Pro Football Hall Of Fame Football Cards, page 8
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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 | 2 | Otto Graham | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1943, behind Angelo Bertelli and Bob Odell. | |
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1951 Bowman | 3 | Mac Speedie | Cleveland Browns | end | Utah | Browns Ring of Honor 2021, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Speedie was the head coach of the Denver Broncos from partway through the 1964 season to partway through the 1966 season. | |
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1951 Bowman | 4 | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, coach | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 6 | Tom Fears | Los Angeles Rams | end | UCLA, Santa Clara | College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 10 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | LSU | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Van Buren's brother, Ebert Van Buren, also played for the Eagles.The brothers were teammates in 1951. See the Gallery's Teammate Brothers page. | |
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1951 Bowman | 12 | Chuck Bednarik | Philadelphia Eagles | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 13 | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | center, linebacker | Hardin-Simmons | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 20 | Tom Landry | New York Giants | defensive back, coach | Texas | Cowboys Ring of Honor 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 21 | Arnie Weinmeister | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Washington | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1984 | Rookie card | Vg-ex |
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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 | 32 | Y.A. Tittle | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback | LSU | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Tittle's full name was Yelberton Abraham Tittle. | |
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1951 Bowman | 34 | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 40 | Bob Waterfield | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, kicker | UCLA | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | In a 1951 game against the Detroit Lions, Waterfield became the first NFL player to kick five field goals in a game. It wasn't enough: the Lions beat the Rams, 24-22. | |
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1951 Bowman | 46 | Pete Pihos | Philadelphia Eagles | end | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 51 | Ed Sprinkle | Chicago Bears | end | Hardin-Simmons, Navy | Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Rookie card Sprinkle played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Bears. According to Sprinkle's obituary in the New York Times, George Halas honored Sprinkle by assigning him number 7, Halas's number as a player. |
PSA 3.5, PSA 4, good+ |
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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, exmt | |
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1951 Bowman | 73 | Dante Lavelli | Cleveland Browns | end | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 75 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | tackle, kicker | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 76 | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Hirsch had 1495 receiving yards in 1951, breaking the single-season NFL record. | |
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1951 Bowman | 90 | Tony Canadeo | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Gonzaga | Packers Hall of Fame 1973, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | In 1949, Canadeo became the Packers' first 1000-yard rusher, with 1052 yards. | |
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1951 Bowman | 91 | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 96 | Ernie Stautner | Pittsburgh Steelers | defensive end, defensive tackle | Boston College | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | PSA 4.5 | |