Defensive Back 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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1954 Rams Team Issue | Don Doll | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | USC | Doll retired after the 1954 season. He had 41 career interceptions, an NFL record at the time. He is the only NFL player to have 3 seasons with 10 or more interceptions. | ||||
1954 Rams Team Issue | Jack Dwyer | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Loyola Marymount | The back of Dwyer's card says that he planned to be a cartoonist after his football career. | ||||
1954 Rams Team Issue | Hall Haynes | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Santa Clara | Haynes played four seasons for the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams. The Rams obtained him from the Redskins in 1954 in a trade for Norb Hecker and Ed Barker. | ||||
1954 Rams Team Issue | Ed Hughes | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | North Carolina State, Tulsa | Hughes was a rookie in 1954. He played five seasons for the Rams and New York Giants. | ||||
1954 Rams Team Issue | Will Sherman | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | St. Mary's | vg | ||||
1955 49ers Team Issue | Rex Berry | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, defensive back | Brigham Young | Berry played both football and baseball at BYU. | ||||
1955 49ers Team Issue | Bobby Luna | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back | Alabama | |||||
1955 49ers Team Issue | George Maderos | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back | Chico State | |||||
1955 49ers Team Issue | Dick Moegle | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back | Rice | Moegle placed sixth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1954. See the Gallery's football cards of Heisman candidates page. | nm | |||
1955 Bowman | 5 | Lindon Crow | Chicago Cardinals | defensive back | USC | Rookie card | |||
1955 Bowman | 12 | Dick Alban | Washington Redskins | defensive back | Northwestern | Alban was traded twice in three days in 1956. On April 23, the Redskins traded him to the Lions for Dick Stanfel. On April 26, the Lions traded him to the Steelers for Dick Modzelewski. | ex | ||
1955 Bowman | 20 | Bert Rechichar | Baltimore Colts | defensive back | Tennessee | Rechichar attempted 24 field goals in 1955, most in the NFL. He made just 10 of them, though. | |||
1955 Bowman | 21 | Lee Riley | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Detroit | Rookie card | |||
1955 Bowman | 25 | Ollie Matson | Chicago Cardinals | fullback, defensive back | San Francisco | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1976, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | Matson won two medals in track in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | ||
1955 Bowman | 28 | Jack Christiansen | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Colorado State | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | |||
1955 Bowman | 30 | Tom Keane | Baltimore Colts | defensive back | West Virginia | Keane's brother, Jim Keane, also played in the NFL. | ex | ||
1955 Bowman | 48 | Dick Moegle | San Francisco 49ers | defensive back | Rice | Rookie card | ex+ | ||
1955 Bowman | 67 | Eddie Bell | Philadelphia Eagles | defensive back | Pennsylvania | Rookie card | |||
1955 Bowman | 80 | Chuck Drazenovich | Washington Redskins | defensive back | Penn State | ||||
1955 Bowman | 103 | Carl Taseff | Baltimore Colts | halfback, defensive back | John Carroll | Rookie card Taseff and Al Nelson share the NFL record for most missed field goals returned for touchdowns. Each player had two in his career. |
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1955 Bowman | 113 | Ken Konz | Cleveland Browns | defensive back | LSU | ||||
1955 Bowman | 122 | Bobby Dillon | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Texas | Packers Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | |||
1955 Bowman | 136 | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | Error card Tunell's name is misspelled "Tunnel" on this card. |
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1955 Bowman | 152 | Tom Landry | New York Giants | defensive back, coach | Texas | Cowboys Ring of Honor 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990 | |||
1955 Bowman | 155 | Jerry Norton | Philadelphia Eagles | defensive back, punter | SMU | Rookie card |