Rookie Football Cards
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1933 Sport Kings | 4 | Red Grange | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | |
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1933 Sport Kings | 6 | Jim Thorpe | halfback | Carlisle | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Thorpe also appeared on baseball cards and Olympics cards. You can see one of each on the Gallery's Cards in Multiple Sports page. |
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1933 Sport Kings | 35 | Knute Rockne | coach, end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 1 | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card, error card Clark played for the Lions, but the back of this card says he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. |
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1935 National Chicle | 2 | Bo Molenda | New York Giants | fullback, halfback | Michigan | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 3 | George Kenneally | Philadelphia Eagles | end | St. Bonaventure | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 4 | Ed Matesic | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback, tailback | Pittsburgh | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 5 | Glenn Presnell | Detroit Lions | back | Nebraska | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 6 | Pug Rentner | Boston Redskins | back | Northwestern | College Hall of Fame 1979 | Rookie card Renter's legal name was Ernest John Rentner. |
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1935 National Chicle | 7 | Ken Strong | New York Giants | halfback | NYU | College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | Rookie card | poor |
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1935 National Chicle | 8 | Jim Zyntell | Philadelphia Eagles | guard | Holy Cross | 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 | 11 | Turk Edwards | Boston Redskins | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | Rookie card | |
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1935 National Chicle | 12 | Tom Hupke | Detroit Lions | guard, tackle | Alabama | 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 | 15 | Ben Ciccone | Pittsburgh Pirates | center | Duquesne | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 16 | Ben Smith | Pittsburgh Pirates | end, defensive end | Alabama | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 17 | Tom Jones | New York Giants | guard | Bucknell | Rookie card Jones's nickname was "Potsy." |
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1935 National Chicle | 18 | Mike Mikulak | Chicago Cardinals | back | Oregon | Rookie card | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 19 | Ralph Kercheval | Brooklyn Dodgers | halfback | Kentucky | Rookie 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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1935 National Chicle | 22 | Shipwreck Kelly | Brooklyn Dodgers | back | Kentucky | Rookie card Kelly's legal name was John Simms Kelly. |
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1935 National Chicle | 23 | Beattie Feathers | Chicago Bears | halfback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1955 | Rookie card Feathers averaged 8.44 yards per carry in 1934, still an NFL record. |