1974 Fleer Immortal Roll Football Cards
1974 Fleer Immortal Roll cards, also known as 1974 Fleer Hall of Fame cards, were inserts in packs of 1974 Fleer Football Patches. There are 50 cards in the set, representing 50 of the 74 Hall of Fame members as of 1972. The cards are not difficult to find; I still sometimes see unopened boxes of the patches on eBay. There is a nice description of the Immortal Roll cards on CaptKirk42's Trading Card Blog and a run-down of the 1970s Fleer football patches on the Fleer Sticker Project blog.
The best feature of the Immortal Roll set is that it includes a number of NFL pioneers who had not appeared on cards before. Joe Carr, Jimmy Conzelman, and Paddy Driscoll are just three examples. Also, about half of the images on the cards are head-and-shoulder portraits, which give us a better look at the players than their earlier cards.
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 (?) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 1 | Cliff Battles | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Hall of Fame 1968, Redskins Ring of Fame | With a 215-yard day against the Giants, Battles the first player to rush for 200 yards in a game. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 2 | Sammy Baugh | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Hall of Fame 1963, Redskins Ring of Fame | Baugh still holds 2 NFL records: highest punting average for a season, with 51.4 yards per punt, and highest gain per pass in a game, with 18.58 yards per pass. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 3 | Chuck Bednarik | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Hall of Fame 1967 | Bednarik missed only 3 games in 14 seasons with the Eagles. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 4 | Bert Bell | coach, commissioner | Pennsylvania | Hall of Fame 1963 | The NFL's college draft was Bell's idea; he proposed it to even out the talent among the teams. The first draft was held in 1936. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 5 | Paul Brown | coach | Miami Ohio | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Hall of Fame 1967 | Brown coached the Cleveland Browns to 7 AAFC and NFL championships in 17 seasons. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 6 | Joe Carr | president | none | Hall of Fame 1963 | Carr became the second president of the NFL, then called the American Professional Football Association, in 1921. Jim Thorpe was the first league president. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 7 | Guy Chamberlin | end, coach | Nebraska, Nebraska Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1962, Hall of Fame 1965 | Chamberlin coached NFL teams from four cities to five championships in the 1920s. He also played on four of those championship teams. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 8 | Dutch Clark | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Hall of Fame 1963 | Clark led the NFL in scoring in 1932, 1935, and 1936. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 9 | Jimmy Conzelman | quarterback, coach | Washington (St. Louis) | Hall of Fame 1964 | Conzelman was a player/coach for the Rock Island Independents, Milwaukee Badgers, Detroit Panthers, and Providence Steam Roller in the 1920s. He also played a season of minor league baseball for the Rock Island Islanders. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 10 | Art Donovan | defensive tackle | Boston College, Notre Dame | Hall of Fame 1968 | Donovan played for both the "old" Baltimore Colts, which folded after the 1950 season, and the "new" Baltimore Colts, which moved to Baltimore from Dallas in 1953. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 11 | Paddy Driscoll | quarterback | Northwestern | College Hall of Fame 1974, Hall of Fame 1965 | Driscoll holds the NFL record for drop-kicked field goals in a game, with 4. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 12 | Bill Dudley | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Hall of Fame 1966, Redskins Ring of Fame | In 1946, playing for the Steelers, Dudley led the NFL in rushing, interceptions, and punt returns, and he was named the league MVP. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 13 | Dan Fortmann | guard | Colgate | College Hall of Fame 1978, Hall of Fame 1965 | Fortmann was All-NFL for the Bears for six straight seasons, 1938-1943. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 14 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham led the Browns to division or league championships all ten seasons of his career. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 15 | Red Grange | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Hall of Fame 1963 | $1 | ||
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 16 | George Halas | coach, end | Illinois | Hall of Fame 1963 | Halas played for the Bears for 9 seasons and coached them for 40. He also played 12 games for baseball's New York Yankees in 1919. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 17 | Mel Hein | center | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1954, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Hall of Fame 1963 | Hein started at center for the Giants for 15 years. He was the NFL MVP in 1938. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 18 | Fats Henry | tackle | Washington and Jefferson | College Hall of Fame 1951, Hall of Fame 1963 | Henry dropped-kicked a 45-yard field goal in 1922, setting an NFL record for longest field goal. The record stood for 12 years. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 19 | Bill Hewitt | end | Michigan | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Hall of Fame 1971 | Hewitt was the last NFL player to play without a helmet. | $1 | |
 | 1974 Fleer Immortal Roll | 20 | Clarke Hinkle | fullback | Bucknell | College Hall of Fame 1971, Hall of Fame 1964, Packers Hall of Fame 1972 | Hinkle was the NFL's leading career rusher when he retired after the 1941 season. | $1 |
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