USC Alumni Football Cards

Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
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.
1935 National Chicle	13	Homer Griffith	Chicago Cardinals	tailback	USC		Rookie card, error card Griffith's name is misspelled "Griffiths" on this card.
1935 National Chicle	33	Ernie Smith	Green Bay Packers	tackle	USC	College Hall of Fame 1970	Rookie card
1939 Redskins Matchbooks		Erny Pinckert	Washington Redskins	halfback	USC	College Hall of Fame 1957
1942 Redskins Matchbooks		Al Krueger	Washington Redskins	halfback, end	USC
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.	ex
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.
1948 Bowman	85	Bill Gray	Washington Redskins	guard	Oregon State, USC		Rookie card	vg
1948 Bowman	89	Herbert Banta	Los Angeles Rams	halfback, defensive back	USC		Rookie card	ex
1948 Bowman	96	Ralph Heywood	Detroit Lions	end	USC		Rookie card, short print
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.
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.	vg
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.
1950 Bowman	73	Don Doll	Detroit Lions	defensive back	USC		Rookie card
1950 Bowman	90	Jerry Shipkey	Pittsburgh Steelers	fullback	USC, UCLA		Rookie card	exmt
1950 Bowman	108	Verl Lillywhite	San Francisco 49ers	running back, linebacker	Modesto Junior College, USC			nm
1950 Bread for Health Labels		Don Doll	Detroit Lions	defensive back	USC
1950 Topps Felt Backs		Jim Powers		quarterback	USC		Powers played four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers.
1951 Bowman	33	Verl Lillywhite	San Francisco 49ers	running back, linebacker	Modesto Junior College, USC
1951 Bowman	59	Jerry Shipkey	Pittsburgh Steelers	fullback	USC, UCLA
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.
1951 Bowman	142	Eddie Saenz	Washington Redskins	halfback	Loyola Marymount, USC		Saenz led the NFL with 1846 all-purpose yards in 1947.
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
1952 Bowman Large	139	Jerry Shipkey	Pittsburgh Steelers	fullback	USC, UCLA
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

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