1949 Leaf 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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1949 Leaf | 47 | Fred Enke | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Arizona | |||
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1949 Leaf | 49 | Charley Conerly | New York Giants | quarterback | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | Conerly had the NFL's longest pass completion in 1949, 85 yards to Gene Roberts. | |
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1949 Leaf | 51 | Ken Kavanaugh | Chicago Bears | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1963 | vg-ex | |
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1949 Leaf | 52 | Bob DeMoss | New York Bulldogs | quarterback | Purdue | vg-ex | ||
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1949 Leaf | 56 | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | Lujack led the NFL with 162 pass completions, 2658 passing yards, and 23 touchdown passes in 1949. | |
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1949 Leaf | 57 | Jim Youel | Detroit Lions | quarterback, defensive back | Iowa | |||
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1949 Leaf | 62 | Harry Gilmer | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1993 | ||
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1949 Leaf | 65 | Robert Nussbaumer | Chicago Cardinals | halfback, defensive back | Michigan | Nussbaumer led the NFL with 12 interceptions in 1949. | vg | |
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1949 Leaf | 67 | Bobby Layne | New York Bulldogs | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Error card Layne's first name is misspelled "Bobbie" on this card. |
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1949 Leaf | 70 | Herb Siegert | Washington Redskins | guard, linebacker | Illinois | Siegert's brother, Wayne Siegert, played for the NFL's New York Yanks in 1951. | ||
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1949 Leaf | 74 | Skip Minisi | New York Giants | halfback | Pennsylvania, Navy | College Hall of Fame 1985 | vg+ | |
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1949 Leaf | 79 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | LSU | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Van Buren rushed for 205 yards in a game against Pittsburgh in 1949, setting an Eagles team record that stood until 2013. | |
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1949 Leaf | 81 | Perry Moss | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Tulsa, Illinois | Moss did not play in 1949. From 1949 to 2000--51 years--he held coaching positions with a wide range of college, pro, and semi-pro teams. | ||
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1949 Leaf | 89 | Bob Waterfield | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, kicker | UCLA | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Waterfield and Cliff Patton tied for theNFL lead in field goals made in 1949. Each had 9. | |
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1949 Leaf | 90 | Jack Jacobs | Green Bay Packers | quarterback, halfback | Oklahoma | Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1963 | ||
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1949 Leaf | 95 | Kenny Washington | Los Angeles Rams | fullback, halfback | UCLA | College Hall of Fame 1956 | PSA 3 | |
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1949 Leaf | 101 | Pat Harder | Chicago Cardinals | fullback, kicker | Wisconsin | College Hall of Fame 1993 | Error card Harder's name is misspelled "Harber" on this card. |
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1949 Leaf | 110 | Bill Swiacki | New York Giants | end | Holy Cross, Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1976 | Swiacki placed eighth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1947. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | vg-ex+ |
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1949 Leaf | 118 | Fred Davis | Chicago Bears | guard, tackle | Alabama | ex | ||
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1949 Leaf | 126 | Jay Rhodemyre | Green Bay Packers | center | Kentucky | |||
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1949 Leaf | 127 | Frank Seno | New York Bulldogs | halfback | George Washington | vg-ex | ||
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1949 Leaf | 134 | Chuck Bednarik | Philadelphia Eagles | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
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1949 Leaf | 144 | George Savitsky | Philadelphia Eagles | tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1991 | Savitsky played two seasons with Philadelphia, 1948 and 1949. In those two seasons, the Eagles won two of their three NFL championships. | |
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1949 Leaf | 150 | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | center, linebacker | Hardin-Simmons | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 |