| Image |
Set |
# | Card Title/Players |
Pro Team |
Position |
College |
Honors |
Notes |
Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1952 Wheaties |
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Doak Walker Portrait |
Walker had a 79-yard quick-kick punt in the 1949 Cotton Bowl. His SMU teammate, Kyle Rote, had a 84-yard quick-kick in the same game. |
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| 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 |
|
1953 Bowman |
6 |
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 scored 11 points (on a touchdown, a field goal, and 2 extra points) in Detroit's 17-16 win over the Cleveland Browns in the 1953 NFL Championship game. |
|
|
1953 Bowman |
25 |
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
Rote had an 84-yard punt in the 1949 Cotton Bowl, still a Bowl Championship Series record. His SMU teammate, Doak Walker, had a 79-yard punt in the same game. Both punts were "quick kicks." |
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1954 Bowman |
7 |
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
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1954 Bowman |
41 |
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 |
Since 1990, the Doak Walker Award has been given each year to the nation's premier college running back. |
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1955 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 1955, with 96 points. |
|
|
1955 Bowman |
137 |
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
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PSA 7.5
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|
1955 Bowman |
155 |
Jerry Norton |
Philadelphia Eagles |
defensive back, punter |
SMU |
|
Rookie card |
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|
1955 Topps All-American |
71 |
Bob Wilson |
|
halfback |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1973 |
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|
1956 Giants Team Issue |
|
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
Rote played minor league baseball for the Corpus Christi Aces in 1951. |
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|
1956 Topps |
7 |
Green Bay Packers Team
|
Green Bay Packers |
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|
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This card pictures the 1955 Packers team. The team photo includes Deral Teteak, a member of the Packers Hall of Fame who never appeared on a card of his own. |
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1956 Topps |
29 |
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
|
|
|
1956 Topps |
40 |
Philadelphia Eagles Team
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
|
|
|
This card pictures the 1955 Philadelphia Eagles team. |
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1956 Topps |
45 |
Cleveland Browns Team
|
Cleveland Browns |
|
|
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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 |
48 |
Baltimore Colts Team
|
Baltimore Colts |
|
|
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This card pictures the 1955 Baltimore Colts team. Hall of Fame NFL coach Don Shula is in the front row. Leroy Vaughn, father of major league baseball's Mo Vaughn, is in the back row. |
|
|
1956 Topps |
63 |
Pittsburgh Steelers Team
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
|
|
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This card pictures the 1955 Steelers team. For a larger version of the image on the card, see the 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers page at steelersuk.com. |
|
|
1956 Topps |
79 |
Bill Forester |
Green Bay Packers |
linebacker |
SMU |
Packers Hall of Fame 1974 |
Rookie card |
exmt
|
|
1956 Topps |
92 |
Detroit Lions Team
|
Detroit Lions |
|
|
|
This card pictures the 1955 Lions team. |
|
|
1956 Topps |
113 |
New York Giants Team
|
New York Giants |
|
|
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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 49ers Team Issue |
|
Val Joe Walker |
San Francisco 49ers |
defensive back |
SMU |
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|
|
1957 Giants Team Issue |
|
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
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|
|
1957 Topps |
59 |
Kyle Rote |
New York Giants |
end |
SMU |
College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 |
Tobin Rote, who starred for several pro football teams, was Kyle Rote's cousin. |
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|
1957 Topps |
69 |
Bill Forester |
Green Bay Packers |
linebacker |
SMU |
Packers Hall of Fame 1974 |
Forester's brother, Herschel Forester, played for the Cleveland Browns from 1954 to 1957. |
|
|
1957 Topps |
94 |
Raymond Berry |
Baltimore Colts |
end |
SMU |
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1973, Ravens Ring of Honor 2002 |
Rookie card |
|
|
1958 Topps |
9 |
Cleveland Browns Team
|
Cleveland Browns |
|
|
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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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