Kentucky 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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1956 Topps | 11 | George Blanda | Chicago Bears | quarterback, kicker | Kentucky | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | ||
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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 | 92 | Detroit Lions Team | Detroit Lions | This card pictures the 1955 Lions team. | ||||
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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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1956 Topps | 114 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1955 Los Angeles Rams team. One of the players, Jack Bighead, was with the Baltimore Colts until early in 1955, so he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 119 | Chicago Bears Team | Chicago Bears | This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Bears team. One of the players on the card, Harry Hugasian, played part of the 1955 season for the Baltimore Colts, and he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1957 Giants Team Issue | Walt Yowarsky | New York Giants | end | Kentucky | exmt | |||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Bob Dougherty | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker | Kentucky | ||||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Bob Fry | Los Angeles Rams | tackle | Kentucky | ||||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Frank Fuller | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Kentucky | nm | |||
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1957 Topps | 31 | George Blanda | Chicago Bears | quarterback, kicker | Kentucky | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | ||
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1957 Topps | 89 | Steve Meilinger | Washington Redskins | end | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 2013 | Meilinger placed tenth in voting for the 1953 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | |
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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 | 33 | Steve Meilinger | Washington Redskins | end | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 2013 | This card shows Meilinger with the Redskins, but he played for the Green Bay Packers in 1958. The Redskins traded him to the Packers for Doyle Nix in February of that year. | |
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1958 Topps | 85 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1957 Rams team. | ||||
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1958 Topps | 101 | Walt Yowarsky | New York Giants | end | Kentucky | Rookie card | ||
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1958 Topps | 118 | Babe Parilli | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1982, Patriots Hall of Fame 1993 | Parilli married Priscilla Perkins, 1956 Miss Wisconsin USA, in 1958. Tony Canadeo was Parilli's best man. | |
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1958 Topps | 129 | George Blanda | Chicago Bears | quarterback, kicker | Kentucky | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | ||
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1958 Topps CFL | 84 | Dick Shatto | Toronto Argonauts | halfback | Kentucky | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | ||
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1959 Bell Brand Rams | 18 | Lou Michaels | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1992 | Michaels was named the Southeast Conference's Player of the Year in 1957. | fair |
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1959 Bell Brand Rams | 26 | Bob Fry | Los Angeles Rams | tackle | Kentucky | Though he played ten seasons in the NFL and started in 119 games, Fry never appeared on a regular issue football card. | PSA 8 mc | |
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1959 Kahns | Bob Gain | Cleveland Browns | defensive tackle | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1980, Outland Trophy 1950 | |||
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1959 Topps | 77 | Bob Gain | Cleveland Browns | defensive tackle | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1980, Outland Trophy 1950 | Rookie card | nm |
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1959 Topps | 107 | Babe Parilli | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1982, Patriots Hall of Fame 1993 | This card shows Parilli with the Packers, but he played for the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders in 1959. | exmt |