Center Football Cards, page 5
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1953 Bowman | 24 | Chuck Bednarik | Philadelphia Eagles | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
1953 Bowman | 35 | Tom Catlin | Cleveland Browns | center | Oklahoma | Rookie card Catlin placed tenth in voting for the 1952 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. |
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1953 Bowman | 38 | Bill Walsh | Pittsburgh Steelers | center | Notre Dame | Walsh played on Notre Dame's national championship teams of 1946 and 1947. | |||
1953 Bowman | 39 | Leo Sanford | Chicago Cardinals | center, linebacker | Louisiana Tech | Rookie card | |||
1953 Bowman | 48 | Gerald Weatherly | Chicago Bears | center | Rice | Rookie card | |||
1953 Bowman | 57 | John Rapacz | New York Giants | center | Western Michigan, Oklahoma | ||||
1953 Oregon | Dave Lowe | center | Oregon | ||||||
1953 Oregon | Ron Pheister | center | Oregon | ||||||
1953 Rams Team Issue | Leon McLaughlin | Los Angeles Rams | center, coach | UCLA | The back of McLaughlin's card says that he played every minute of offensive center of the Rams' 1951 and 1952 games, including pre- and post-season. | nm | |||
1954 Blue Ribbon | Bruno Bitkowski | Ottawa Rough Riders | center | Assumption College | |||||
1954 Blue Ribbon | Eagle Keys | Edmonton Eskimos | center, linebacker | Western Kentucky | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1990 | ||||
1954 Blue Ribbon | Don Loney | Calgary Stampeders | center, guard | ||||||
1954 Blue Ribbon | Tom Hugo | Montreal Alouettes | center, linebacker | Denver | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 2018 | ||||
1954 Bowman | 15 | Harry Ulinski | Washington Redskins | center | Kentucky | Ulinski was inducted into the Beaver County (Pennsylvania) Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. | |||
1954 Bowman | 18 | Leo Rucka | San Francisco 49ers | center | Rice | Rookie card The 49ers drafted Rucka in 1954, but he served two years in the Air Force before joining the team. He played in five games for the 49ers in 1956. |
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1954 Bowman | 19 | John Cannady | New York Giants | center | Indiana | ||||
1954 Bowman | 31 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | Rookie card | exmt | ||
1954 Bowman | 47 | Gerald Weatherly | Chicago Bears | center | Rice | ||||
1954 Bowman | 56 | Leon McLaughlin | Los Angeles Rams | center, coach | UCLA | ||||
1954 Bowman | 57 | Chuck Bednarik | Philadelphia Eagles | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
1954 Bowman | 58 | Art Hunter | Green Bay Packers | center | Notre Dame | ||||
1954 Bowman | 75 | Jim Neal | Detroit Lions | center | Michigan State | Short print | |||
1954 Bowman | 87 | Ken Farragut | Philadelphia Eagles | center, linebacker | Mississippi | Short print | |||
1954 Bowman | 95 | Jerry Hilgenberg | Cleveland Browns | center | Iowa | Rookie card, short print The Browns drafted Hilgenberg in 1954, but he never played for the Browns. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1954 instead. When he left the Air Force, he took a position as an assistant coach at Iowa. |
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1954 Bowman | 96 | Bill Walsh | Pittsburgh Steelers | center | Notre Dame | Short print After his playing career, Walsh coached college and pro football for over 30 years. |