Halfback Football Cards, page 20
| 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 | 78 | Jay Berwanger | halfback | Chicago | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1935 | Rookie card Berwanger was the first Heisman Trophy winner and the first player ever chosen in the NFL draft. He decided not to play pro football, however. See the Gallery's Heisman Trophy Candidates and First Overall Draft Picks pages. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 79 | Pug Lund | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1958 | Lund won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1934. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 88 | Ralph Kercheval | halfback | Kentucky | ||||
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1955 Topps All-American | 89 | Marshall Goldberg | halfback | Pittsburgh | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1958 | Goldberg was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979 and 2008. See the Gallery's Almost Hall of Famers page. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 90 | Charley O'Rourke | halfback | Boston College | College Hall of Fame 1972 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 91 | Bob Odell | halfback | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1992 | Error card The player pictured on this card is actually Howard Odell, Bob Odell's brother. Howard Odell played at the University of Pittsburgh. See the Gallery's Mistaken Identities page for more football cards that picture the wrong player. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 93 | Willie Heston | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 95 | Chris Cagle | halfback | Army, Louisiana-Lafayette | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Cagle played college football for eight years, according to his College Football Hall of Fame page. | ||
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1955 Topps All-American | 96 | Bill Hollenback | halfback | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1951 | |||
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1955 Topps All-American | 98 | Beattie Feathers | halfback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1955 | Feathers was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970. See the Gallery's Almost Hall of Famers page. | PSA 7 | |
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Joe Arenas | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Nebraska - Omaha | Arenas served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. He was seriously wounded at Iwo Jima and later received a Purple Heart. | nm | ||
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1956 49ers Team Issue | Rex Berry | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, defensive back | Brigham Young | Berry played for the 49ers from 1951 to 1956, but he never appeared on a regular issue football card. | |||
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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 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 | Henry Moore | New York Giants | defensive back, halfback | Arkansas | Moore recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown in the 1956 NFL Championship game. The Giants beat the Bears, 47-7. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Alex Webster | New York Giants | halfback | North Carolina State | Giants Ring of Honor 2011 | Webster ran for two touchdowns in the 1956 NFL Championship game against the Bears. The Giants won, 47-7. | ||
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1956 Parkhurst | 4 | John Bright | Edmonton Eskimos | halfback | Drake | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1970, College Hall of Fame 1984 | ||
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1956 Parkhurst | 16 | Ken Carpenter | Saskatchewan Roughriders | halfback | Oregon State | |||
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1956 Parkhurst | 18 | Bob Marlow | Saskatchewan Roughriders | halfback | Alabama | |||
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1956 Parkhurst | 24 | Lynn Bottoms | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | Washington | |||
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1956 Parkhurst | 25 | Aramis Dandoy | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | USC | Dandoy still holds the Rose Bowl record for longest punt return. He returned a punt for 86 yards and a touchdown against Ohio State in 1955. | ||
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1956 Parkhurst | 26 | Pete Maxwell-Muir | Calgary Stampeders | halfback | Western Washington | Error card Maxwell-Muir's last name is mistakenly shortened to "Muir" on the back of this card. |
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1956 Parkhurst | 36 | Bob McNamara | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | Minnesota | McNamara placed tenth in voting for the 1954 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | ||
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1956 Parkhurst | 38 | Gord Rowland | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | ||||
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1956 Parkhurst | 39 | Glenn McWhinney | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | halfback | Error card McWhinney's first name is misspelled "Glen" on the back of this card. |