Pro Football Hall Of Fame Football Cards, page 17
| 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 | 56 | Ernie Nevers | fullback | Stanford | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Nevers was the second football player ever to have his jersey number retired. (Red Grange was the first.) Stanford retired Nevers's number, 1, in 1926. |
PSA 6, good | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 64 | Benny Friedman | quarterback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005 | Rookie card | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 66 | Bruiser Kinard | tackle | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card Kinard's brothers, George and Billy, also played professional football. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 82 | Alex Wojciechowicz | center | Fordham | College Hall of Fame 1955, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Wojciechowicz was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 84 | Ace Parker | quarterback | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1955, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | Rookie card Before his death in November 2013, Parker was the oldest living pro football player. He was 101 years old. |
PSA 6 | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 85 | Sid Luckman | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Luckman finished third in voting for the 1938 Heisman Trophy, behind Davey O'Brien and Marshall Goldberg. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 97 | Don Hutson | end | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1951, Packers Hall of Fame 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | PSA 6, PSA 4 | |
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1955 Topps All-American | 100 | Fats Henry | tackle | Washington and Jefferson | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | ||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | John Henry Johnson | San Francisco 49ers | fullback | Arizona State, St. Mary's | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1987, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | |||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Hugh McElhenny | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | |||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Leo Nomellini | San Francisco 49ers | defensive tackle | Minnesota | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | |||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Joe Perry | San Francisco 49ers | fullback | Compton Community College | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | nm | ||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Bob St. Clair | San Francisco 49ers | tackle | Tulsa | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990 | St. Clair blocked 10 field goals in 1956. That's still an NFL record. | ||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Y.A. Tittle | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback | LSU | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Roosevelt Brown | New York Giants | tackle | Morgan State | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975 | The Giants took Brown in the 27th round of the 1953 NFL draft. He went on to have a 13-year, Hall of Fame career. | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Sam Huff | New York Giants | linebacker | West Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1980, Commanders Ring of Fame , Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1982 | Pre-rookie card Huff was the first NFL player to appear on the cover of Time magazine. He appeared on the November 30, 1959, issue. |
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Andy Robustelli | New York Giants | defensive end | Arnold College | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Emlen Tunnell | New York Giants | defensive back | Iowa, Toledo | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | |||
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1956 Parkhurst | 37 | Bud Grant | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | end, defensive end | Minnesota | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1983, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1994, Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 | Grant and Warren Moon are the only people to have been elected to both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Grant also played basketball for two seasons with the Minnesota Lakers. The Lakers won the NBA Championship in 1950, his first season. | |
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1956 Topps | 6 | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, coach | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | ||
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1956 Topps | 7 | Green Bay Packers Team | Green Bay Packers | This card pictures the 1955 Packers team. The team photo includes Deral Teteak, a member of the Packers Hall of Fame who never appeared on a card of his own. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 8 | Lou Creekmur | Detroit Lions | tackle | William and Mary | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | ||
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1956 Topps | 9 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | tackle, kicker | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | ||
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1956 Topps | 11 | George Blanda | Chicago Bears | quarterback, kicker | Kentucky | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 |