1935 Diamond Matchbooks
There are 96 Matchbooks in the 1935 Diamond Matchbooks set: 85 picturing NFL players, and 11 picturing players from the University of Georgia. Only 7 of the 9 NFL teams are represented, however; no Brooklyn Dodgers or Green Bay Packers appear in the set. I don't know why those two teams were omitted, or why only one college was included.
Jeff Payne provided the images for this set. Thanks, Jeff!
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Alf Anderson | quarterback | Georgia | Anderson played major league baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He eventually appeared on a 1977 TCMA "The War Years" baseball card. You can see it on the Gallery's Cards in Multiple Sports page. | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Alec Ashford | end | Georgia | |||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Gene Augusterfer | Pittsburgh Pirates | fullback, defensive back | Catholic University | Augusterfer played in one game in 1935, the only game of his NFL career. See the Gallery's Cups of Coffee page for cards of other players who appeared in exactly one NFL, AFL, or AAFC game. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Red Badgro | New York Giants | end | USC | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1981 | Badgro played ten seasons in the NFL: two for the New York Yankees, seven for the Giants, and one for the Brooklyn Dodgers. | ||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Harry Benson | Philadelphia Eagles | guard | Western Maryland | Benson was killed in action in World War II. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Tony Blazine | Chicago Cardinals | tackle | Illinois Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 2002 | Blazine played six seasons for the Cardinals and two for the New York Giants. | ||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | John Bond | Georgia | ||||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Maurice Bray | Pittsburgh Pirates | tackle | SMU | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Dale Burnett | New York Giants | back | Emporia State | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Charles Bush | Pittsburgh Pirates | Indiana State | |||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Ernie Caddel | Detroit Lions | wingback | Stanford | Caddel led the NFL with 6 rushing touchdowns and 5.2 yards per rushing attempt in 1935. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Zuck Carlson | Chicago Bears | guard | Oregon State | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Joe Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | end | West Virginia | Carter played eleven years in the NFL: eight with the Eagles, and one each with the Green Bay Packers, Brooklyn Tigers, and Chicago Cardinals. He led the league with 16 receptions in 1934. | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Cy Casper | Pittsburgh Pirates | back | TCU | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Paul Causey | guard | Georgia | |||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Frank Christensen | Detroit Lions | halfback | Utah | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Stu Clancy | New York Giants | back | Holy Cross | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Paul Collins | Boston Redskins | end, defensive end | Pittsburgh | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Dave Cook | Chicago Cardinals | back | Illinois | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Fred Crawford | Chicago Bears | end, tackle | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1973 | |||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Paul Cuba | Philadelphia Eagles | tackle | Pittsburgh | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Harry Ebding | Detroit Lions | end | St. Mary's | ||||
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1935 Diamond Matchbooks | Turk Edwards | Boston Redskins | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 |