Iowa Alumni Football Cards, page 2
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 6 | Nile Kinnick | halfback | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1951, Heisman Trophy 1939 | Rookie card, error card Kinnick died in a plane crash in World War II. His name is misspelled "Niles" on this card. |
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
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1956 Parkhurst | 33 | Cal Jones | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | guard | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1980, Outland Trophy 1955 | Jones was the first Black player to win the Outland Trophy. He also placed tenth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1955. (See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.) Jones died in a plane crash with four members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders: Mel Becket, Mario DeMarco, Ray Syrnyk, and Gordon Sturtridge. | |
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1956 Topps | 17 | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
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1956 Topps | 45 | Cleveland Browns Team | Cleveland Browns | This card pictures the 1955 Cleveland Browns team. 1955 was Otto Graham's last season, and the Browns won the NFL Championship. Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll was a linebacker on the team. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 61 | Washington Redskins Team | Washington Redskins | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Washington Redskins team. About 15 of the players never appeared on cards of their own. |
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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. | ||||
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1957 Giants Team Issue | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
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1957 Topps | 35 | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
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1958 Topps | 9 | Cleveland Browns Team | Cleveland Browns | This photo pictures the 1957 Browns team. Number 48, sixth from the left in the second row, is decathlete Milt Campbell, who won the silver medal at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 and the gold medal at Melbourne in 1956. After one season with the Browns, Campbell played several years in the the Canadian Football League. | ||||
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1958 Topps | 42 | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | Tunnell was one of just three NFL players who did not miss a game in the 1950s. The others were Leo Nomellini and Woodley Lewis. | |
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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. | ||||
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1958 Topps CFL | 40 | Ken Ploen | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | quarterback | Iowa | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | Ploen won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1956. | |
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1959 Topps | 63 | Hal Bradley | Philadelphia Eagles | guard | Iowa | Rookie card After football, Bradley had a long career as an actor, singer, and artist. His father, Harold Bradley Sr., also played in the NFL. |
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1959 Topps | 103 | Alex Karras | Detroit Lions | defensive tackle | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Rookie card Karras played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Lions. |
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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. | ||||
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1959 Topps CFL | 86 | Mike Hagler | Saskatchewan Roughriders | running back | Iowa | nm+ | ||
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1959 Wheaties CFL | Ken Ploen | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | quarterback | Iowa | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | |||
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1960 Bills Team Issue | Don Chelf | Buffalo Bills | guard | Iowa | Chelf played for the Bills in 1960 and 1961. | |||
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1960 Eagles Team Issue | John Nocera | Philadelphia Eagles | linebacker | Iowa | ||||
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1960 Fleer College Pennant Decals | Houston - Iowa | Houston, Iowa | In 1905, Iowa and Drake University became the first teams to wear jersey numbers in a game. | |||||
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1960 Topps | 44 | Jim Gibbons | Detroit Lions | end | Iowa | Rookie card | ||
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1960 Topps CFL | 5 | Randy Duncan | BC Lions | quarterback | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1997 | Duncan played two seasons for the B.C. Lions, then jumped to the AFL for one season with the Dallas Texans. | |
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1960 Topps CFL | 55 | Mike Hagler | Saskatchewan Roughriders | running back | Iowa | nm | ||
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1960 Topps CFL | 84 | Ken Ploen | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | quarterback | Iowa | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | Error card Ploen's last name is misspelled "Pleon" on this card. |