1954 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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1954 Bowman | 50 | George Taliaferro | Baltimore Colts | halfback | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1981 | ||
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1954 Bowman | 51 | Dick Alban | Washington Redskins | defensive back | Northwestern | Alban had a career-high 9 interceptions in 1954. That was second-most in the NFL, behind Dick Lane's 10. | ||
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1954 Bowman | 52 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | tackle, kicker | Ohio State | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Groza kicked eight extra points in the 1954 NFL Championship game, a record that still stands. (Jim Martin tied it in the 1957 Championship game.) Groza and the Browns beat the Detroit Lions, 56-10. | |
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1954 Bowman | 53 | 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 | The Lions have retired Layne's jersey number, 22. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams. | |
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1954 Bowman | 54 | Hugh McElhenny | San Francisco 49ers | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||
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1954 Bowman | 55 | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | vg-ex | |
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1954 Bowman | 56 | Leon McLaughlin | Los Angeles Rams | center, coach | UCLA | |||
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1954 Bowman | 57 | 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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1954 Bowman | 58 | Art Hunter | Green Bay Packers | center | Notre Dame | |||
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1954 Bowman | 59 | Bill McColl | Chicago Bears | end | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1973 | nm | |
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1954 Bowman | 60 | Charley Trippi | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Georgia | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1959, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | exmt | |
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1954 Bowman | 61 | Jim Finks | Pittsburgh Steelers | quarterback | Tulsa | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1995, Saints Hall of Fame 1994, Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 | exmt | |
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1954 Bowman | 62 | Bill Lange | Baltimore Colts | guard | Dayton | |||
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1954 Bowman | 63 | Laurie Niemi | Washington Redskins | tackle | Washington State | |||
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1954 Bowman | 64 | Ray Renfro | Cleveland Browns | halfback | North Texas | Renfro's brother, Dean Renfro, played for the Baltimore Colts in 1955. | ||
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1954 Bowman | 65 | Dick Chapman | Detroit Lions | tackle | Rice | Short print Chapman was Detroit's first round draft pick in 1954, but he opted to go to grad school instead. He got a Ph.D. in physics in 1957. |
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1954 Bowman | 66 | Bob Hantla | San Francisco 49ers | guard | Kansas | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 67 | Ralph Starkey | New York Giants | tackle | West Virginia | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 68 | Don Paul | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker, coach | UCLA | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 69 | Ken Snyder | Philadelphia Eagles | tackle | Georgia Tech | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 70 | Tobin Rote | Green Bay Packers | quarterback | Rice | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | Short print | |
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1954 Bowman | 71 | Art DeCarlo | Pittsburgh Steelers | end | Georgia | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 72 | Tom Keane | Baltimore Colts | defensive back | West Virginia | Rookie card, short print Keane played from 1948 to 1955 for the Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts, and Chicago Cardinals. |
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1954 Bowman | 73 | Hugh Taylor | Washington Redskins | end, coach | Tulane, Oklahoma City University | Short print | ||
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1954 Bowman | 74 | Warren Lahr | Cleveland Browns | defensive back | Case Western | Short print |