Rookie Football Cards, page 42
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1962 Fleer | 71 | Wayne Hawkins | Oakland Raiders | guard | Pacific | Rookie card Hawkins played in 136 of the Raiders' 140 regular season AFL games. |
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1962 Fleer | 74 | Fred Williamson | Oakland Raiders | defensive back | Northwestern | Rookie card Williamson had a 91-yard interception return in 1962, longest in the AFL. |
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1962 Fleer | 77 | Charlie Powell | Oakland Raiders | defensive end | Rookie card, error card Powell's name is misspelled "Charley" on this card. |
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1962 Fleer | 84 | Dick Harris | San Diego Chargers | defensive back | McNeese State | Rookie card | nm | |
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1962 Fleer | 85 | Bill Hudson | San Diego Chargers | defensive tackle | Clemson | Rookie card | ||
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1962 Fleer | 86 | Ernie Ladd | San Diego Chargers | defensive tackle | Grambling | Chargers Hall of Fame 1981 | Rookie card | |
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1962 Fleer | 87 | Earl Faison | San Diego Chargers | defensive end | Indiana | Chargers Hall of Fame 1986 | Rookie card Faison was the 1961 AFL Rookie of the Year. |
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1962 Topps | 3 | Alex Hawkins | Baltimore Colts | halfback | South Carolina | Rookie card, short print | PSA 8 | |
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1962 Topps | 7 | Tom Gilburg | Baltimore Colts | tackle, punter | Syracuse | Rookie card, short print Gilburg was the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1975 to 2002. His overall record was 160-112-2. |
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1962 Topps | 11 | Wendell Harris | Baltimore Colts | defensive back | LSU | Rookie card, short print Harris was a running back in college, but the Colts played him at defensive back. He played three seasons for the Colts and two for the New York Giants. |
PSA 8 | |
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1962 Topps | 17 | Mike Ditka | Chicago Bears | tight end | Pittsburgh | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1988 | Rookie card, short print | PSA 5, PSA 3, PSA 2 |
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1962 Topps | 19 | Roger LeClerc | Chicago Bears | linebacker, kicker | Trinity | Rookie card, short print | exmt | |
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1962 Topps | 20 | Angelo Coia | Chicago Bears | end | Citadel, USC | Rookie card Coia played from 1960 to 1966 for the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, and Atlanta Falcons. |
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1962 Topps | 23 | Richie Petitbon | Chicago Bears | defensive back, coach | Tulane | Commanders Ring of Fame | Rookie card Petitbon had a 101-yard interception return in 1962, longest in the NFL. |
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1962 Topps | 24 | Ron Bull | Chicago Bears | running back | Baylor | Rookie card, short print Bull was the UPI NFL Rookie of the Year in 1962. |
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1962 Topps | 29 | Rich Kreitling | Cleveland Browns | end | Illinois | Rookie card Seven years after issuing this card, Topps reused its black-and-white inset photo on the cover of the San Diego Chargers 1969 Topps Mini-Card Album. |
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1962 Topps | 36 | Ernie Davis | Cleveland Browns | halfback | Syracuse | College Hall of Fame 1979, Heisman Trophy 1961 | Rookie card, short print Though Davis died of leukemia before he could play for the Browns, the team retired his number, 45. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams. |
PSA 7 |
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1962 Topps | 41 | Don Perkins | Dallas Cowboys | halfback | New Mexico | Cowboys Ring of Honor 1976 | Rookie card Topps reused the image in the inset photo of this card on the cover of the Minnesota Vikings 1969 Topps Mini-Card Album. I believe the player is J.D. Smith of the San Francisco 49ers, however, not Don Perkins. His jersey number is altered on this card. |
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1962 Topps | 44 | Mike Connelly | Dallas Cowboys | center | Utah State, Michigan State | Rookie card | ||
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1962 Topps | 46 | Don Bishop | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Los Angeles City | Rookie card, short print | ||
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1962 Topps | 69 | Fuzzy Thurston | Green Bay Packers | guard | Valparaiso | Packers Hall of Fame 1975 | Rookie card | |
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1962 Topps | 74 | Earl Gros | Green Bay Packers | running back | LSU | Rookie card, short print | ||
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1962 Topps | 82 | Carroll Dale | Los Angeles Rams | end | Virginia Tech | College Hall of Fame 1987, Packers Hall of Fame 1979 | Rookie card, short print | |
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1962 Topps | 85 | Danny Villanueva | Los Angeles Rams | kicker, punter | New Mexico State | Rookie card Villanueva led the NFL with 87 punts and 3960 punting yards in 1962. |
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1962 Topps | 88 | Roman Gabriel | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | North Carolina State | College Hall of Fame 1989 | Rookie card, short print The player in the inset photo on this card isn't Roman Gabriel. It is Y.A. Tittle. |
























