USC Alumni Football Cards
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Red Badgro | New York Giants | end | USC | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981 | Badgro played ten seasons in the NFL: two for the New York Yankees, seven for the Giants, and one for the Brooklyn Dodgers. | ||
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1935 National Chicle | 13 | Homer Griffith | Chicago Cardinals | tailback | USC | Rookie card, error card Griffith's name is misspelled "Griffiths" on this card. |
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1935 National Chicle | 33 | Ernie Smith | Green Bay Packers | tackle | USC | College Hall of Fame 1970 | Rookie card | |
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1939 Redskins Matchbooks | Erny Pinckert | Washington Redskins | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 1957 | |||
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1942 Redskins Matchbooks | Al Krueger | Washington Redskins | halfback, end | USC | ||||
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1948 Bowman | 38 | Pat West | Los Angeles Rams | fullback | Pittsburgh, USC | Rookie card West played four seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers. His brother, Walter West, played for the Cleveland Rams in 1944. |
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1948 Bowman | 56 | Jim Hardy | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | USC | Rookie card Hardy threw 8 interceptions in a 1950 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, still an NFL record. Josh Katzowitz of CBS Sports wrote a nice article about it. Russ Craft had 4 of the interceptions, also still an NFL record. |
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1948 Bowman | 85 | Bill Gray | Washington Redskins | guard | Oregon State, USC | Rookie card | vg | |
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1948 Bowman | 89 | Herbert Banta | Los Angeles Rams | halfback, defensive back | USC | Rookie card | ex | |
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1948 Bowman | 96 | Ralph Heywood | Detroit Lions | end | USC | Rookie card, short print | ||
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1948 Leaf | 65 | Bob Hendren | tackle, defensive tackle | Culver-Stockton, USC | Rookie card, error card Hendren's name is misspelled "Hendreen" on both the front and back of this card. |
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1949 Leaf | 1 | Bob Hendren | Washington Redskins | tackle, defensive tackle | Culver-Stockton, USC | Error card Hendren's name is misspelled "Hendreen" on the front of this card, but spelled correctly on the back. |
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1950 Bowman | 70 | Paul Salata | San Francisco 49ers | end | USC | Rookie card Salata was the founder of Irrelevant Week, which honors the last player chosen in the NFL draft. Also see the Gallery's page of football cards of Misters Irrelevant. |
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1950 Bowman | 73 | Don Doll | Detroit Lions | defensive back | USC | Rookie card | ||
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1950 Bowman | 90 | Jerry Shipkey | Pittsburgh Steelers | fullback | USC, UCLA | Rookie card | exmt | |
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1950 Bowman | 108 | Verl Lillywhite | San Francisco 49ers | running back, linebacker | Modesto Junior College, USC | nm | ||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Don Doll | Detroit Lions | defensive back | USC | ||||
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1950 Topps Felt Backs | Jim Powers | quarterback | USC | Powers played four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. | ||||
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1951 Bowman | 33 | Verl Lillywhite | San Francisco 49ers | running back, linebacker | Modesto Junior College, USC | |||
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1951 Bowman | 59 | Jerry Shipkey | Pittsburgh Steelers | fullback | USC, UCLA | |||
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1951 Bowman | 61 | Don Doll | Detroit Lions | defensive back | USC | Doll gained 301 yards returning interceptions in 1949. That is still an NFL record for a rookie. | ||
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1951 Bowman | 142 | Eddie Saenz | Washington Redskins | halfback | Loyola Marymount, USC | Saenz led the NFL with 1846 all-purpose yards in 1947. | ||
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1952 Bowman Large | 16 | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | Rookie card | |
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1952 Bowman Large | 139 | Jerry Shipkey | Pittsburgh Steelers | fullback | USC, UCLA | |||
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1952 Bowman Small | 16 | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | Rookie card |