misspelled "Jonny" on this variation. |
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1948 Leaf | 91 | Leon Hart | fullback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1973, Heisman Trophy 1949 | Rookie card | |||
1950 Bowman | 16 | Glenn Davis | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Army, Cal Poly Pomona | College Hall of Fame 1961, Heisman Trophy 1946 | Rookie card Davis finished second in Heisman voting in 1944, second in 1945, and first in 1946. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. |
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1951 Topps Magic | 10 | Vic Janowicz | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1976, Heisman Trophy 1950 | Rookie card Janowicz played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953 and 1954. You can see his 1954 Bowman baseball card on the Gallery's Cards in Multiple Sports page. |
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1954 Bowman | 128 | John Lattner | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1979, Heisman Trophy 1953 | Rookie card Lattner placed fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1952, and he won it in 1953. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. |
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1955 Bowman | 8 | Alan Ameche | Baltimore Colts | fullback | Wisconsin | College Hall of Fame 1975, Heisman Trophy 1954 | Rookie card, error card Heisman is misspelled "Heismann" on the back of this card. |
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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. |
PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 23 | Dick Kazmaier | quarterback | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1966, Heisman Trophy 1951 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 26 | Larry Kelley | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1969, Heisman Trophy 1936 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 34 | Davey O'Brien | quarterback | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1955, Heisman Trophy 1938 | Rookie card O'Brien played two seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1939, his rookie year, he broke Sammy Baugh's NFL record for most yards passing in a season. According to his page on the Heisman Trophy web site, he retired to become an FBI agent. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 35 | Tom Harmon | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1940 | Rookie card The Chicago Bears chose Harmon with the first overall pick in the 1941 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 59 | Doc Blanchard | fullback | Army | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1945 | Rookie card Blanchard was the first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. He placed third in Heisman voting in 1944, first in 1945, and fourth in 1946. See the Gallery's page of Heisman candidates. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 69 | Frank Sinkwich | halfback | Georgia | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1942 | Rookie card Sinkwich played two seasons for the Detroit Lions and two seasons for the AAFC's New York Yankees and Baltimore Colts. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 76 | Angelo Bertelli | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1943 | Rookie card Bertelli was second in Heisman voting in 1941, sixth in 1942, and first in 1943. After serving in World War II, he played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons and Chicago Rockets. |
PSA 8 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 78 | Jay Berwanger | halfback | Chicago | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1935 | Rookie card Berwanger was the first Heisman Trophy winner and the first player ever chosen in the NFL draft. He decided not to play pro football, however. See the Gallery's Heisman Trophy Candidates and First Overall Draft Picks pages. |
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1956 Topps | 120 | Billy Vessels | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1974, Heisman Trophy 1952 | Rookie card Vessels played for the Edmonton Eskimos, then with the Western Interprovincial Football Union, in 1953. He won the Canadian Rugby Union's most outstanding player award, the Schenley Award, that season. After serving in the U.S. military, Vessels played the 1956 season with the Baltimore Colts. |
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1957 Topps | 80 | Howard Cassady | Detroit Lions | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1979, Heisman Trophy 1955 | Rookie card | ||
1957 Topps | 151 | Paul Hornung | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1985, Heisman Trophy 1956, Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Rookie card The Packers chose Hornung with the first overall pick in the 1957 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
PSA 4, PSA 3, PSA 2, PSA 1 | |
1959 Topps | 105 | John David Crow | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Texas A and M | College Hall of Fame 1976, Heisman Trophy 1957 | Rookie card | nm | |
1960 Fleer | 66 | Billy Cannon | Houston Oilers | halfback | LSU | College Hall of Fame 2008, Heisman Trophy 1959 | Rookie card The Los Angeles Rams chose Cannon with the first overall pick in the 1960 NFL draft. He opted to play in the AFL instead. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |