1948 Bowman Football Cards

There are 108 cards in Bowman's first football card set; they were printed on three sheets of 36. Cards with numbers divisible by 3 were short-printed, but not nearly as severely as the price guides indicate. Because of their positions on the sheets, some of the cards with numbers not divisible by 3 are actually scarcer in high grades. See my 1948 Bowman virtual uncut sheet page for an explanation. Also see B is for Bowman for a summary of the early Bowman sets.

Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1948 Bowman set: Alex Wojciechowicz, Bill Dudley, Bob Waterfield, Bulldog Turner, Charley Trippi, George McAfee, Pete Pihos, Sammy Baugh, Sid Luckman, Steve Van Buren.

Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1948 Bowman set: Bruce Smith, John Lujack, Leslie Horvath.

To see a large picture of any card, pick the small picture or the card title.

Picture	Set	#	Card	Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Est. NM Value (?)
	1948 Bowman	1	Joe Tereshinski	Washington Redskins	end	Georgia		Rookie card	$44
	1948 Bowman	2	Larry Olsonoski	Green Bay Packers	guard	Minnesota		Rookie card	$63
	1948 Bowman	3	John Lujack	Chicago Bears	quarterback	Notre Dame	College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947	Rookie card, short print	$470
	1948 Bowman	4	Ray Poole	New York Giants	end	Mississippi, North Carolina		Rookie card	$90
	1948 Bowman	5	Bill DeCorrevont	Chicago Cardinals	halfback	Northwestern		Rookie card	$23
	1948 Bowman	6	Paul Briggs	Detroit Lions	tackle	Colorado		Rookie card, short print	$77
	1948 Bowman	7	Steve Van Buren	Philadelphia Eagles	halfback	LSU	Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Hall of Fame 1965	Rookie card	$158
	1948 Bowman	8	Kenny Washington	Los Angeles Rams	fullback, halfback	UCLA	College Hall of Fame 1956	Rookie card	$41
	1948 Bowman	9	Nolan Luhn	Green Bay Packers	end	Kilgore Junior College, Tulsa		Rookie card, short print	$219
	1948 Bowman	10	Chris Iversen	New York Giants	defensive back	Oregon		Rookie card	$33
	1948 Bowman	11	Jack Wiley	Pittsburgh Steelers	tackle	Waynesburg		Rookie card	$42
	1948 Bowman	12	Charley Conerly	New York Giants	quarterback	Mississippi	College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010	Rookie card, short print	$106
	1948 Bowman	13	Hugh Taylor	Washington Redskins	end, coach	Tulane, Oklahoma City University		Rookie card	$42
	1948 Bowman	14	Frank Seno	Boston Yanks	halfback	George Washington		Rookie card	$27
	1948 Bowman	15	Gil Bouley	Los Angeles Rams	tackle	Boston College		Rookie card, short print	$71
	1948 Bowman	16	Tommy Thompson	Philadelphia Eagles	quarterback	Tulsa		Rookie card	$51
	1948 Bowman	17	Charley Trippi	Chicago Cardinals	halfback	Georgia	Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1959, Hall of Fame 1968	Rookie card	$111
	1948 Bowman	18	Vince Banonis	Chicago Cardinals	defensive tackle	Detroit Mercy	College Hall of Fame 1986	Rookie card, short print	$130
	1948 Bowman	19	Art Faircloth	New York Giants	halfback, defensive back	North Carolina State, Guilford		Rookie card	$42
	1948 Bowman	20	Clyde Goodnight	Green Bay Packers	end	Tulsa		Rookie card. Goodnight played from 1945 to 1950 for the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins. His brother Owen also played one season in the NFL, 1941 with the Cleveland Rams.	$37

	Listing Title	Listing Type	Price	Time Left
	1948 BOWMAN #36 BULLDOG TURNER SP RC (HOFer) PSA 9 MINT	Store	7500.00 obo	4 days 3 hrs