Doak Walker Football Cards

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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
	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
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	1952 Wheaties		Doak Walker in Action					Walker missed five games because of an injury in 1952. It was the only season he did not make the Pro Bowl.
			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
	1952 Wheaties		Doak Walker Portrait					Walker had a 79-yard quick-kick punt in the 1949 Cotton Bowl. His SMU teammate, Kyle Rote, had a 84-yard quick-kick in the same game.
			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
	1953 Bowman	6	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 scored 11 points (on a touchdown, a field goal, and 2 extra points) in Detroit's 17-16 win over the Cleveland Browns in the 1953 NFL Championship game.
	1954 Bowman	41	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	Since 1990, the Doak Walker Award has been given each year to the nation's premier college running back.
	1955 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 1955, with 96 points.
	1956 Topps	92	Detroit Lions Team	Detroit Lions				This card pictures the 1955 Lions team.
	1963 Stancraft	4H	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 married former Olympic skier Skeeter Werner in 1969.