Quarterback 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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1959 Bell Brand Rams | 2 | Buddy Humphrey | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Baylor | Humphrey and Larry Hickman were teammates at Kilgore (Texas) High School and at Baylor University. See the Gallery's High School Teammates page. | ||
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1959 Bell Brand Rams | 3 | Frank Ryan | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Rice | The Rams drafted Ryan in the 5th round in 1958. He had split time at quarterback with King Hill at Rice University. | vg | |
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1959 Kahns | Bobby Layne | Pittsburgh Steelers | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pride of the Lions 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | |||
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1959 Kahns | Jim Ninowski | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Michigan State | ||||
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1959 Kahns | Milt Plum | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Penn State | ||||
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1959 Topps | 1 | John Unitas | Baltimore Colts | quarterback | Louisville | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1979, Ravens Ring of Honor 2002 | Unitas led the NFL with 2899 passing yards and 32 touchdown passes in 1959. | |
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1959 Topps | 23 | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Alabama | Packers Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | PSA 4 | |
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1959 Topps | 40 | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pride of the Lions 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | exmt | |
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1959 Topps | 65 | Charley Conerly | New York Giants | quarterback | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | exmt | |
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1959 Topps | 90 | Zeke Bratkowski | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Georgia | Packers Hall of Fame 1989 | exmt | |
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1959 Topps | 97 | Ralph Guglielmi | Washington Redskins | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 2001 | Error card Guglielmi's name is misspelled "Gugliemi" on this card. |
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1959 Topps | 107 | Babe Parilli | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1982, Patriots Hall of Fame 1993 | This card shows Parilli with the Packers, but he played for the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders in 1959. | exmt |
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1959 Topps | 110 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Wade had the NFL's best completion percentage in 1959, 58.6%. | ||
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1959 Topps | 117 | King Hill | Chicago Cardinals | quarterback, punter | Rice | Rookie card The Cardinals chose Hill with the first overall pick in the 1958 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1959 Topps | 125 | Jim Ninowski | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Michigan State | Rookie card | nm | |
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1959 Topps | 130 | Y.A. Tittle | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback | LSU | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | nm | |
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1959 Topps | 133 | New York Giants Team | New York Giants | Though printed in 1959, this card pictures the 1958 New York Giants team. There is a larger copy of the image on the Giants web site. The picture includes two players who would later become stars in the AFL: Jack Kemp is number 17 in the front row, and Don Maynard is number 13, two rows behind Kemp. | ||||
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1959 Topps | 135 | M.C. Reynolds | Chicago Cardinals | quarterback | LSU | Rookie card M.C. is short for Mack Charles. |
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1959 Topps | 137 | Ed Brown | Chicago Bears | quarterback | San Francisco | Brown had the NFL's longest pass completion in 1959, 88 yards to Harlon Hill. | nm | |
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1959 Topps | 150 | Eddie LeBaron | Washington Redskins | quarterback | Pacific | College Hall of Fame 1980, Commanders Ring of Fame | nm | |
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1959 Topps | 170 | Tobin Rote | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Rice | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | nm | |
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1959 Topps CFL | 5 | Jim Van Pelt | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | quarterback | Michigan | |||
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1959 Topps CFL | 15 | Al Dorow | BC Lions | quarterback | Michigan State | Dorow is one of a handful of players who appeared on NFL, CFL, and AFL cards. See the others on the Gallery's Cards in Three Leagues page. | ||
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1959 Topps CFL | 26 | Nobby Wirkowski | Calgary Stampeders | quarterback | Miami Ohio | nm+ | ||
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1959 Topps CFL | 39 | Don Getty | Edmonton Eskimos | quarterback | Western Ontario | nm |
























