Rookie Football Cards, page 108
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1979 Topps | 223 | Jim Obradovich | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | tight end | USC | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 228 | Randy Dean | New York Giants | quarterback | Northwestern | Rookie card Dean and his twin brother, Robert Dean, played on the 1976 U.S. Olympic handball team. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. |
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1979 Topps | 231 | Mike Dawson | St. Louis Cardinals | defensive tackle | Arizona | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 233 | Ken MacAfee II | San Francisco 49ers | tight end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1999 | Rookie card MacAfee's father, also named Ken MacAfee, played six seasons in the NFL. For more cards of father-son pairs, see the Gallery's Fathers and Sons page. |
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1979 Topps | 238 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | Kansas City Chiefs | punter, kicker | UCLA | Rookie card Andrusyshyn played just one season, 1978, in the NFL. Before and after that year, he played 15 seasons in the CFL and USFL. |
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1979 Topps | 245 | Blair Bush | Cincinnati Bengals | center | Washington | Rookie card Bush played 17 seasons in the NFL. |
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1979 Topps | 253 | Gary Danielson | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Purdue | Rookie card Danielson played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975. |
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1979 Topps | 258 | Ricky Bell | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | running back | USC | College Hall of Fame 2003 | Rookie card Bell finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1975, and second in 1976. (See the Gallery's page of Heisman Trophy candidates.) He was the first overall pick in the 1977 NFL Draft. |
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1979 Topps | 267 | Matt Robinson | New York Jets | quarterback | Georgia | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 272 | Eason Ramson | St. Louis Cardinals | tight end | Washington State | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 273 | Steve Towle | Miami Dolphins | linebacker | Kansas | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 276 | Bob Kuziel | Washington Redskins | center, tackle | Pittsburgh | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 289 | Scott Perry | Cincinnati Bengals | defensive back | Williams College | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 297 | Ricky Thompson | Washington Redskins | wide receiver | Baylor | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 302 | Scott Bull | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback | Arkansas | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 307 | Shafer Suggs | New York Jets | defensive back | Ball State | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 308 | Ozzie Newsome | Cleveland Browns | tight end | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1994, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1999 | Rookie card | |
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1979 Topps | 310 | James Lofton | Green Bay Packers | wide receiver | Stanford | Packers Hall of Fame 1999, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2003 | Rookie card | |
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1979 Topps | 316 | Larry Tearry | Detroit Lions | center | Wake Forest | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 322 | George Roberts | Miami Dolphins | punter | Virginia Tech | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 327 | Derrick Gaffney | New York Jets | wide receiver | Florida | Rookie card Gaffney's brother, Don Gaffney, was the first Black player to start at quarterback for the Florida Gators. Gaffney's son, Jabar Gaffney, played wide receiver for 12 seasons in the NFL. |
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1979 Topps | 339 | Stan Walters | Philadelphia Eagles | tackle | Syracuse | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 341 | Horace Ivory | New England Patriots | running back | Oklahoma | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 343 | Greg Coleman | Minnesota Vikings | punter | Florida A and M | Rookie card | ||
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1979 Topps | 344 | Doug English | Detroit Lions | defensive tackle | Texas | College Hall of Fame 2011 | Rookie card |