Halfback Football Cards, page 19

Image Set #Card Title/Players Pro Team Position College Honors Notes Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1955 Topps All-American Eddie Kaw 1955 Topps All-American 15 Eddie Kaw halfback Cornell College Hall of Fame 1954
1955 Topps All-American Bob Reynolds 1955 Topps All-American 17 Bob Reynolds halfback Nebraska College Hall of Fame 1984
1955 Topps All-American Bruce Smith 1955 Topps All-American 19 Bruce Smith halfback Minnesota College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941
1955 Topps All-American Byron White 1955 Topps All-American 21cor Byron White halfback Colorado College Hall of Fame 1954 Rookie card

White served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993.
1955 Topps All-American Byron White 1955 Topps All-American 21err Byron White halfback Colorado College Hall of Fame 1954 Rookie card, error card

The back of this card shows Gaynell Tinsley's bio, not White's.
1955 Topps All-American Ken Strong 1955 Topps All-American 24 Ken Strong halfback NYU College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967
1955 Topps All-American Tom Harmon 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.
1955 Topps All-American Jim Thorpe 1955 Topps All-American 37 Jim Thorpe halfback Carlisle College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. PSA 7, PSA 2 mc, PSA 1 mk, PSA 1
1955 Topps All-American Eddie Tryon 1955 Topps All-American 42 Eddie Tryon halfback Colgate College Hall of Fame 1963 Rookie card
1955 Topps All-American Elmer Oliphant 1955 Topps All-American 45 Elmer Oliphant halfback Army College Hall of Fame 1955
1955 Topps All-American Don Zimmerman 1955 Topps All-American 49 Don Zimmerman halfback Tulane
1955 Topps All-American Duane Purvis 1955 Topps All-American 51 Duane Purvis halfback Purdue
1955 Topps All-American Charley Brickley 1955 Topps All-American 61 Charley Brickley halfback Harvard
1955 Topps All-American The Four Horsemen 1955 Topps All-American 68 The Four Horsemen PSA 3 mc
Jim Crowley halfback Notre Dame College Hall of Fame 1966
Elmer Layden fullback Notre Dame College Hall of Fame 1951
Don Miller halfback Notre Dame College Hall of Fame 1970
Harry Stuhldreher quarterback Notre Dame College Hall of Fame 1958
1955 Topps All-American Frank Sinkwich 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 Bob Wilson 1955 Topps All-American 71 Bob Wilson halfback SMU College Hall of Fame 1973
1955 Topps All-American Gene McEver 1955 Topps All-American 74 Gene McEver halfback Tennessee College Hall of Fame 1954
1955 Topps All-American Hugh Gallarneau 1955 Topps All-American 75 Hugh Gallarneau halfback Stanford College Hall of Fame 1982
1955 Topps All-American Jay Berwanger 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.
1955 Topps All-American Pug Lund 1955 Topps All-American 79 Pug Lund halfback Minnesota College Hall of Fame 1958 Lund won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1934.
1955 Topps All-American Ralph Kercheval 1955 Topps All-American 88 Ralph Kercheval halfback Kentucky
1955 Topps All-American Marshall Goldberg 1955 Topps All-American 89 Marshall Goldberg halfback Pittsburgh Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1958 Goldberg was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979 and 2008. See the Gallery's Almost Hall of Famers page.
1955 Topps All-American Charley O'Rourke 1955 Topps All-American 90 Charley O'Rourke halfback Boston College College Hall of Fame 1972
1955 Topps All-American Bob Odell 1955 Topps All-American 91 Bob Odell halfback Pennsylvania College Hall of Fame 1992 Error card

The player pictured on this card is actually Howard Odell, Bob Odell's brother. Howard Odell played at the University of Pittsburgh. See the Gallery's Mistaken Identities page for more football cards that picture the wrong player.
1955 Topps All-American Willie Heston 1955 Topps All-American 93 Willie Heston halfback Michigan College Hall of Fame 1954

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