Rookie Football Cards, page 37
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1961 Fleer | 76 | Dick Modzelewski | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Maryland | College Hall of Fame 1993, Outland Trophy 1952 | Rookie card | ||
1961 Fleer | 80 | Nick Pietrosante | Detroit Lions | fullback | Notre Dame | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 83 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 91 | Tom Moore | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Vanderbilt | Rookie card, error card The Packers logo is reversed on all of the Packer cards in the 1961 Fleer set. |
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1961 Fleer | 92 | Boyd Dowler | Green Bay Packers | end, punter | Colorado | Packers Hall of Fame 1978 | Rookie card, error card The Packers logo is reversed on all of the Packer cards in the 1961 Fleer set. |
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1961 Fleer | 101 | Dick Bass | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Pacific | Rookie card Bass had the NFL's longest run (73 yards) and longest punt return (90 yards) in 1961. |
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1961 Fleer | 120 | Jimmy Orr | Pittsburgh Steelers | end | Georgia | Rookie card This card shows Orr with the Steelers, but the Steelers traded him to the Baltimore Colts before the 1961 season. |
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1961 Fleer | 128 | Dick Haley | Minnesota Vikings | halfback | Pittsburgh | Rookie card Haley played from 1959 to 1964 for the Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers. |
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1961 Fleer | 130 | Perry Richards | Minnesota Vikings | end | Detroit | Rookie card Richards played in a different city in each of his six seasons in the NFL and AFL. Starting in 1957, he played a year each for the PIttsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, and New York Titans. This card shows him with the Vikings because the Vikings had claimed him from the Cardinals in the 1961 NFL Expansion Draft. He never played for the Vikings, though. |
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1961 Fleer | 132 | Don Joyce | Minnesota Vikings | defensive end, defensive tackle | Tulane | Rookie card Joyce played from 1951 to 1962 for the Chicago Cardinals, Baltimore Colts, Minnesota Vikings, and Denver Broncos. He finally appeared on football cards in his 11th year in the NFL. |
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1961 Fleer | 134 | Wray Carlton | Buffalo Bills | fullback | Duke | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 138 | Mack Yoho | Buffalo Bills | tackle | Miami Ohio | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 139 | Phil Blazer | Buffalo Bills | guard | North Carolina | Rookie card Blazer did not play pro football in 1961. |
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1961 Fleer | 142 | Archie Matsos | Buffalo Bills | linebacker | Michigan State | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 147 | Lionel Taylor | Denver Broncos | end | New Mexico Highlands | Broncos Ring of Fame 1984 | Rookie card Taylor played linebacker for the NFL's Chicago Bears in 1959. |
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1961 Fleer | 148 | Eldon Danenhauer | Denver Broncos | tackle | Pittsburg State | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 152 | Goose Gonsoulin | Rookie card, error card The player pictured on this card is Darryl Rodgers, not Goose Gonsoulin. For more cards that picture the wrong player, see the Gallery's Mistaken Identities page. |
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Goose Gonsoulin | Denver Broncos | defensive back | Baylor | Broncos Ring of Fame 1984 | |||||
Darryl Rogers | coach | Fresno State | |||||||
1961 Fleer | 154 | Gordy Holz | Denver Broncos | defensive tackle | Minnesota | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 161 | Ernie Wright | San Diego Chargers | tackle | Ohio State | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 163 | Fred Cole | San Diego Chargers | guard | Maryland | Rookie card Cole played for the Chargers in 1960, but he did not play in 1961. |
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1961 Fleer | 164 | Jim Sears | San Diego Chargers | defensive back | USC | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 170 | Dave Smith | Houston Oilers | fullback | Ripon College | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 172 | Bill Groman | Houston Oilers | defensive end | Heidelberg | Rookie card In his six years in the AFL, Groman played on four championship teams: the 1960 and 1961 Houston Oilers, and the 1964 and 1965 Buffalo Bills. |
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1961 Fleer | 173 | Al Jamison | Houston Oilers | defensive tackle | Colgate | Rookie card | |||
1961 Fleer | 174 | Jim Norton | Houston Oilers | defensive back, punter | Idaho | Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | Rookie card |