1961 Topps Football Cards, page 2
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1961 Topps | 26 | Jack Patera | Dallas Cowboys | linebacker | Oregon | Rookie card Patera's brother, Dennis Patera, was a kicker for the San Francisco 49ers in 1968. |
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1961 Topps | 27 | Tom Franckhauser | Dallas Cowboys | defensive back | Purdue | Rookie card, error card Franckhauser's name is misspelled "Frankhauser" on this card. |
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1961 Topps | 28 | Dallas Cowboys Team | Dallas Cowboys | |||||
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1961 Topps | 29 | Jim Ninowski | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Michigan State | |||
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1961 Topps | 30 | Dan Lewis | Detroit Lions | halfback | Wisconsin | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Topps | 31 | Nick Pietrosante | Detroit Lions | fullback | Notre Dame | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Topps | 32 | Gail Cogdill | Detroit Lions | end | Washington State | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Topps | 33 | Jim Gibbons | Detroit Lions | end | Iowa | PSA 8 | ||
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1961 Topps | 34 | Jim Martin | Detroit Lions | linebacker, kicker | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1995 | ex | |
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1961 Topps | 35 | Alex Karras | Detroit Lions | defensive tackle | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Karras finished second to John David Crow in voting for the 1957 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman Trophy candidates. | |
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1961 Topps | 36 | Joe Schmidt | Detroit Lions | linebacker | Pittsburgh | College Hall of Fame 2000, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1973 | ||
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1961 Topps | 37 | Detroit Lions Team | Detroit Lions | |||||
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1961 Topps | 38 | Paul Hornung Sets NFL Scoring Record | PSA 7 | |||||
| Paul Hornung | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1985, Heisman Trophy 1956, Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | |||||
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1961 Topps | 39 | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Alabama | Packers Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | ||
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1961 Topps | 40 | Paul Hornung | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1985, Heisman Trophy 1956, Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | PSA 8 | |
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1961 Topps | 41 | Jim Taylor | Green Bay Packers | fullback | LSU | Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1976 | PSA 9 | |
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1961 Topps | 42 | Max McGee | Green Bay Packers | end | Tulane | Packers Hall of Fame 1975 | McGee scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history. He also scored another touchdown in Super Bowl I. | |
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1961 Topps | 43 | Boyd Dowler | Green Bay Packers | end, punter | Colorado | Packers Hall of Fame 1978 | Rookie card Dowler was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. |
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1961 Topps | 44 | Jim Ringo | Green Bay Packers | center | Syracuse | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Packers Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981 | ||
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1961 Topps | 45 | Henry Jordan | Green Bay Packers | tackle | Virginia | Packers Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1995 | Rookie card | PSA 7 |
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1961 Topps | 46 | Bill Forester | Green Bay Packers | linebacker | SMU | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | ||
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1961 Topps | 47 | Green Bay Packers Team | Green Bay Packers | Though printed in 1961, this card pictures the 1958 Packers team. | PSA 9 | |||
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1961 Topps | 48 | Frank Ryan | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | Rice | |||
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1961 Topps | 49 | Jon Arnett | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 2001 | ||
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1961 Topps | 50 | Ollie Matson | Los Angeles Rams | fullback, defensive back | San Francisco | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1976, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | ||