1956 Giants Team Issue Football Cards
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Bill Austin | New York Giants | guard, coach | Oregon State | ||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Ray Beck | New York Giants | guard, defensive tackle | Georgia Tech | College Hall of Fame 1997 | Beck missed the 1953 and 1954 NFL seasons while serving in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. | nm | |
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Roosevelt Brown | New York Giants | tackle | Morgan State | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1975 | The Giants took Brown in the 27th round of the 1953 NFL draft. He went on to have a 13-year, Hall of Fame career. | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Hank Burnine | New York Giants | end | Missouri | Burnine was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Don Chandler | New York Giants | kicker, punter | Florida | Packers Hall of Fame 1975 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Bob Clatterbuck | New York Giants | quarterback | Houston | ||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Charley Conerly | New York Giants | quarterback | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | halfback | USC, Bakersfield College | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Roosevelt Grier | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Penn State | ||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Don Heinrich | New York Giants | quarterback, coach | Washington | College Hall of Fame 1987 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | John Hermann | New York Giants | defensive back | UCLA | The Giants cut Hermann after two games in 1956. He finished the season with the Baltimore Colts. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Jim Lee Howell | New York Giants | coach | Arkansas | Giants Ring of Honor 2010 | Before coaching, Howell played eight seasons at end for the Giants. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has a detailed account of Howell's football career. | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Sam Huff | New York Giants | linebacker | West Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1980, Commanders Ring of Fame , Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1982 | Pre-rookie card Huff was the first NFL player to appear on the cover of Time magazine. He appeared on the November 30, 1959, issue. |
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Ed Hughes | New York Giants | defensive back | North Carolina State, Tulsa | Hughes played on NFL Championship teams two years in a row: the Rams in 1955, and the Giants in 1956. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Gerry Huth | New York Giants | guard | Wake Forest | The Giants took Huth in the 24th round of the 1956 NFL draft. He played six seasons for the Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Minnesota Vikings. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Jim Katcavage | New York Giants | defensive end, defensive tackle | Dayton | 1956 was Katkavage's rookie year. He played 13 seasons for the Giants. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Gene Kirby | broadcaster | ||||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Ken MacAfee | New York Giants | end | Alabama | ||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Dick Modzelewski | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Maryland | College Hall of Fame 1993, Outland Trophy 1952 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Henry Moore | New York Giants | defensive back, halfback | Arkansas | Moore recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown in the 1956 NFL Championship game. The Giants beat the Bears, 47-7. | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Dick Nolan | New York Giants | defensive back | Maryland | ||||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Jim Patton | New York Giants | defensive back | Mississippi | Giants Ring of Honor 2022 | In a 1955 game against the Redskins, Patton scored touchdowns on both a kickoff return and a punt return. | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Andy Robustelli | New York Giants | defensive end | Arnold College | Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | |||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Kyle Rote | New York Giants | end | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1964, Giants Ring of Honor 2022 | Rote played minor league baseball for the Corpus Christi Aces in 1951. | ||
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1956 Giants Team Issue | Chris Schenkel | broadcaster | Purdue |