Coach Football Cards, page 6
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 16 | Knute Rockne | coach, end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||
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 | 38 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | coach | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 67 | Frankie Albert | quarterback, coach | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Albert finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1940, and third in 1941. See the Gallery's page of cards of Heisman candidates. | |||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Frankie Albert | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback, coach | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Albert was the head coach of the 49ers from 1956 to 1958. His teams had a combined 19-16-1 record. | |||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Phil Bengtson | San Francisco 49ers | coach | Minnesota | Packers Hall of Fame 1996 | Bengtson was the defensive coordinator for the 49ers from 1951 to 1958. | nm | ||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Fred Bruney | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back, coach | Ohio State | The 49ers cut Bruney after 5 games in 1956. He then finished the season with Pittsburgh. | ||||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Red Hickey | San Francisco 49ers | end, coach | Arkansas | nm | ||||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Bill Johnson | San Francisco 49ers | center, coach | Texas A and M | nm | ||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Bill Austin | New York Giants | guard, coach | Oregon State | |||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Don Heinrich | New York Giants | quarterback, coach | Washington | College Hall of Fame 1987 | ||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Jim Lee Howell | New York Giants | coach | Arkansas | Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | Before coaching, Howell played eight seasons at end for the Giants. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has a detailed account of Howell's football career. | |||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Harland Svare | New York Giants | linebacker, coach | Washington State | |||||
1956 Topps | 6 | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, coach | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | |||
1956 Topps | 7 | Green Bay Packers Team | Green Bay Packers | This card pictures the 1955 Packers team. The team photo includes Deral Teteak, a member of the Packers Hall of Fame who never appeared on a card of his own. | |||||
1956 Topps | 22 | Chicago Cardinals Team | Chicago Cardinals | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Cardinals team. |
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1956 Topps | 26 | San Francisco 49ers Team | San Francisco 49ers | This card pictures the 1955 49ers team. Most of the players on the card also appeared on 1955 49ers Team Issue Photos. | |||||
1956 Topps | 40 | Philadelphia Eagles Team | Philadelphia Eagles | This card pictures the 1955 Philadelphia Eagles team. | |||||
1956 Topps | 45 | Cleveland Browns Team | Cleveland Browns | This card pictures the 1955 Cleveland Browns team. 1955 was Otto Graham's last season, and the Browns won the NFL Championship. Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll was a linebacker on the 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 | 61 | Washington Redskins Team | Washington Redskins | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Washington Redskins team. About 15 of the players never appeared on cards of their own. |
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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 | 92 | Detroit Lions Team | Detroit Lions | This card pictures the 1955 Lions team. | |||||
1956 Topps | 113 | New York Giants Team | New York Giants | This card pictures the 1955 New York Giants team. Future Hall of Fame coaches Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry are included in the photo. Lombardi is an assistant coach in the second row, and Landry is a player, also in the second row. | |||||
1956 Topps | 114 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1955 Los Angeles Rams team. One of the players, Jack Bighead, was with the Baltimore Colts until early in 1955, so he also appears on the Colts team card. |