1961 Nu-Card Football Cards

There are 80 cards, numbered 101-180, in the 1961 Nu-Card football card set. The set contains only college players. By my count, 30 of the players went on to play in the NFL or AFL; I have marked those players in the table below. About half of those 30 also appeared on cards for pro teams.

The Nu-Card set includes the first cards of Roman Gabriel, John Hadl, and Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis. The cards are not generally considered the players' rookie cards, but I don't know the reason for this. Other college cards--1955 Topps All-Americans, for example--are considered rookie cards, and, as far as I know, the Nu-Card cards were distributed nationally. There certainly is no shortage of them: I have seen full, unopened boxes on eBay.

You can see the Gabriel, Hadl, and Davis cards, along with numerous other "pre-rookie" cards, on my pre-rookie card page.

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 (?)
	1961 Nu-Card	101	Bob Ferguson		running back	Ohio State	College Hall of Fame 1996	Played for Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings
	1961 Nu-Card	102	Ron Snidow		tackle	Oregon		Played for Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns
	1961 Nu-Card	103	Steve Barnett		tackle	Oregon		Played for Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins
	1961 Nu-Card	104	Greg Mather		end	Navy
	1961 Nu-Card	105	Vern Von Sydow		guard	Navy
	1961 Nu-Card	106	John Hewitt		guard	Navy
	1961 Nu-Card	107	Eddie Johns		quarterback	Miami Florida
	1961 Nu-Card	108	Walt Rappold		quarterback	Duke
	1961 Nu-Card	109	Roy Winston		linebacker	LSU		Played for Minnesota Vikings
	1961 Nu-Card	110	Bob Boyda		end	Harvard
	1961 Nu-Card	111	Bill Neighbors		guard	Alabama	College Hall of Fame 2003	Played for Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins
	1961 Nu-Card	112	Don Purcell		defensive end	Nebraska
	1961 Nu-Card	113	Ken Byers		tackle	Cincinnati		Played for New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings
	1961 Nu-Card	114	Ed Pine		center	Utah		Played for San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers
	1961 Nu-Card	115	Fred Oblak		halfback	Cincinnati
	1961 Nu-Card	116	Bobby Iles		end	TCU
	1961 Nu-Card	117	John Hadl		quarterback	Kansas	Chargers Hall of Fame 1983, College Hall of Fame 1994	Played for San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, and Houston Oilers
	1961 Nu-Card	118	Charlie Mitchell		halfback	Washington		Played for Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills
	1961 Nu-Card	119	Bill Swinford		tackle	Harvard
	1961 Nu-Card	120	Bill King		quarterback	Dartmouth

	Listing Title	Listing Type	Price	Time Left
	1961 NU-CARD PENNANT INSERTS LOT of (297) NM to NM-MT	Store	1250.00 obo	26 days 14 hrs