Halfback Football Cards, page 21
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1956 Topps | 5 | Alex Webster | New York Giants | halfback | North Carolina State | Giants Ring of Honor 2011 | Rookie card Webster played for the Giants from 1955 to 1964. |
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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 | 13 | Vic Janowicz | Washington Redskins | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1976, Heisman Trophy 1950 | Short print Janowicz was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. |
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1956 Topps | 16 | Harold Giancanelli | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | Loyola Marymount | |||
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1956 Topps | 22 | Chicago Cardinals Team | Chicago Cardinals | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Cardinals team. |
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1956 Topps | 25 | Leon Heath | Washington Redskins | halfback | Oklahoma | Short print According to nfl.com, Heath played in the NFL from 1951 to 1953. I don't know why he appeared on a card in 1956. |
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1956 Topps | 26 | San Francisco 49ers Team | San Francisco 49ers | This card pictures the 1955 49ers team. Most of the players on the card also appeared on 1955 49ers Team Issue Photos. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 31 | Howard Ferguson | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | |||
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1956 Topps | 34 | Dave Mann | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Oregon State | Rookie card, short print Mann played for the Chicago Cardinals from 1955 to 1957, and for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 1958 and from 1960 to 1970. |
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1956 Topps | 38 | Joe Arenas | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Nebraska - Omaha | Arenas led the NFL with 814 combined kick and punt return yards in 1956. | ||
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1956 Topps | 39 | Lynn Chandnois | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Michigan State | |||
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1956 Topps | 40 | Philadelphia Eagles Team | Philadelphia Eagles | This card pictures the 1955 Philadelphia Eagles team. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 45 | Cleveland Browns Team | Cleveland Browns | This card pictures the 1955 Cleveland Browns team. 1955 was Otto Graham's last season, and the Browns won the NFL Championship. Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll was a linebacker on the team. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 48 | Baltimore Colts Team | Baltimore Colts | This card pictures the 1955 Baltimore Colts team. Hall of Fame NFL coach Don Shula is in the front row. Leroy Vaughn, father of major league baseball's Mo Vaughn, is in the back row. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 50 | Hugh McElhenny | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | McElhenny had the NFL's longest run in 1956, 86 yards. | |
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1956 Topps | 53 | 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 Topps | 60 | Lenny Moore | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Penn State | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975, Ravens Ring of Honor 2002 | Rookie card Moore was named the 1956 UPI NFL Rookie of the Year. This card pictures him in his Penn State uniform. You can see the original black-and-white image here. |
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1956 Topps | 61 | Washington Redskins Team | Washington Redskins | Short print This card pictures the 1955 Washington Redskins team. About 15 of the players never appeared on cards of their own. |
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1956 Topps | 63 | Pittsburgh Steelers Team | Pittsburgh Steelers | This card pictures the 1955 Steelers team. For a larger version of the image on the card, see the 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers page at steelersuk.com. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 69 | Ray Renfro | Cleveland Browns | halfback | North Texas | |||
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1956 Topps | 78 | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | ||
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1956 Topps | 81 | Fred Morrison | Cleveland Browns | halfback | Ohio State | |||
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1956 Topps | 90 | Dan Towler | Los Angeles Rams | halfback, fullback | Washington and Jefferson | |||
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1956 Topps | 92 | Detroit Lions Team | Detroit Lions | This card pictures the 1955 Lions team. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 95 | Bobby Watkins | Chicago Bears | halfback | Ohio State |