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Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1961 Topps | 43 | Boyd Dowler | Green Bay Packers | end, punter | Colorado | Packers Hall of Fame 1978 | Rookie card Dowler was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. |
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1961 Topps | 47 | Green Bay Packers Team | Green Bay Packers | Though printed in 1961, this card pictures the 1958 Packers team. | PSA 9 | ||||
1961 Topps | 51 | Jim Phillips | Los Angeles Rams | end | Auburn | ||||
1961 Topps | 52 | Del Shofner | Los Angeles Rams | end | Baylor | ||||
1961 Topps | 61 | R.C. Owens | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, end | College of Idaho | 49ers Hall of Fame 2011 | 1961 was Owens's best season; he caught 55 passes for 1032 yards. He was the first 49er to get 1000 receiving yards in a season. | ||
1961 Topps | 62 | Clyde Conner | San Francisco 49ers | end | Pacific | Conner is a member of the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame. | |||
1961 Topps | 81 | Dave Middleton | Minnesota Vikings | end | Auburn | PSA 8 | |||
1961 Topps | 87 | Kyle Rote | New York Giants | end | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 | When he retired after the 1961 season, Rote held the Giants' career records for receptions (300), receiving yards (4805), and touchdown receptions (48). | ||
1961 Topps | 96 | Tommy McDonald | Philadelphia Eagles | end, halfback | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1985, Eagles Honor Roll 1988, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1998 | McDonald led the NFL with 1144 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns in 1961. | ||
1961 Topps | 98 | Bobby Walston | Philadelphia Eagles | end | Georgia | Eagles Honor Roll 2019 | PSA 8, ex | ||
1961 Topps | 99 | Pete Retzlaff | Philadelphia Eagles | end | South Dakota State | Eagles Honor Roll 1989 | PSA 8 | ||
1961 Topps | 107 | Buddy Dial | Pittsburgh Steelers | end | Rice | College Hall of Fame 1993, Steelers Hall of Honor 2018 | Rookie card | ||
1961 Topps | 108 | Jimmy Orr | Pittsburgh Steelers | end | Georgia | Rookie card This card shows Orr with the Steelers, but the Steelers traded him to the Baltimore Colts before the 1961 season. |
PSA 9 | ||
1961 Topps | 118 | Sonny Randle | St. Louis Cardinals | end | Virginia | Rookie card | |||
1961 Topps | 126 | Joe Walton | Washington Redskins | end | Pittsburgh | After retiring as a player, Walton went on to a long coaching career. From 1983 to 1989, he was the head coach of the New York Jets. | |||
1961 Topps | 150 | Don Maynard | New York Titans | end | Texas-El Paso | Jets Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1987 | Rookie card Maynard was the first player ever signed by the New York Titans. |
PSA 9 | |
1961 Topps | 151 | Art Powell | New York Titans | end | San Jose State | Rookie card | |||
1961 Topps | 164 | Tom Rychlec | Buffalo Bills | end | American International | PSA 8 | |||
1961 Topps | 169 | Paul Maguire | San Diego Chargers | end | Citadel | PSA 9 | |||
1961 Topps | 173 | Dave Kocourek | San Diego Chargers | end | Wisconsin | Rookie card | PSA 9 | ||
1961 Topps | 174 | Jim Colclough | Boston Patriots | end | Boston College | Rookie card | PSA 9 | ||
1961 Topps | 189 | Bob Coolbaugh | Oakland Raiders | end | Richmond | Rookie card | |||
1961 Topps | 190 | Lionel Taylor | Denver Broncos | end | New Mexico Highlands | Broncos Ring of Fame 1984 | Rookie card Taylor led the AFL in pass receptions five of the first six years of the league's existence: 1960-1964, and 1966. |
PSA 8 | |
1961 Topps CFL | 2 | Bruce Claridge | BC Lions | end | Washington | Claridge's younger brother, Pat Claridge, also played in the CFL. | exmt | ||
1961 Topps CFL | 3 | Norm Fieldgate | BC Lions | end, linebacker | British Columbia | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1979 | nm oc |