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Last week I added 1950 Detroit Lions Matchbooks<\/a> to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. There are just two matchbooks in the set: Leon Hart<\/a>, which is today’s “card” of the day, and Doak Walker<\/a>. The matchbooks were sponsored by Ray Whyte Chevrolet. According to UPI<\/a>, Ray Whyte was one of the original seven directors of the Lions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hart and Walker both won the Heisman Trophy, Hart in 1949 and Walker in 1948. (See the Gallery’s page of Heisman Trophy candidates<\/a>.) Both were rookies in 1950, though Walker was drafted in 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the inside of the matchbook covers is a 1950 Lions home schedule<\/a>. The Lions finished 6-6 in 1950, but from 1952 to 1957 they played in four NFL Championship games, winning three of them. All four title games were against the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am slowly adding Matchbooks to the Gallery. You can see my progress here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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