SMU Alumni Football Cards

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	1935 Diamond Matchbooks		Maurice Bray	Pittsburgh Pirates	tackle	SMU
	1948 Bowman	86	John Clement	Pittsburgh Steelers	quarterback	SMU		Rookie card
	1948 Leaf	4	Doak Walker		halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Rookie card Walker was the second player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. The first was Army's Doc Blanchard. Notre Dame's Leon Hart won the Heisman in Walker's senior year, 1949.
	1948 Leaf	39	Billy Dewell	Chicago Cardinals	end	SMU		Rookie card	ex
	1948 Leaf	47	John Clement	Pittsburgh Steelers	quarterback	SMU		Rookie card	poor
	1948 Leaf	56	Bob Folsom		end	SMU, Army		Rookie card
	1948 Topps Magic Photos	3C	Doak Walker		halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Walker was a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976. He was finally inducted in 1986.
	1949 Leaf	10	Billy Dewell	Chicago Cardinals	end	SMU
	1950 Bowman	1	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Walker led the NFL in scoring in 1950, with 128 points. He was the 1950 rookie of the year.
	1950 Bowman	22	Billy Dewell	Chicago Cardinals	end	SMU			nm
	1950 Lions Matchbooks		Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986
	1950 Topps Felt Backs		Dick McKissack (brown)					McKissack played in one NFL game, for the Dallas Texans in 1952. See the Gallery's Cups of Coffee page for cards of other players who appeared in exactly one NFL, AFL, or AAFC game.
			Dick McKissack		fullback	SMU
	1950 Topps Felt Backs		Dick McKissack (yellow)
			Dick McKissack		fullback	SMU
	1950 Topps Felt Backs		Doak Walker (brown)					The price guides assign a higher value to the yellow variation of this card, but the brown variation is actually scarcer.
			Doak Walker		halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986
	1950 Topps Felt Backs		Doak Walker (yellow)					Walker scored all of the Lions' 24 points in a win against the Packers in November 1950.
			Doak Walker		halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986
	1951 Berk Ross	2-14	Doak Walker		halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Hockey player Jack Stewart's card was attached to right side of Walker's.
	1951 Bowman	25	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Walker and Bobby Layne were teammates at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. See the Gallery's High School Teammates page.
	1951 Topps Magic	51	Dick Hightower		center	SMU
	1952 Bowman Large	3	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	The Lions have retired Walker's jersey number, 37. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams.
	1952 Bowman Large	28	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rookie card, short print Rote finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1950, behind Vic Janowicz. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.
	1952 Bowman Large	93	Fred Benners	New York Giants	quarterback	Sewanee, SMU		Rookie card Benners had a short NFL career: He played in six games for the Giants in 1952, then left the league to practice law.
	1952 Bowman Small	3	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Walker was an MVP of the Cotton Bowl game in both 1948 and 1949. He is a member of the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.
	1952 Bowman Small	28	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rookie card The Giants chose Rote with the first overall pick in the 1951 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page.	vg
	1952 Bowman Small	93	Fred Benners	New York Giants	quarterback	Sewanee, SMU		Rookie card The Giants drafted Benners in 1951, though he still had a year to go at SMU. He joined the team in 1952.
	1952 Wheaties		Doak Walker in Action					Walker missed five games because of an injury in 1952. It was the only season he did not make the Pro Bowl.
			Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986

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