New Mexico State Alumni Football Cards
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1960 Bell Brand Rams | 24 | Danny Villanueva | Los Angeles Rams | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | |||
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1961 Topps CFL | 80 | Joe Kelly | Ottawa Rough Riders | halfback | New Mexico State | Error card Kelly's name is misspelled "Kelley" on this card. |
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1962 Post Cereal | 18 | Bob Gaiters | New York Giants | halfback | New Mexico State | Gaiters led the NCAA with 1338 rushing yards in 1960. | ||
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1962 Post CFL | 11 | Billy Ray Locklin | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | New Mexico State | |||
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1962 Topps | 85 | Danny Villanueva | Los Angeles Rams | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | Rookie card Villanueva led the NFL with 87 punts and 3960 punting yards in 1962. |
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1962 Topps CFL | 90 | Billy Ray Locklin | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | New Mexico State | |||
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1963 Post CFL | 10 | Billy Ray Locklin | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | New Mexico State | |||
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1963 Topps | 43 | Danny Villanueva | Los Angeles Rams | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | Villanueva led the NFL with 81 punts and 3678 punting yards in 1963. | nm | |
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1963 Topps | 146 | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | Rookie card Johnson graduated from New Mexico State in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a 4.0 GPA. He then earned a master's and Ph.D. in chemical engineering while playing in the NFL. |
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1963 Topps CFL | 27 | E.A. Sims | Edmonton Eskimos | end | New Mexico State | |||
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1963 Topps CFL | 44 | Billy Ray Locklin | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | New Mexico State | Locklin played for the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1960. | ||
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1964 Kahns | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | According to Wikipedia, Johnson attended New Mexico State on a basketball scholarship, and he joined the football team as a walk-on. | ||
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1964 Philadelphia | 86 | Pervis Atkins | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | New Mexico State | College Hall of Fame 2009 | Rookie card Atkins placed ninth in voting for the 1960 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman Trophy candidates. |
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1964 Philadelphia | 96 | Danny Villanueva | Los Angeles Rams | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | Double print Villanueva was inducted into the New Mexico State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970. |
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1964 Philadelphia | 174 | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | Double print Johnson led the NFL with 3045 passing yards in 1964--and also with 24 interceptions. |
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1964 Topps CFL | 27 | E.A. Sims | Edmonton Eskimos | end | New Mexico State | nm+ | ||
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1964 Topps CFL | 44 | Billy Ray Locklin | Montreal Alouettes | tackle | New Mexico State | |||
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1964 Wheaties Stamps | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | |||
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1965 Philadelphia | 163 | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | Double print | nm |
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1965 Philadelphia | 184 | Pervis Atkins | Washington Redskins | halfback | New Mexico State | College Hall of Fame 2009 | Atkins appeared in the movie The Longest Yard, and also in a few television programs. You can see his filmography at IMDB. | |
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1965 Topps CFL | 41 | E.A. Sims | Edmonton Eskimos | end | New Mexico State | |||
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1965 Topps CFL | 113 | Lee Sampson | Toronto Argonauts | end | New Mexico State | |||
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1966 Coke Caps Cardinals | C19 | Charley Johnson | St. Louis Cardinals | quarterback | New Mexico State | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | ||
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1966 Philadelphia | 64 | Danny Villanueva | Dallas Cowboys | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | Villanueva led the NFL with 56 extra points attempted and 56 extra points made in 1966. | ||
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1966 Philadelphia | 65 | Cowboys Play | Double print | nm | ||||
Dave Edwards | Dallas Cowboys | linebacker | Auburn | ||||||
Dick Lynch | New York Giants | defensive back | Notre Dame | Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | |||||
Jerry Rhome | Dallas Cowboys | quarterback | SMU, Tulsa | College Hall of Fame 1998 | |||||
Bill Swain | New York Giants | linebacker | Oregon | ||||||
Danny Villanueva | Dallas Cowboys | kicker, punter | New Mexico State |