Halfback Football Cards, page 15

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	1953 Bowman	30	Buddy Young	Baltimore Colts	halfback	Illinois	College Hall of Fame 1968
	1953 Bowman	32	Hugh McElhenny	San Francisco 49ers	halfback	Washington	49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970	McElhenny placed eighth in voting for the 1951 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.
	1953 Bowman	43	Frank Gifford	New York Giants	halfback	USC, Bakersfield College	College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977
	1953 Bowman	46	Dub Jones	Cleveland Browns	halfback	LSU, Tulane		Jones's son, Bert Jones, played quarterback for the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams. See the Gallery's Fathers and Sons page for more fathers and sons who appeared on vintage football cards.
	1953 Bowman	51	John Karras	Chicago Cardinals	halfback	Illinois
	1953 Bowman	59	Don Bingham	Chicago Bears	halfback	Sul Ross State		Rookie card
	1953 Bowman	62	Ray Renfro	Cleveland Browns	halfback	North Texas		Rookie card Renfro played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Browns.
	1953 Bowman	63	Leon Heath	Washington Redskins	halfback	Oklahoma
	1953 Bowman	66	Robert Smith	Detroit Lions	defensive back, halfback	Tulsa, Iowa
	1953 Bowman	74	Julie Rykovich	Washington Redskins	halfback	Illinois, Notre Dame
	1953 Bowman	76	Lynn Chandnois	Pittsburgh Steelers	halfback	Michigan State		Chandnois led the NFL with 1593 all-purpose yards in 1953.
	1953 Bowman	87	John Williams	Washington Redskins	halfback, defensive back	USC		Rookie card Williams scored three non-offensive touchdowns in 1952, tying fellow rookie Ollie Matson for the NFL lead. He scored two touchdowns on punt returns and one on an interception.
	1953 Bowman	89	Frank Ziegler	Philadelphia Eagles	halfback	Georgia Tech
	1953 Bowman	92	Ken Carpenter	Cleveland Browns	halfback	Oregon State
	1953 Bowman	96	Billy Cross	Chicago Cardinals	halfback	West Texas A and M		According to his obituary at the Amarillo Globe-News, Cross held the career rushing record at West Texas State until Mercury Morris broke it in 1968.
	1953 Oregon		Farrell Albright		halfback	Oregon		Albright became a dentist. He had a practice in Mercer Island, Washington, for 30 years.
	1953 Oregon		Ted Anderson		halfback	Oregon
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Elroy Hirsch	Los Angeles Rams	end, halfback	Wisconsin, Michigan	College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968	Hirsch was second in the NFL in receiving yards in 1953, and he was voted first team All-Pro.
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Tom McCormick	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Pacific		1953 was McCormick's rookie year. He played four seasons for the Rams and San Francisco 49ers.
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Volney Quinlan	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	San Diego State		Quinlan had the NFL's longest run in 1953, a 74-yarder.
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Herb Rich	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Vanderbilt		Rich had 8 interceptions in 1952.
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Vitamin Smith	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Abilene Christian		Smith returned 3 kickoff returns for touchdowns in 1950. That was an NFL record until Travis Williams returned 4 in 1967.
	1953 Rams Team Issue		Dan Towler	Los Angeles Rams	halfback, fullback	Washington and Jefferson		Towler made the Pro Bowl in 1953, his second of four appearances.
	1954 Blue Ribbon		Jack Jacobs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	quarterback, halfback	Oklahoma	Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1963
	1954 Blue Ribbon		Tommy Ford	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	halfback

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