Northwestern 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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1953 Bowman | 86 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | end | Northwestern | |||
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1954 Bowman | 31 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | Rookie card | exmt | |
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1954 Bowman | 40 | Otto Graham | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | ||
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1954 Bowman | 48 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | end | Northwestern | nm+ | ||
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1954 Bowman | 51 | Dick Alban | Washington Redskins | defensive back | Northwestern | Alban had a career-high 9 interceptions in 1954. That was second-most in the NFL, behind Dick Lane's 10. | ||
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1954 Quaker Sports Oddities | 16 | Jack Riley | tackle | Northwestern | College Hall of Fame 1988 | Riley was a multi-sport star: he won a silver medal in wrestling in the 1932 Olympics, and he played football for the NFL's Boston Redskins in 1933. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | ||
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1954 Quaker Sports Oddities | 25 | Texas - Northwestern | Texas, Northwestern | |||||
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1955 Bowman | 9 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | end | Northwestern | |||
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1955 Bowman | 12 | Dick Alban | Washington Redskins | defensive back | Northwestern | Alban was traded twice in three days in 1956. On April 23, the Redskins traded him to the Lions for Dick Stanfel. On April 26, the Lions traded him to the Steelers for Dick Modzelewski. | ex | |
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1955 Bowman | 24 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | Wietecha played minor league baseball in 1953. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 12 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was an All-American in both football and basketball at Northwestern. | PSA 6 | |
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | ||||
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1956 Topps | 22 | Chicago Cardinals Team | Chicago Cardinals | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Cardinals team. |
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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 | 70 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | end | Northwestern | Short print | ||
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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 | 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 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | ||||
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1957 Topps | 38 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | end | Northwestern | |||
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1957 Topps | 122 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | |||
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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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1959 Kahns | Dick Alban | Pittsburgh Steelers | defensive back | Northwestern | ||||
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1959 Topps | 99 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | center | Northwestern, Michigan State | nm |