1951 Bowman Football Cards, page 3
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1951 Bowman | 51 | Ed Sprinkle | Chicago Bears | end | Hardin-Simmons, Navy | Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Rookie card Sprinkle played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Bears. According to Sprinkle's obituary in the New York Times, George Halas honored Sprinkle by assigning him number 7, Halas's number as a player. |
PSA 3.5, PSA 4, good+ |
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1951 Bowman | 52 | Floyd Reid | Green Bay Packers | halfback, coach | Georgia | Rookie card | ||
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1951 Bowman | 53 | Billy Grimes | Green Bay Packers | halfback | Oklahoma State | |||
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1951 Bowman | 54 | Ted Fritsch Sr. | Green Bay Packers | fullback | Wisconsin - Stevens Point | Packers Hall of Fame 1973 | Fritsch did not play in 1951. | |
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1951 Bowman | 55 | Al DeRogatis | New York Giants | tackle | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1986 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 56 | Charley Conerly | New York Giants | quarterback | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 57 | Jon Baker | New York Giants | guard | California | |||
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1951 Bowman | 58 | Tom McWilliams | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback, defensive back | Mississippi State, Army | McWilliams placed 10th in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1944. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman candidates. | ||
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1951 Bowman | 59 | Jerry Shipkey | Pittsburgh Steelers | fullback | USC, UCLA | |||
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1951 Bowman | 60 | Lynn Chandnois | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Michigan State | Rookie card Chandnois led the NFL with 32.5 yards per kickoff return in 1951. |
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1951 Bowman | 61 | Don Doll | Detroit Lions | defensive back | USC | Doll gained 301 yards returning interceptions in 1949. That is still an NFL record for a rookie. | ||
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1951 Bowman | 62 | Lou Creekmur | Detroit Lions | tackle | William and Mary | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | PSA 7.5, exmt | |
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1951 Bowman | 63 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | Detroit Lions | halfback | Indiana | |||
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1951 Bowman | 64 | Tom Wham | Chicago Cardinals | end | Furman | |||
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1951 Bowman | 65 | Bill Fischer | Chicago Cardinals | tackle, guard | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1983, Outland Trophy 1948 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 66 | Robert Nussbaumer | Chicago Cardinals | halfback, defensive back | Michigan | |||
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1951 Bowman | 67 | Gordon Soltau | San Francisco 49ers | end, kicker | Minnesota | Rookie card In a game against the Rams in 1951, Soltau scored 26 points on 3 touchdowns, 1 field goal, and 5 extra points. That was a 49ers record until Jerry Rice scored 30 points in a game in 1990. |
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1951 Bowman | 68 | Visco Grgich | San Francisco 49ers | guard, tackle | Santa Clara | |||
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1951 Bowman | 69 | John Strzykalski | San Francisco 49ers | halfback, defensive back | Marquette | |||
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1951 Bowman | 70 | Pete Stout | Washington Redskins | fullback | North Texas, TCU | |||
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1951 Bowman | 71 | Paul Lipscomb | Washington Redskins | tackle | Tennessee | |||
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1951 Bowman | 72 | Harry Gilmer | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1993 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 73 | Dante Lavelli | Cleveland Browns | end | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 74 | Dub Jones | Cleveland Browns | halfback | LSU, Tulane | Jones scored six touchdowns in a game against the Chicago Bears in 1951. | ||
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1951 Bowman | 75 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | tackle, kicker | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 |