Halfback Football Cards, page 22
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1956 Topps | 96 | Buddy Young | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1968 | ||
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1956 Topps | 97 | Billy Wells | Washington Redskins | halfback | Michigan State | Short print | nm oc | |
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1956 Topps | 102 | Ron Waller | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Maryland | Rookie card | ||
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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. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 114 | Los Angeles Rams Team | Los Angeles Rams | This card pictures the 1955 Los Angeles Rams team. One of the players, Jack Bighead, was with the Baltimore Colts until early in 1955, so he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 115 | Al Carmichael | Green Bay Packers | halfback | USC | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | Carmichael returned a kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown in 1956. That was a new NFL record; it was not broken until Ellis Hobbs returned a kick 108 yards in 2007. | |
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1956 Topps | 119 | Chicago Bears Team | Chicago Bears | This card pictures the 1955 Chicago Bears team. One of the players on the card, Harry Hugasian, played part of the 1955 season for the Baltimore Colts, and he also appears on the Colts team card. | ||||
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1956 Topps | 120 | Billy Vessels | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1974, Heisman Trophy 1952 | Rookie card Vessels played for the Edmonton Eskimos, then with the Western Interprovincial Football Union, in 1953. He won the Canadian Rugby Union's most outstanding player award, the Schenley Award, that season. After serving in the U.S. military, Vessels played the 1956 season with the Baltimore Colts. |
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1957 49ers Team Issue | Joe Arenas | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Nebraska - Omaha | Arenas attempted 3 passes in 1957, and he completed all 3 of them. The went for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns. | nm | ||
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1957 49ers Team Issue | Tom Harmon | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1940 | Harmon won the Heisman Trophy in 1940. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | ||
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1957 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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1957 49ers Team Issue | R.C. Owens | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, end | College of Idaho | 49ers Hall of Fame 2011 | Owens's full name was Raleigh C. Owens. He played from 1957 to 1964 with the 49ers, Baltimore Colts, and New York Giants. | ||
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1957 49ers Team Issue | J.D. Smith | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | North Carolina A and T | exmt | |||
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1957 Giants Team Issue | Gene Filipski | New York Giants | halfback | Villanova, Army | nm+ | |||
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1957 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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1957 Giants Team Issue | Dennis Mendyk | New York Giants | halfback | Michigan State | ex | |||
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1957 Giants Team Issue | Alex Webster | New York Giants | halfback | North Carolina State | Giants Ring of Honor 2011 | |||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Jon Arnett | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 2001 | |||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Ron Waller | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Maryland | exmt | |||
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1957 Rams Team Issue | Tom Wilson | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | nm | ||||
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1957 Topps | 4 | Lou Baldacci | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Michigan | Rookie card | ||
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1957 Topps | 7 | Bobby Watkins | Chicago Bears | halfback | Ohio State | |||
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1957 Topps | 19 | Perry Jeter | Chicago Bears | halfback | Cal Poly | Rookie card | ||
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1957 Topps | 29 | Billy Vessels | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1974, Heisman Trophy 1952 | Vessels did not play in 1957; he left football after the 1956 season. |