1955 Football Cards, page 10
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Rams Team Issue | Les Richter | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker | California | College Hall of Fame 1982, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2011 | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Andy Robustelli | Los Angeles Rams | defensive end | Arnold College | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Will Sherman | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | St. Mary's | Sherman led the NFL with 11 interceptions in 1955. | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Corky Taylor | Los Angeles Rams | halfback, defensive back | Kansas State | |||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Charles Toogood | Los Angeles Rams | tackle | Nebraska | |||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Dan Towler | Los Angeles Rams | halfback, fullback | Washington and Jefferson | |||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, coach | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | |||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Ron Waller | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Maryland | Waller led the NFL in all-purpose yards in 1955, his rookie season. | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Tank Younger | Los Angeles Rams | fullback | Grambling | College Hall of Fame 2000 | ||||
1955 Rams Team Issue | Bob Kelley | broadcaster | |||||||
1955 Topps All-American | 1 | Herman Hickman | guard | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 2 | John Kimbrough | fullback | Texas A and M | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Kimbrough finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1940, behind Tom Harmon. After graduating, he starred in two Westerns, played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons, and served in the Texas State Legislature. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 3 | Ed Weir | tackle | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ex | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 4 | Erny Pinckert | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 1957 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 5 | Bob Grayson | fullback | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1955 | Grayson was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 6 | Nile Kinnick | halfback | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1951, Heisman Trophy 1939 | Rookie card, error card Kinnick died in a plane crash in World War II. His name is misspelled "Niles" on this card. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 7 | Andy Bershak | end | North Carolina | The University of North Carolina has retired Bershak's jersey number, 59. | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 8 | George Cafego | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1969 | Cafego placed seventh in voting for the Heimsan Trophy in 1938, and fourth in 1939. See the Gallery's page of Heisman candidates. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 9 | Tom Hamilton | halfback | Navy | College Hall of Fame 1965 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 10 | Bill Dudley | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 11 | Bobby Dodd | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Dodd was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. His son, Bobby Dodd Jr., played quarterback for the University of Florida. For more cards of father-son pairs, see the Gallery's Fathers and Sons page. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 12 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was an All-American in both football and basketball at Northwestern. | PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 13 | Aaron Rosenberg | guard | USC | College Hall of Fame 1966 | Rosenberg became a movie producer. One of his movies, Mutiny on the Bounty, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 14cor | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 |