Bowling Green Alumni Football Cards

Image Set #Card Title/Players Pro Team Position College Honors Notes Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1956 Giants Team Issue Bob Schnelker 1956 Giants Team Issue Bob Schnelker New York Giants end Bowling Green
1956 Topps Baltimore Colts Team 1956 Topps 48 Baltimore Colts Team Baltimore Colts This card pictures the 1955 Baltimore Colts team. Hall of Fame NFL coach Don Shula is in the front row. Leroy Vaughn, father of major league baseball's Mo Vaughn, is in the back row.
1956 Topps Bob Schnelker 1956 Topps 89 Bob Schnelker New York Giants end Bowling Green Rookie card, error card

Schnelker?s name is misspelled "Schnecker" on the back of this card.
1956 Topps New York Giants Team 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.
1958 Topps Detroit Lions Team 1958 Topps 115 Detroit Lions Team Detroit Lions This card pictures the 1957 Detroit Lions team. Click here to see a large, black-and-white copy of this image. This was the last Lions team to win the NFL title; they beat the Browns 59-14 in the championship game.
1959 Topps Bob Schnelker 1959 Topps 128 Bob Schnelker New York Giants end Bowling Green Error card

Schnelker's name is misspelled "Schnecker" on the back of this card.
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1959 Topps New York Giants Team 1959 Topps 133 New York Giants Team New York Giants Though printed in 1959, this card pictures the 1958 New York Giants team. There is a larger copy of the image on the Giants web site. The picture includes two players who would later become stars in the AFL: Jack Kemp is number 17 in the front row, and Don Maynard is number 13, two rows behind Kemp.
1960 Topps Bob Schnelker 1960 Topps 76 Bob Schnelker New York Giants end Bowling Green In 1961, Schnelker scored the first touchdown in Minnesota Vikings history.
1961 Nu-Card Russ Hepner 1961 Nu-Card 151 Russ Hepner halfback Bowling Green
1961 Nu-Card Don Lisbon 1961 Nu-Card 163 Don Lisbon halfback Bowling Green Lisbon played for San Francisco 49ers.
1963 Topps Bernie Casey 1963 Topps 137 Bernie Casey San Francisco 49ers end, halfback Bowling Green Rookie card nm+
1964 Philadelphia Bernie Casey 1964 Philadelphia 156 Bernie Casey San Francisco 49ers end, halfback Bowling Green
1964 Philadelphia Don Lisbon 1964 Philadelphia 162 Don Lisbon San Francisco 49ers halfback Bowling Green Rookie card
1965 Philadelphia Bernie Casey 1965 Philadelphia 172 Bernie Casey San Francisco 49ers end, halfback Bowling Green
1966 Coke Caps Cardinals Bob Reynolds 1966 Coke Caps Cardinals C29 Bob Reynolds St. Louis Cardinals tackle Bowling Green
1966 Philadelphia Bernie Casey 1966 Philadelphia 174 Bernie Casey San Francisco 49ers end, halfback Bowling Green
1967 Philadelphia Bernie Casey 1967 Philadelphia 173 Bernie Casey San Francisco 49ers end, halfback Bowling Green
1968 Topps Bernie Casey 1968 Topps 28 Bernie Casey Los Angeles Rams end, halfback Bowling Green
1969 Topps Bernie Casey 1969 Topps 147 Bernie Casey Los Angeles Rams end, halfback Bowling Green nm
1969 Topps 4-in-1 Joe Scarpati, Walter Rock, Bernie Casey, Jack Concannon 1969 Topps 4-in-1 Joe Scarpati, Walter Rock, Bernie Casey, Jack Concannon ex+
Bernie Casey Los Angeles Rams end, halfback Bowling Green
Jack Concannon Chicago Bears quarterback Boston College
Walter Rock Washington Redskins tackle Maryland
Joe Scarpati Philadelphia Eagles defensive back North Carolina State
1969 Topps Mini-Card Albums Los Angeles Rams 1969 Topps Mini-Card Albums Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Rams
1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL Dave Cranmer 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL 93 Dave Cranmer Calgary Stampeders running back Bowling Green
1972 Sunoco Stamps Mike Weger 1972 Sunoco Stamps Mike Weger Detroit Lions defensive back Bowling Green Weger sang Bowling Green's fight song, "Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba," in the movie Paper Lion.
1972 Sunoco Stamps Phil Villapiano 1972 Sunoco Stamps Phil Villapiano Oakland Raiders linebacker Bowling Green
1972 Sunoco Stamps Bob Reynolds 1972 Sunoco Stamps Bob Reynolds St. Louis Cardinals tackle Bowling Green Reynolds played eleven seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and New England Patriots. He made the Pro Bowl three times, but he never appeared on a regular issue football card.