1955 Football Cards, page 11
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 14err | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Error card The back of this card shows Byron White's bio, not Tinsley's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 15 | Eddie Kaw | halfback | Cornell | College Hall of Fame 1954 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 16 | Knute Rockne | coach, end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 17 | Bob Reynolds | halfback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1984 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 18 | Pudge Heffelfinger | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 19 | Bruce Smith | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 20 | Sammy Baugh | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 21cor | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card White served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 21err | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card, error card The back of this card shows Gaynell Tinsley's bio, not White's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 22 | Brick Muller | end | California | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Muller won a silver medal in the high jump in the 1920 Olympics. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 23 | Dick Kazmaier | quarterback | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1966, Heisman Trophy 1951 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 24 | Ken Strong | halfback | NYU | College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 25 | Cas Myslinski | center | Army | nm oc | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 26 | Larry Kelley | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1969, Heisman Trophy 1936 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 27 | Red Grange | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Grange's brother Garland also played pro football. The brothers were teammates with the Chicago Bears from 1929 to 1931. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 28 | Mel Hein | center | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1954, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | fair | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 29 | Leo Nomellini | defensive tackle | Minnesota | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 30 | Wes Fesler | end | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Fesler won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1930. | good | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 31 | George Sauer Sr. | fullback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card Sauer played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 32 | Hank Foldberg | end | Army | Foldberg played professionally for the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Hornets in the late 1940s. His son, Hank Foldberg Jr., played tight end for the University of Florida. Hank Jr. appeared on a 1973 Florida Gators playing card. | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 33 | Bob Higgins | end | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1954 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 34 | Davey O'Brien | quarterback | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1955, Heisman Trophy 1938 | Rookie card O'Brien played two seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1939, his rookie year, he broke Sammy Baugh's NFL record for most yards passing in a season. According to his page on the Heisman Trophy web site, he retired to become an FBI agent. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 35 | Tom Harmon | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1940 | Rookie card The Chicago Bears chose Harmon with the first overall pick in the 1941 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 36 | Turk Edwards | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | Nm-mt oc | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 37 | Jim Thorpe | halfback | Carlisle | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | PSA 7, PSA 1, PSA 2 mc, PSA 1 mk |