Kyle Rote Football Cards

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	1952 Bowman Large	28	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rookie card, short print Rote finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1950, behind Vic Janowicz. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.
	1952 Bowman Small	28	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rookie card The Giants chose Rote with the first overall pick in the 1951 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page.	vg
	1953 Bowman	25	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rote had an 84-yard punt in the 1949 Cotton Bowl, still a Bowl Championship Series record. His SMU teammate, Doak Walker, had a 79-yard punt in the same game. Both punts were "quick kicks."
	1954 Bowman	7	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	1955 Bowman	137	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022		PSA 7.5
	1956 Giants Team Issue		Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rote played minor league baseball for the Corpus Christi Aces in 1951.
	1956 Topps	29	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	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.
	1957 Giants Team Issue		Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	1957 Topps	59	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Tobin Rote, who starred for several pro football teams, was Kyle Rote's cousin.
	1959 Topps	7	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	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.
	1961 Fleer	69	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures		Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022
	1961 Topps	87	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	When he retired after the 1961 season, Rote held the Giants' career records for receptions (300), receiving yards (4805), and touchdown receptions (48).
	1962 Post Cereal	27	Kyle Rote	New York Giants	end	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022	Rote did not play in 1962; he retired in April.