Halfback Football Cards, page 20
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 | 95 | Chris Cagle | halfback | Army, Louisiana-Lafayette | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Cagle played college football for eight years, according to his College Football Hall of Fame page. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 96 | Bill Hollenback | halfback | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 98 | Beattie Feathers | halfback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1955 | Feathers was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970. See the Gallery's Almost Hall of Famers page. | PSA 7 | ||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Joe Arenas | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Nebraska - Omaha | Arenas served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was seriously wounded at Iwo Jima and later received a Purple Heart. | nm | |||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Rex Berry | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, defensive back | Brigham Young | Berry played for the 49ers from 1951 to 1956, but he never appeared on a regular issue football card. | ||||
1956 49ers Team Issue | Hugh McElhenny | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | ||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Henry Moore | New York Giants | defensive back, halfback | Arkansas | Moore recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown in the 1956 NFL Championship game. The Giants beat the Bears, 47-7. | ||||
1956 Giants Team Issue | Alex Webster | New York Giants | halfback | North Carolina State | Giants Ring of Honor 2011 | Webster ran for two touchdowns in the 1956 NFL Championship game against the Bears. The Giants won, 47-7. | |||
1956 Parkhurst | 4 | John Bright | Edmonton Eskimos | halfback | Drake | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1970, College Hall of Fame 1984 | |||
1956 Parkhurst | 16 | Ken Carpenter | Saskatchewan Roughriders | halfback | Oregon State | ||||
1956 Parkhurst | 18 | Bob Marlow | Saskatchewan Roughriders | halfback | Alabama | ||||
1956 Parkhurst | 24 | Lynn Bottoms | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | Washington | ||||
1956 Parkhurst | 25 | Aramis Dandoy | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | USC | Dandoy still holds the Rose Bowl record for longest punt return. He returned a punt for 86 yards and a touchdown against Ohio State in 1955. | |||
1956 Parkhurst | 26 | Pete Maxwell-Muir | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | Western Washington | Error card Maxwell-Muir's last name is mistakenly shortened to "Muir" on the back of this card. |
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1956 Parkhurst | 36 | Bob McNamara | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | Minnesota | McNamara placed tenth in voting for the 1954 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | |||
1956 Parkhurst | 38 | Gord Rowland | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | |||||
1956 Parkhurst | 39 | Glenn McWhinney | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | Error card McWhinney's first name is misspelled "Glen" on the back of this card. |
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1956 Topps | 5 | Alex Webster | New York Giants | halfback | North Carolina State | Giants Ring of Honor 2011 | Rookie card Webster played for the Giants from 1955 to 1964. |
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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 | 13 | Vic Janowicz | Washington Redskins | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1976, Heisman Trophy 1950 | Short print Janowicz was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. |
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1956 Topps | 16 | Harold Giancanelli | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | Loyola Marymount | ||||
1956 Topps | 22 | Chicago Cardinals Team | Chicago Cardinals | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Cardinals team. |
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1956 Topps | 25 | Leon Heath | Washington Redskins | halfback | Oklahoma | Short print According to nfl.com, Heath played in the NFL from 1951 to 1953. I don't know why he appeared on a card in 1956. |
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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. |