1950 Bowman Football Cards

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There are 144 cards in the 1950 Bowman football card set; they were printed on 4 sheets. The Gallery's 1950 Bowman virtual uncut sheet page shows what the sheets looked like. Though the price guides do not say that any of the cards are short prints, it appears to me that the last sheet, which held cards 109-144, was printed in somewhat smaller numbers than the others.

Also see my blog article, B is for Bowman, for an overview of the 1948-1955 Bowman football card sets.

Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1950 Bowman set: Tony Canadeo, Tom Fears, Jim Finks, Otto Graham, Lou Groza, Elroy Hirsch, Dante Lavelli, Marion Motley, Joe Perry, Mac Speedie, Y.A. Tittle. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1950 Bowman set: Glenn Davis.

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Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1950 Bowman	1	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions	halfback	SMU	College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986	Walker led the NFL in scoring in 1950, with 128 points. He was the 1950 rookie of the year.
1950 Bowman	2	John Greene	Detroit Lions	end	Michigan		Rookie card Greene was a lineman in college, and he played guard for the Lions in his first season, 1944. He switched to end in 1945, and he averaged 16.9 yards per catch for his career. 1950 was his last season.
1950 Bowman	3	Bob Nowaskey	Baltimore Colts	end, linebacker	George Washington		Rookie card, error card Nowaskey's last name is misspelled "Nowasky" on the back of this card.	nm+
1950 Bowman	4	Jonathan Jenkins	Baltimore Colts	tackle	Dartmouth		Rookie card Jenkins played three games for the Colts and one for the New York Yanks in 1950. He had been with the Colts in the AAFC in 1949.	exmt
1950 Bowman	5	Y.A. Tittle	Baltimore Colts	quarterback	LSU	49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971	Rookie card Tittle started his career with the AAFC's Baltimore Colts in 1948. He remained with the team when it joined the NFL in 1950. He led the league in pass completions that year, with 161.
1950 Bowman	6	Lou Groza	Cleveland Browns	tackle, kicker	Ohio State	Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974	Rookie card Groza played 21 seasons for the Browns: 4 in the AAFC and 17 in the NFL.	BVG 9.5, PSA 5, PSA 3
1950 Bowman	7	Alex Agase	Cleveland Browns	guard	Illinois	College Hall of Fame 1963	Rookie card Agase played 3 seasons for the Chicago Rockets, Los Angeles Dons, and Cleveland Browns of the AAFC, then 3 seasons for the Browns and Baltimore Colts of the NFL. He later held head coaching jobs at Northwestern and Purdue.	nm
1950 Bowman	8	Mac Speedie	Cleveland Browns	end	Utah	Browns Ring of Honor 2021, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Rookie card Speedie played from 1946 to 1952 for the Browns, then he played three seasons in the CFL.	PSA 5, PSA 4, PSA 3
1950 Bowman	9	Tony Canadeo	Green Bay Packers	halfback	Gonzaga	Packers Hall of Fame 1973, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974	Rookie card Canadeo played from 1941 to 1952 for the Packers. He missed most of the 1944 season and all of the 1945 season to serve in World War II.	PSA 5
1950 Bowman	10	Larry Craig	Green Bay Packers	end	South Carolina	Packers Hall of Fame 1973	Rookie card Craig played from 1939 to 1949 for the Packers. He did not play in 1950, the year he finally appeared on a football card.
1950 Bowman	11	Ted Fritsch Sr.	Green Bay Packers	fullback	Wisconsin - Stevens Point	Packers Hall of Fame 1973	Fritsch's son, Ted Fritsch Jr., played seven seasons in the NFL.
1950 Bowman	12	Joe Golding	New York Yanks	halfback	Oklahoma		Rookie card Golding played from 1947 to 1952 for the Boston/New York Yanks. He led the NFL with five fumble recoveries in 1948.	exmt
1950 Bowman	13	Martin Ruby	New York Yanks	tackle	Texas A and M	Canadian Football Hall of Fame 1974	Rookie card 1950 was Ruby's only season in the NFL. He had played four years in the AAFC, and he went on to play seven years for Saskatchewan in the CFL.	nm
1950 Bowman	14	George Taliaferro	New York Yanks	halfback	Indiana	College Hall of Fame 1981	Taliaferro was the first Black player ever drafted by an NFL team. The Chicago Bears picked him in 1949, but he opted to play for the Los Angeles Dons of the AAFC.
1950 Bowman	15	Tank Younger	Los Angeles Rams	fullback	Grambling	College Hall of Fame 2000	Rookie card Younger played from 1949 to 1958 for the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers.
1950 Bowman	16	Glenn Davis	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Army, Cal Poly Pomona	College Hall of Fame 1961, Heisman Trophy 1946	Rookie card Davis finished second in Heisman voting in 1944, second in 1945, and first in 1946. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates.
1950 Bowman	17	Bob Waterfield	Los Angeles Rams	quarterback, kicker	UCLA	Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965
1950 Bowman	18	Val Jansante	Pittsburgh Steelers	end	Duquesne, Villanova			nm+
1950 Bowman	19	Joe Geri	Pittsburgh Steelers	halfback	Georgia
1950 Bowman	20	Jerry Nuzum	Pittsburgh Steelers	halfback	Compton Community College, New Mexico A and M		Rookie card
1950 Bowman	21	Elmer Angsman	Chicago Cardinals	halfback	Notre Dame
1950 Bowman	22	Billy Dewell	Chicago Cardinals	end	SMU			nm
1950 Bowman	23	Steve Van Buren	Philadelphia Eagles	halfback	LSU	Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965	Van Buren was the NFL's leading rusher in 1945, 1947, 1948, and 1949.
1950 Bowman	24	Cliff Patton	Philadelphia Eagles	guard, kicker	TCU		Rookie card Patton led the NFL with 8 field goals in 1948 and 9 in 1949. (Bob Waterfield also kicked 9 in 1949.)	exmt
1950 Bowman	25	Bosh Pritchard	Philadelphia Eagles	halfback	Virginia Military Institute, Georgia Tech			nm+ oc

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