Pride Of The Lions 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 | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | |||
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1935 National Chicle | 1 | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card, error card Clark played for the Lions, but the back of this card says he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. |
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1948 Bowman | 61 | Alex Wojciechowicz | Philadelphia Eagles | center | Fordham | College Hall of Fame 1955, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Rookie card Wojciechowicz placed fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1937. See the Gallery's football cards of Heisman candidates page. |
BVG 6.5, vg |
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1948-52 Exhibit | Bobby Layne | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Layne and Doak Walker were teammates at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. See the Gallery's High School Teammates page. | |||
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1948 Leaf | 4 | Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Rookie card Walker was the second player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. The first was Army's Doc Blanchard. Notre Dame's Leon Hart won the Heisman in Walker's senior year, 1949. |
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1948 Leaf | 6R | Bobby Layne | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Rookie card, error card Name misspelled "Bobbie," red pants variation. |
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1948 Leaf | 6Y | Bobby Layne | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Rookie card, error card Name misspelled "Bobbie," yellow pants variation. |
PSA 3 mc |
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1948 Topps Magic Photos | 3C | Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker was a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976. He was finally inducted in 1986. | ||
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1949 Leaf | 67 | Bobby Layne | New York Bulldogs | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Error card Layne's first name is misspelled "Bobbie" on this card. |
PSA 4 |
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1950 Bowman | 1 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker led the NFL in scoring in 1950, with 128 points. He was the 1950 rookie of the year. | PSA 6 mk |
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1950 Bowman | 37 | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Layne placed eighth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1946, and sixth in 1947. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | |
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | |||
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1950 Lions Matchbooks | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | |||
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1950 Topps Felt Backs | Lou Creekmur | tackle | William and Mary | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | Rookie card Creekmur played ten seasons in the NFL, all with the Detroit Lions. |
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1950 Topps Felt Backs | Doak Walker (brown) | The price guides assign a higher value to the yellow variation of this card, but the brown variation is actually scarcer. | ||||||
| Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | ||||||
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1950 Topps Felt Backs | Doak Walker (yellow) | Walker scored all of the Lions' 24 points in a win against the Packers in November 1950. | ||||||
| Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | ||||||
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1951 Berk Ross | 2-14 | Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Hockey player Jack Stewart's card was attached to right side of Walker's. | ||
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1951 Bowman | 25 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker and Bobby Layne were teammates at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. See the Gallery's High School Teammates page. | |
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1951 Bowman | 62 | Lou Creekmur | Detroit Lions | tackle | William and Mary | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | PSA 7.5 | |
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1951 Bowman | 102 | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||
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1952 Bowman Large | 3 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | The Lions have retired Walker's jersey number, 37. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams. | |
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1952 Bowman Large | 78 | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||
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1952 Bowman Large | 129 | Jack Christiansen | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Colorado State | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Rookie card Christiansen returned 4 punts for touchdowns in 1951. That is an NFL record; he shares it with 3 other players. |
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1952 Bowman Large | 140 | Yale Lary | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Texas A and M | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1979 | Rookie card | |
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1952 Bowman Small | 3 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker was an MVP of the Cotton Bowl game in both 1948 and 1949. He is a member of the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame. | |