1953 Rams Team Issue Football Cards
There are 36 cards in the 1953 Los Angeles Rams team issue set. The cards are slightly over 6x4 inches, like postcards. The backs have short bios of the players, and some have the players' college and Rams stats. The cards closely resemble 1954, 1955, and 1957 Rams team issue cards, and many of the images appeared again in those sets. You can tell the years apart by looking at the backs. A few of the images appeared on 1954 Bowman and 1955 Bowman football cards, as well.
The highlight of the 1953 Rams set is a Dick "Night Train" Lane pre-rookie card. Lane intercepted 14 passes in the 1952 season--still an NFL record, and he did it in 12 games!--but he did not appear in a major football card issue until 1957.
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 1 | Ben Agajanian | Los Angeles Rams | kicker | New Mexico | Agajanian was one of two players to play in the AAFC, NFL, and AFL. (The other was Hardy Brown.) | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 2 | Bob Boyd | Los Angeles Rams | end | Loyola (L.A.) | Boyd's 22.8 yards per catch led the NFL in 1953. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 3 | Larry Brink | Los Angeles Rams | end, defensive end | Northern Illinois | Brink was a 2-time Pro Bowler for the Rams, in 1950 and 1951. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 4 | Rudy Bukich | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | USC | 1953 was Bukich's rookie year. He was the MVP of the 1953 Rose Bowl, a 7-0 win over Wisconsin. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 5 | Tom Dahms | Los Angeles Rams | tackle, coach | San Diego State | Dahms, along with other members of the 1953 Rams team, appeared in "Crazylegs," a film about Elroy Hirsch. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 6 | Dick Daugherty | Los Angeles Rams | guard, linebacker | Oregon | Daugherty played six seasons for the Rams, and he made the Pro Bowl once, in 1957. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 7 | Jack Dwyer | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Loyola Marymount | Dwyer played from 1951 to 1955 for the Redskins and Rams. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 8 | Tom Fears | Los Angeles Rams | end | UCLA, Santa Clara | College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Fears was the first coach of the New Orleans Saints. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 9 | Bob Fry | Los Angeles Rams | tackle | Kentucky | 1953 was Fry's rookie year. He played ten seasons for the Rams and Cowboys. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 10 | Frank Fuller | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Kentucky | 1953 was Fuller's rookie year. He played nine seasons for the Rams, Cardinals, and Eagles. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 11 | Norb Hecker | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Baldwin-Wallace | Hecker was the first coach of the Atlanta Falcons. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 12 | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Hirsch was second in the NFL in receiving yards in 1953, and he was voted first team All-Pro. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 13 | John Hock | Los Angeles Rams | guard | Santa Clara | Hock joined the Rams in 1953 after two years in the Army. He had played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1950. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 14 | Bob Kelley | announcer | Kelley moved with the Rams from Cleveland to Los Angeles in 1946. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 15 | Dick Lane | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Scottsbluff Junior College | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Pre-rookie card Lane had 14 interceptions in 1953, still the NFL record. Despite this, he did not appear on a regular-issue football card until 1957. |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 16 | Woodley Lewis | Los Angeles Rams | end | Los Angeles City, Oregon | Lewis had the NFL's longest punt return in 1953, a 74-yarder. He led the league in punt return and kick return yards. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 17 | Tom McCormick | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Pacific | 1953 was McCormick's rookie year. He played four seasons for the Rams and 49ers. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 18 | Bud McFadin | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1983 | McFadin's first NFL playing time came in the Rams' 1952 playoff game against the Lions. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 19 | Leon McLaughlin | Los Angeles Rams | center, coach | UCLA | The back of McLaughlin's card says that he played every minute of offensive center of the Rams' 1951 and 1952 games, including pre- and post-season. | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | 20 | Brad Myers | Los Angeles Rams | running back | Bucknell | 1953 was Myers's rookie year. He played two seasons for the Rams and one for the Eagles. | Current Listings Recent Sales |

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