Vanderbilt Alumni Football Cards
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1948 Bowman | 40 | James Peebles | Washington Redskins | end | Vanderbilt | Rookie card | exmt | |
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1948 Bowman | 108 | Buford Ray | Green Bay Packers | guard, tackle | Vanderbilt | Packers Hall of Fame 1973 | Rookie card, short print | |
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1950 Topps Felt Backs | Herb Rich | halfback | Vanderbilt | Rich played from 1950 to 1956 for the Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams, and New York Giants. He averaged 23 yards per punt return in 1950, still an NFL record. | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 2 | Bill Wade | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Rookie card | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Herb Rich | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Vanderbilt | Rich had 8 interceptions in 1952. | |||
1954 Rams Team Issue | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | The Rams chose Wade with the first overall pick in the 1952 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. | ||||
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1955 Bowman | 78 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | |||
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1955 Rams Team Issue | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | ||||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Paul Goad | San Francisco 49ers | fullback | Vanderbilt, Abilene Christian | Goad played in four games in 1956, his only year in the NFL. | |||
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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 | 114 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1955 Los Angeles Rams team. One of the players, Jack Bighead, was with the Baltimore Colts until early in 1955, so he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | ||||
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1957 Topps | 34 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | |||
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1958 Topps | 38 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Wade led the NFL with 2875 passing yards in 1958--but also with 22 interceptions. He also had the longest pass completion of the season, a 93-yard play to Jim Phillips. | ||
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1958 Topps | 85 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1957 Rams team. | ||||
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1959 Bell Brand Rams | 1 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | |||
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1959 Topps | 110 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Wade had the NFL's best completion percentage in 1959, 58.6%. | ||
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1959 Topps | 133 | New York Giants Team | New York Giants | Though printed in 1959, this card pictures the 1958 New York Giants team. There is a larger copy of the image on the Giants web site. The picture includes two players who would later become stars in the AFL: Jack Kemp is number 17 in the front row, and Don Maynard is number 13, two rows behind Kemp. | ||||
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1960 Bell Brand Rams | 17 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | |||
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1960 Topps | 61 | Bill Wade | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Error card Wade's image is reversed on this card. See the Gallery's page of football cards with reversed images. |
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1960-61 Redskins Matchbooks | James Peebles | Washington Redskins | end | Vanderbilt | ||||
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1961 Fleer | 91 | Tom Moore | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Vanderbilt | Rookie card, error card The Packers logo is reversed on all of the Packer cards in the 1961 Fleer set. |
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1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures | Tom Moore | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Vanderbilt | ||||
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1961 Packers Lake to Lake | 15 | Tom Moore | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Vanderbilt | PSA 9, nm | ||
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1961 Topps | 10 | Bill Wade | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Wade had the NFL's longest pass completion in 1961, a 98-yard play to Bo Farrington. |