Halfback Football Cards, page 21
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1956 Topps | 31 | Howard Ferguson | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | ||||
1956 Topps | 34 | Dave Mann | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Oregon State | Rookie card, short print Mann played for the Chicago Cardinals from 1955 to 1957, and for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 1958 and from 1960 to 1970. |
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1956 Topps | 38 | Joe Arenas | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Nebraska - Omaha | Arenas led the NFL with 814 combined kick and punt return yards in 1956. | |||
1956 Topps | 39 | Lynn Chandnois | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Michigan State | ||||
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 | 50 | Hugh McElhenny | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | McElhenny had the NFL's longest run in 1956, 86 yards. | ||
1956 Topps | 53 | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | |||
1956 Topps | 60 | Lenny Moore | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Penn State | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975, Ravens Ring of Honor 2002 | Rookie card Moore was named the 1956 UPI NFL Rookie of the Year. This card pictures him in his Penn State uniform. You can see the original black-and-white image here. |
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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 | 69 | Ray Renfro | Cleveland Browns | halfback | North Texas | ||||
1956 Topps | 78 | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
1956 Topps | 81 | Fred Morrison | Cleveland Browns | halfback | Ohio State | ||||
1956 Topps | 90 | Dan Towler | Los Angeles Rams | halfback, fullback | Washington and Jefferson | ||||
1956 Topps | 92 | Detroit Lions Team | Detroit Lions | This card pictures the 1955 Lions team. | |||||
1956 Topps | 95 | Bobby Watkins | Chicago Bears | halfback | Ohio State | ||||
1956 Topps | 96 | Buddy Young | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
1956 Topps | 97 | Billy Wells | Washington Redskins | halfback | Michigan State | Short print | nm oc | ||
1956 Topps | 102 | Ron Waller | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Maryland | Rookie card | |||
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. | |||||
1956 Topps | 115 | Al Carmichael | Green Bay Packers | halfback | USC | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | Carmichael returned a kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown in 1956. That was a new NFL record; it was not broken until Ellis Hobbs returned a kick 108 yards in 2007. | ||
1956 Topps | 119 | Chicago Bears Team | Chicago Bears | This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Bears team. One of the players on the card, Harry Hugasian, played part of the 1955 season for the Baltimore Colts, and he also appears on the Colts team card. |