1956 Topps Football Cards, page 5
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1956 Topps | 100 | Bobby Thomason | Philadelphia Eagles | quarterback | Virginia Military Institute | |||
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1956 Topps | 101 | Roosevelt Grier | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Penn State | Rookie card | ||
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1956 Topps | 102 | Ron Waller | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Maryland | Rookie card | ||
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1956 Topps | 103 | Bobby Dillon | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Texas | Packers Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | ||
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1956 Topps | 104 | Leon Hart | Detroit Lions | fullback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1973, Heisman Trophy 1949 | Hart was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. | |
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1956 Topps | 105 | Mike McCormack | Cleveland Browns | tackle | Kansas | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1984 | ||
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1956 Topps | 106 | John Olszewski | Chicago Cardinals | fullback | California | Short print | ||
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1956 Topps | 107 | Bill Wightkin | Chicago Bears | tackle | Notre Dame | |||
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1956 Topps | 108 | George Shaw | Baltimore Colts | quarterback | Oregon | Rookie card The Colts chose Shaw with the first overall pick in the 1955 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1956 Topps | 109 | Dale Atkeson | Washington Redskins | fullback | Short print This is the most difficult card in the 1956 Topps set to find in high grades. In addition to being a short print, it was on the corner of the uncut sheet, making it susceptible to damage in production. |
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1956 Topps | 110 | Joe Perry | San Francisco 49ers | fullback | Compton Community College | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | ||
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1956 Topps | 111 | Dale Dodrill | Pittsburgh Steelers | linebacker | Colorado State | |||
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1956 Topps | 112 | Tom Scott | Philadelphia Eagles | defensive end | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1979 | ||
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1956 Topps | 113 | New York Giants Team | New York Giants | This card pictures the 1955 New York Giants team. Future Hall of Fame coaches Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry are included in the photo. Lombardi is an assistant coach in the second row, and Landry is a player, also in the second row. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 114 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1955 Los Angeles Rams team. One of the players, Jack Bighead, was with the Baltimore Colts until early in 1955, so he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 115 | Al Carmichael | Green Bay Packers | halfback | USC | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | Carmichael returned a kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown in 1956. That was a new NFL record; it was not broken until Ellis Hobbs returned a kick 108 yards in 2007. | |
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1956 Topps | 116 | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||
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1956 Topps | 117 | Ed Modzelewski | Cleveland Browns | fullback | Maryland | |||
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1956 Topps | 118 | Lamar McHan | Chicago Cardinals | quarterback | Arkansas | Short print | ||
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1956 Topps | 119 | Chicago Bears Team | Chicago Bears | This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Bears team. One of the players on the card, Harry Hugasian, played part of the 1955 season for the Baltimore Colts, and he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 120 | Billy Vessels | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1974, Heisman Trophy 1952 | Rookie card Vessels played for the Edmonton Eskimos, then with the Western Interprovincial Football Union, in 1953. He won the Canadian Rugby Union's most outstanding player award, the Schenley Award, that season. After serving in the U.S. military, Vessels played the 1956 season with the Baltimore Colts. |