Rookie Football Cards, page 27
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 | 21err | Byron White | halfback | Colorado | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card, error card The back of this card shows Gaynell Tinsley's bio, not White's. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 23 | Dick Kazmaier | quarterback | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1966, Heisman Trophy 1951 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 26 | Larry Kelley | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1969, Heisman Trophy 1936 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 28 | Mel Hein | center | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1954, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | fair | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 31 | George Sauer Sr. | fullback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Rookie card Sauer played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 34 | Davey O'Brien | quarterback | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1955, Heisman Trophy 1938 | Rookie card O'Brien played two seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1939, his rookie year, he broke Sammy Baugh's NFL record for most yards passing in a season. According to his page on the Heisman Trophy web site, he retired to become an FBI agent. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 35 | Tom Harmon | halfback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1940 | Rookie card The Chicago Bears chose Harmon with the first overall pick in the 1941 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 38 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | coach | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 42 | Eddie Tryon | halfback | Colgate | College Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 47 | Bo McMillin | quarterback | Centre | College Hall of Fame 1951 | Rookie card, error card McMillin's name is misspelled "McMillan" on this card. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 56 | Ernie Nevers | fullback | Stanford | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Nevers was the second football player ever to have his jersey number retired. (Red Grange was the first.) Stanford retired Nevers's number, 1, in 1926. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 59 | Doc Blanchard | fullback | Army | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1945 | Rookie card Blanchard was the first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. He placed third in Heisman voting in 1944, first in 1945, and fourth in 1946. See the Gallery's page of Heisman candidates. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 64 | Benny Friedman | quarterback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 66 | Bruiser Kinard | tackle | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card Kinard's brothers, George and Billy, also played professional football. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 69 | Frank Sinkwich | halfback | Georgia | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1942 | Rookie card Sinkwich played two seasons for the Detroit Lions and two seasons for the AAFC's New York Yankees and Baltimore Colts. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 76 | Angelo Bertelli | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1943 | Rookie card Bertelli was second in Heisman voting in 1941, sixth in 1942, and first in 1943. After serving in World War II, he played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons and Chicago Rockets. |
PSA 8 | ||
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 | 84 | Ace Parker | quarterback | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1955, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | Rookie card Before his death in November 2013, Parker was the oldest living pro football player. He was 101 years old. |
PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 97 | Don Hutson | end | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1951, Packers Hall of Fame 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | PSA 6, PSA 4 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 100 | Fats Henry | tackle | Washington and Jefferson | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | |||
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 | 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 | 41 | Roosevelt Brown | New York Giants | tackle | Morgan State | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975 | Rookie card | ||
1956 Topps | 43 | Gary Knafelc | Green Bay Packers | end | Colorado | Packers Hall of Fame 1996 | Rookie card | ||
1956 Topps | 44 | Joe Schmidt | Detroit Lions | linebacker | Pittsburgh | College Hall of Fame 2000, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1973 | Rookie card |