Washington State Alumni Football Cards, page 2
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 36 | Turk Edwards | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | Nm-mt oc | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Harland Svare | New York Giants | linebacker, coach | Washington State | ||||
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1956 Topps | 45 | Cleveland Browns Team | Cleveland Browns | 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 | 61 | Washington Redskins Team | Washington Redskins | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Washington Redskins team. About 15 of the players never appeared on cards of their own. |
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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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1957 Giants Team Issue | Harland Svare | New York Giants | linebacker, coach | Washington State | ||||
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1957 Topps | 12 | Torgy Torgeson | Washington Redskins | linebacker, coach | Washington State | Rookie card | ||
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1957 Topps | 114 | Don Paul | Cleveland Browns | defensive back, running back | Washington State | This is the only Browns card in the 1957 Topps set with an orange background behind the player. See the Gallery's "Not Like the Others" page. | ||
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1958 Topps | 91 | Don Paul | Cleveland Browns | defensive back, running back | Washington State | Paul had the NFL's longest fumble return in 1957, 89 yards for a touchdown. | ||
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1958 Topps | 97 | Torgy Torgeson | Washington Redskins | linebacker, coach | Washington State | |||
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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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1959 Topps CFL | 8 | By Bailey | BC Lions | fullback | Washington State | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | Bailey played for the Detroit Lions in 1952 and the Green Bay Packers in 1953. | |
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1960 Bell Brand Rams | 34 | Don Ellersick | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Washington State | Ellersick caught a touchdown pass for the Minnesota Vikings in their first-ever NFL game: a 1961 exhibition game against the Dallas Cowboys in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The pass happened to be Fran Tarkenton's first touchdown pass in the NFL. | ||
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1960 Topps CFL | 1 | By Bailey | BC Lions | fullback | Washington State | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | g | |
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1960-61 Redskins Matchbooks | Turk Edwards | Washington Redskins | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | |||
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1960-61 Redskins Matchbooks | Torgy Torgeson | Washington Redskins | linebacker, coach | Washington State | ||||
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1961 Fleer | 83 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 178 | Mel Melin | quarterback | Washington State | Error card Melin's name is misspelled "Mellin" on this card. Melin played from 1962 to 1965 for the Canadian Football League's BC Lions. |
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1961 Topps | 32 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Topps Flocked Stickers | Washington State | Washington State | Error card Washington State's mascot is a cougar, not a husky. |
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1961 Topps CFL | 1 | By Bailey | BC Lions | fullback | Washington State | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | ||
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1962 Post Cereal | 47 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | |||
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1962 Post CFL | 126 | By Bailey | BC Lions | fullback | Washington State | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1975 | ||
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1962 Topps | 53 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | exmt |