College Hall Of Fame Football Cards, page 24
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 | 18 | Pudge Heffelfinger | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 19 | Bruce Smith | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 20 | Sammy Baugh | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 21cor | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card White served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1962 to 1993. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 21err | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card, error card The back of this card shows Gaynell Tinsley's bio, not White's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 22 | Brick Muller | end | California | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Muller won a silver medal in the high jump in the 1920 Olympics. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 23 | Dick Kazmaier | quarterback | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1966, Heisman Trophy 1951 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 24 | Ken Strong | halfback | NYU | College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 26 | Larry Kelley | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1969, Heisman Trophy 1936 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 27 | Red Grange | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Grange's brother Garland also played pro football. The brothers were teammates with the Chicago Bears from 1929 to 1931. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 28 | Mel Hein | center | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1954, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | fair | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 29 | Leo Nomellini | defensive tackle | Minnesota | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 30 | Wes Fesler | end | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Fesler won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1930. | good | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 31 | George Sauer Sr. | fullback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card Sauer played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 33 | Bob Higgins | end | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1954 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 34 | Davey O'Brien | quarterback | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1955, Heisman Trophy 1938 | Rookie card O'Brien played two seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1939, his rookie year, he broke Sammy Baugh's NFL record for most yards passing in a season. According to his page on the Heisman Trophy web site, he retired to become an FBI agent. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 35 | Tom Harmon | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1940 | Rookie card The Chicago Bears chose Harmon with the first overall pick in the 1941 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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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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1955 Topps All-American | 37 | Jim Thorpe | halfback | Carlisle | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | PSA 7, PSA 2 mc, PSA 1 | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 38 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | coach | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | PSA 6 | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 39 | Brud Holland | end | Cornell | College Hall of Fame 1965 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 40 | Donn Moomaw | center | UCLA | College Hall of Fame 1973 | Error card Moomaw's first name is misspelled "Don" on this card. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 41 | Joe Alexander | guard, center | Syracuse | College Hall of Fame 1954 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 42 | Eddie Tryon | halfback | Colgate | College Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 43 | George Savitsky | tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1991 |