Tailback Football Cards
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1926 Spalding Champions | George Wilson | tailback | Washington | College Hall of Fame 1951 | 'Wildcat' Wilson played for the NFL's Providence Steam Roller from 1927 to 1929. His brother, Abe, also played for Providence. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Doug Russell | Chicago Cardinals | tailback, wingback | Kansas State, Muskingum | Russell led the NFL with 499 rushing yards in 1935. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Phil Sarboe | Chicago Cardinals | tailback | Washington State | Error card Sarboe's name is misspelled "Sorboe" on this matchbook. |
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1935 National Chicle | 4 | Ed Matesic | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback, tailback | Pittsburgh | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 10 | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Rookie card | |
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1935 National Chicle | 13 | Homer Griffith | Chicago Cardinals | tailback | USC | Rookie card, error card Griffith's name is misspelled "Griffiths" on this card. |
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1935 National Chicle | 14 | Phil Sarboe | Chicago Cardinals | tailback | Washington State | Rookie card, error card Sarboe's name is misspelled "Sorboe" on this card. |
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1935 National Chicle | 20 | Warren Heller | Pittsburgh Pirates | halfback, tailback | Pittsburgh | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 21 | Cliff Montgomery | Brooklyn Dodgers | tailback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | PSA 1.5 |
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1948-52 Exhibit | Irv Comp | tailback | Benedictine | Packers Hall of Fame 1986 | Comp led the NFL in passing yards in 1944, with 1159. | |||
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1948-52 Exhibit | Glenn Dobbs | tailback | Tulsa | College Hall of Fame 1980 | Dobbs played four seasons for the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dons, and four seasons for Canada's Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. | |||
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1954 Blue Ribbon | Tom Casey | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | tailback, defensive back | Hampton | Casey played for the AAFC's New York Yankees in 1948. | |||
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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. | ||||
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1958-59 Redskins Matchbooks | Cliff Battles | Washington Redskins | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
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1973 Auburn Playing Cards | Mitzi Jackson | tailback | Auburn | mint | ||||
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1973 Florida Playing Cards | Andy Wade | tailback | Florida | nm-mt | ||||
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1973 Florida Playing Cards | Thom Clifford | tailback | Florida | nm-mt | ||||
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1973 Florida Playing Cards | Jimbo Kynes | tailback | Florida | Kynes's father, Jim Kynes Sr., played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1950. He later served as the Attorney General of Florida. | ||||
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1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | Cliff Battles | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | With a 215-yard day against the New York Giants, Battles became the first player to rush for 200 yards in a game. | |||
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1975 Fleer Immortal Roll | Cliff Battles | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | ||||
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1975 Fleer Immortal Roll | Joe Guyon | wingback, tailback | Carlisle, Georgia Tech | College Hall of Fame 1971, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | ||||
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1975 Fleer Immortal Roll | Arnie Herber | tailback, halfback | Wisconsin, Regis | Packers Hall of Fame 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | ||||
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1977 Touchdown Club | 3 | Benny Friedman | Error card This card pictures Cliff Montgomery, not Benny Friedman. For more football cards that picture the wrong player, see the Gallery's Mistaken Identities page. |
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| Benny Friedman | quarterback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005 | ||||||
| Cliff Montgomery | tailback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1963 | ||||||
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1977 Touchdown Club | 4 | Cliff Battles | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||