1894 Mayo Cut Plug Football Cards
The 1894 Mayo Cut Plug set was the first trading card set to include only football cards. There are 35 cards in the set, picturing players from Princeton, Yale, and Harvard. See my blog for a description of the 1894 Mayo Cut Plug cards. A big thanks to Goodwin and Co. Auctions for providing scans of the cards.
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| Picture | Set | # | Card | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Est. NM Value (?) | eBay Searches |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 1 | Robert Acton | Harvard | Acton died from an overdose of morphine at 35 years old. | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 2 | George Adee | Yale | Adee is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 3 | Richard Armstrong | Yale | Armstrong was captain of the 1895 Yale crew. | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 4 | H.W. Barnett | Princeton | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 5 | A.M. Beale | Harvard | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 6 | Anson Beard | Yale | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 7 | Charles Brewer | fullback | Harvard | College Hall of Fame 1971 | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 8 | H.D. Brown | Princeton | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 9 | Burt | Princeton | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 10 | Frank Butterworth | Yale | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 11 | Eddie Crowdis | Princeton | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 12 | John Dunlop | Harvard | This is also known as the "anonymous" card, because Dunlop's name is not on it. It is the rarest card in the set: only about 10 are known to exist. | $125000 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 13 | Robert Emmons | Harvard | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 14 | M.G. Gonterman | Harvard | Error card Name misspelled "Gouterman." |
$2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 15 | George Gray | Harvard | Error card Name misspelled "Grey." |
$2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 16 | John Greenway | Yale | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 17 | William Hickok | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1971 | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 18 | Frank Hinkey | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 19 | Augustus Holly | Princeton | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | 20 | Langdon Lea | tackle, end | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1964 | $2500 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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Show all eBay listings for 1894 Mayo Cut Plug cards. | Listing Title | Listing Type | Price | Time Left |
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 | 1894 MAYO CUT PLUG - TRENCHARD (PRINCETON) | Auction | 349.99 | 5 days 8 hrs |
 | 1894 N302 Mayo's Cut Plug Fred Murphy Yale SGC 10 *321285 | Fixed Price | 210.00 obo | 25 days 10 hrs |
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