1959 Bazooka Football Cards

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There are eighteen cards in the 1959 Bazooka football card set, plus one variation: a Charley Conerly error card that says he is with the Baltimore Colts. The cards were printed on the bottom of boxes of Bazooka bubble gum, and they were cut by hand from the box. The set contains at least one player from each of 1959's twelve NFL teams. The cards are about five inches tall, and their backs are blank.

Another error card in the set was not corrected: on Woodley Lewis's card, his name is spelled "Woody." Topps (who made Bazooka gum) misspelled Lewis's name on his 1958 and 1959 Topps cards, too.

A big thanks to Mike Ford for providing the images for the Bazooka set.

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 (?)
	1959 Bazooka	1	Alan Ameche	Baltimore Colts	fullback	Wisconsin	College Hall of Fame 1975, Heisman Trophy 1954
	1959 Bazooka	2	Jon Arnett	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	USC	College Hall of Fame 2001
	1959 Bazooka	3	Jim Brown	Cleveland Browns	fullback	Syracuse	Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1995, Hall of Fame 1971
	1959 Bazooka	4	Rick Casares	Chicago Bears	fullback	Florida
	1959 Bazooka	5cor	Charley Conerly	New York Giants	quarterback	Mississippi	College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010
	1959 Bazooka	5err	Charley Conerly	New York Giants	quarterback	Mississippi	College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010	Error: team says Baltimore Colts
	1959 Bazooka	6	Howard Ferguson	Green Bay Packers	halfback	none	Packers Hall of Fame 1974
	1959 Bazooka	7	Frank Gifford	New York Giants	halfback	USC	College Hall of Fame 1975, Hall of Fame 1977
	1959 Bazooka	8	Lou Groza	Cleveland Browns	tackle, kicker	Ohio State	Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Hall of Fame 1974
	1959 Bazooka	9	Bobby Layne	Pittsburgh Steelers	quarterback	Texas	College Hall of Fame 1968, Hall of Fame 1967
	1959 Bazooka	10	Eddie LeBaron	Washington Redskins	quarterback	Pacific	College Hall of Fame 1980, Redskins Ring of Fame
	1959 Bazooka	11	Woodley Lewis	Chicago Cardinals	end	Los Angeles City, Oregon		Error: name misspelled Woody
	1959 Bazooka	12	Ollie Matson	Los Angeles Rams	fullback, defensive back	San Francisco	Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1976, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Hall of Fame 1972
	1959 Bazooka	13	Joe Perry	San Francisco 49ers	fullback	Compton Community College	Hall of Fame 1969, 49ers Hall of Fame 2009
	1959 Bazooka	14	Pete Retzlaff	Philadelphia Eagles	end	South Dakota State	Eagles Honor Roll 1989
	1959 Bazooka	15	Tobin Rote	Detroit Lions	quarterback	Rice	Packers Hall of Fame 1974
	1959 Bazooka	16	Y.A. Tittle	San Francisco 49ers	quarterback	LSU	Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Hall of Fame 1971, 49ers Hall of Fame 2009
	1959 Bazooka	17	Tom Tracy	Pittsburgh Steelers	halfback	Tennessee
	1959 Bazooka	18	John Unitas	Baltimore Colts	quarterback	Louisville	Hall of Fame 1979