1950 Bread for Health Labels
There are 32 labels in the 1950 Bread for Health set. The labels are just under 3 inches square, and they were used to seal the ends of packages of bread. (See U.S. Patent 2,222,785 for an illustration.) According to Beckett, two of the bakeries that used the labels were NBC Bread, of Michigan; and Fisher's Bread, of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
The labels picture NFL stars of the day. As far as I know, two of the players, Jack Russell and Joe Signaigo, never appeared on standard football cards. The labels are not numbered, so I have listed them in alphabetical order.
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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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Frankie Albert | San Francisco 49ers | quarterback, coach | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Albert starred in a movie named The Spirit of Stanford in 1942. | ||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Elmer Angsman | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Notre Dame | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Dick Barwegen | Baltimore Colts | guard | Purdue | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Baugh had the NFL's longest punt in five straight seasons, 1940 to 1944. | ||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Charley Conerly | New York Giants | quarterback | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Glenn Davis | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Army, Cal Poly Pomona | College Hall of Fame 1961, Heisman Trophy 1946 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Don Doll | Detroit Lions | defensive back | USC | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Tom Fears | Los Angeles Rams | end | UCLA, Santa Clara | College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Harry Gilmer | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1993 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Otto Graham | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was the MVP of the 1951 Pro Bowl (played after the 1950 season). | ||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Pat Harder | Chicago Cardinals | fullback, kicker | Wisconsin | College Hall of Fame 1993 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Bobby Layne | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | John Panelli | Detroit Lions | fullback, linebacker | Notre Dame | Panelli was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Barney Poole | New York Yanks | end | Army, Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1974 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | George Ratterman | New York Yanks | quarterback | Notre Dame | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Tobin Rote | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Rice | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Jack Russell | New York Yanks | end | Baylor | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Lou Rymkus | Cleveland Browns | tackle, coach | Notre Dame | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Joe Signaigo | New York Yanks | guard | Notre Dame | ||||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Mac Speedie | Cleveland Browns | end | Utah | Browns Ring of Honor 2021, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Bill Swiacki | New York Giants | end | Holy Cross, Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1976 | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Tommy Thompson | Philadelphia Eagles | quarterback, coach | Tulsa | Thompson played nine seasons in the NFL: one with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and eight with the Eagles. After his NFL career, he was a player-coach for one season for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. | |||
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1950 Bread for Health Labels | Y.A. Tittle | Baltimore Colts | quarterback | LSU | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 |