1952 Parkhurst Football Cards
There are 100 cards in the 1952 Parkhurst Canadian football set: 81 player cards and 19 "How to Play Football" cards. (Card number 3, "Football Equipment," includes the all-important jockstrap!) The 81 player cards picture players from the four Interprovincial Rugby Football Union teams: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Hamilton. In 1958, these four teams would form the East Division of the Canadian Football League.
The 1952 Parkhurst set contains a number of errors, mostly misspelled names. There is no card number 62, but there are two cards with number 58. They are marked 58A and 58B below.
A huge thanks to Larry Oleskiw for providing the images for this set.
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1952 Parkhurst | 1 | Watch the Games | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 2 | Teamwork | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 3 | Football Equipment | As far as I know, this is the only appearance of a jockstrap on a football card. | ||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 4 | Hang onto the Ball | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 5 | The Head On Tackle | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 6 | The Football Field | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 7 | The Lineman's Stance | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 8 | Centre's Spiral Pass | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 9 | The Lineman | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 10 | The Place Kick | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 11 | The Cross-Body Block | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 12 | T Formation | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 13 | Falling on the Ball | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 14 | The Throw | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 15 | Breaking from Tackle | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 16 | How to Catch a Pass | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 17 | The Punt | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 18 | Shifting the Ball | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 19 | Penalty Signals | |||||||
1952 Parkhurst | 20 | Leslie Ascott | Toronto Argonauts | guard, tackle | |||||
1952 Parkhurst | 21 | Robert Marshall | Toronto Argonauts | guard, linebacker | McGill | ||||
1952 Parkhurst | 22 | Tom Harpley | Toronto Argonauts | end, defensive end | |||||
1952 Parkhurst | 23 | Robert McClelland | Toronto Argonauts | center | McGill | ||||
1952 Parkhurst | 24 | Rod Smylie | Toronto Argonauts | end, center | Smylie's father, also named Rod Smylie, played six seasons in the NHL. His brother, Doug Smylie, also played pro football in Canada. | ||||
1952 Parkhurst | 25 | Bill Bass | Toronto Argonauts | halfback | Tennessee State, Nevada | Bass played for the AAFC's Chicago Rockets in 1947. |