1950 Bowman Football Cards
There are 144 cards in the 1950 Bowman football card set; they were printed on 4 sheets of 36. My 1950 Bowman virtual uncut sheet page shows what the sheets looked like. Though the price guides do not say that any of the cards are short prints, it appears to me that the last sheet, which held cards 109-144, was printed in somewhat smaller numbers than the others.
Also see my blog article, B is for Bowman, for an overview of the 1948-1955 Bowman football card sets.
Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1950 Bowman set: Tony Canadeo, Tom Fears, Jim Finks, Otto Graham, Lou Groza, Elroy Hirsch, Dante Lavelli, Marion Motley, Joe Perry, Y.A. Tittle. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1950 Bowman set: Glenn Davis.
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1950 Bowman | 1 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker led the NFL in scoring in 1950, with 128 points. He was the 1950 rookie of the year. | $107 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 2 | John Greene | Detroit Lions | end | Michigan | Rookie card Greene was a lineman in college, and he played guard for the Lions in his first season, 1944. He switched to end in 1945, and he averaged 16.9 yards per catch for his career. 1950 was his last season. |
$33 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 3 | Bob Nowaskey | Baltimore Colts | end, linebacker | George Washington | Rookie card, error card Nowaskey's last name is misspelled "Nowasky" on the back of this card. |
$23 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 4 | Jonathan Jenkins | Baltimore Colts | tackle | Dartmouth | Rookie card Jenkins played three games for the Colts and one for the New York Yanks in 1950. He had been with the Colts in the AAFC in 1949. |
$26 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 5 | Y.A. Tittle | Baltimore Colts | quarterback | LSU | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card Tittle started his career with the AAFC's Baltimore Colts in 1948. He remained with the team when it joined the NFL in 1950. He led the league in pass completions that year, with 161. |
$389 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 6 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | tackle, kicker | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Rookie card Groza played 21 seasons for the Browns, 4 in the AAFC and 17 in the NFL. |
$124 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 7 | Alex Agase | Cleveland Browns | guard | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Agase played 3 seasons for the Chicago Rockets, Los Angeles Dons, and Cleveland Browns of the AAFC, then 3 seasons for the Browns and Baltimore Colts of the NFL. He later held head coaching jobs at Northwestern and Purdue. |
$25 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 8 | Mac Speedie | Cleveland Browns | end | Utah | Rookie card Speedie played from 1946 to 1952 for the Browns, then he played three seasons in the CFL. He was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970, 1972, and 1983. See my Almost Hall of Famers page. |
$74 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 9 | Tony Canadeo | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Gonzaga | Packers Hall of Fame 1973, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Rookie card Canadeo played from 1941 to 1952 for the Packers. He missed most of the 1944 season and all of the 1945 season to serve in World War II. |
$73 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 10 | Larry Craig | Green Bay Packers | end | South Carolina | Packers Hall of Fame 1973 | Rookie card Craig played from 1939 to 1949 for the Packers. He did not play in 1950, the year he finally appeared on a football card. |
$20 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 11 | Ted Fritsch Sr. | Green Bay Packers | fullback | Wisconsin - Stevens Point | Packers Hall of Fame 1973 | Fritsch's son, Ted Fritsch Jr., played seven seasons in the NFL. | $22 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 12 | Joe Golding | New York Yanks | halfback | Oklahoma | Rookie card Golding played from 1947 to 1952 for the Boston/New York Yanks. He led the NFL with five fumble recoveries in 1948. |
$20 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 13 | Martin Ruby | New York Yanks | tackle | Texas A and M | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Rookie card 1950 was Ruby's only season in the NFL. He had played four years in the AAFC, and he went on to play seven years for Saskatchewan in the CFL. |
$23 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 14 | George Taliaferro | New York Yanks | halfback | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1981 | Taliaferro was the first African-American ever drafted by an NFL team. The Bears picked him in 1949, but he opted to play for the Los Angeles Dons of the AAFC. | $20 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 15 | Tank Younger | Los Angeles Rams | fullback | Grambling | College Hall of Fame 2000 | Rookie card Younger played from 1949 to 1958 for the Rams and Steelers. |
$46 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 16 | Glenn Davis | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Army, Cal Poly-Pomona | College Hall of Fame 1961, Heisman Trophy 1946 | Rookie card Davis finished second in Heisman voting in 1944, second in 1945, and first in 1946. See my page of football cards of Heisman candidates. |
$109 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 17 | Bob Waterfield | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | UCLA | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | $43 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 18 | Val Jansante | Pittsburgh Steelers | end | Duquesne, Villanova | $21 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 19 | Joe Geri | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Georgia | $24 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1950 Bowman | 20 | Jerry Nuzum | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Compton Community College, New Mexico A and M | $21 | Current Listings Recent Sales |

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