1952 Parkhurst Football Cards
There are 100 cards in the 1952 Parkhurst Canadian football set: 81 player cards and 19 "How to Play Football" cards. (Card number 3, "Football Equipment," includes the all-important jockstrap!) The 81 player cards picture players from the four Interprovincial Rugby Football Union teams: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Hamilton. In 1958, these four teams would form the East Division of the Canadian Football League.
The 1952 Parkhurst set contains a number of errors, mostly misspelled names. There is no card number 62, but there are two cards with number 58. They are marked 58A and 58B below.
A huge thanks to Larry Oleskiw for providing the images for this set.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1952 Parkhurst | 1 | Watch the Games | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 2 | Teamwork | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 3 | Football Equipment | As far as I know, this is the only appearance of a jockstrap on a football card. | |||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 4 | Hang onto the Ball | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 5 | The Head On Tackle | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 6 | The Football Field | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 7 | The Lineman's Stance | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 8 | Centre's Spiral Pass | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 9 | The Lineman | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 10 | The Place Kick | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 11 | The Cross-Body Block | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 12 | T Formation | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 13 | Falling on the Ball | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 14 | The Throw | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 15 | Breaking from Tackle | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 16 | How to Catch a Pass | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 17 | The Punt | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 18 | Shifting the Ball | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 19 | Penalty Signals | ||||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 20 | Leslie Ascott | Toronto Argonauts | guard, tackle | Ascott played on five Grey Cup championship teams with the Argonauts, in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, and 1952. The team retired his jersey number, 52, in 2004. (I don't know why he is wearing number 60 on this card.) | |||
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1952 Parkhurst | 21 | Robert Marshall | Toronto Argonauts | guard, linebacker | McGill | Marshall played three seasons for the Argonauts, 1951 to 1953. | ||
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1952 Parkhurst | 22 | Tom Harpley | Toronto Argonauts | end, defensive end | ||||
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1952 Parkhurst | 23 | Robert McClelland | Toronto Argonauts | center | McGill | |||
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1952 Parkhurst | 24 | Rod Smylie | Toronto Argonauts | end, center | Smylie's father, also named Rod Smylie, played six seasons in the NHL. His brother, Doug Smylie, also played pro football in Canada. | |||
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1952 Parkhurst | 25 | Bill Bass | Toronto Argonauts | halfback | Tennessee State, Nevada | Bass played for the AAFC's Chicago Rockets in 1947. |