1961 Nu-Card Football Cards
There are 80 cards, numbered 101-180, in the 1961 Nu-Card football card set. The set contains only college players. By my count, 30 of the players went on to play in the NFL or AFL; I have marked those players in the table below. About half of those 30 also appeared on cards for professional teams.
The Nu-Card set includes the first cards of Roman Gabriel, John Hadl, and Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis. The cards are not generally considered the players' rookie cards, but I don't know the reason for this. Other college cards--1955 Topps All-Americans, for example--are considered rookie cards, and, as far as I know, the Nu-Card cards were distributed nationally. There certainly is no shortage of them: I have seen full, unopened boxes on eBay.
You can see the Gabriel, Hadl, and Davis cards, along with numerous other "pre-rookie" cards, on the Gallery's pre-rookie card page.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1961 Nu-Card | 101 | Bob Ferguson | running back | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1996 | Ferguson played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings. | ||
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1961 Nu-Card | 102 | Ron Snidow | defensive end | Oregon | Snidow played 10 seasons for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 103 | Steve Barnett | tackle | Oregon | Barnett played for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 104 | Greg Mather | end | Navy | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 105 | Vern Von Sydow | guard | Navy | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 106 | John Hewitt | guard | Navy | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 107 | Eddie Johns | quarterback | Miami Florida | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 108 | Walt Rappold | quarterback | Duke | nm | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 109 | Roy Winston | linebacker | LSU | Winston played 15 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 110 | Bob Boyda | end | Harvard | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 111 | Bill Neighbors | guard | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 2003 | Neighbors was a member of Alabama's 1961 National Championship team, coached by Bear Bryant. He went on to play eight seasons for the AFL's Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins. | ||
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1961 Nu-Card | 112 | Don Purcell | defensive end | Nebraska | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 113 | Ken Byers | tackle | Cincinnati | Byers played for the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 114 | Ed Pine | center | Utah | Pine played for the San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 115 | Fred Oblak | halfback | Cincinnati | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 116 | Bobby Iles | end | TCU | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 117 | John Hadl | quarterback | Kansas | Chargers Hall of Fame 1983, College Hall of Fame 1994 | This is a pre-rookie card of Hadl; his 1964 Topps card is generally considered his rookie card. For more pre-rookie cards of star players, see the Gallery's pre-rookie card page. | ||
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1961 Nu-Card | 118 | Charlie Mitchell | halfback | Washington | Mitchell played for the Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 119 | Bill Swinford | tackle | Harvard | nm | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 120 | Bill King | quarterback | Dartmouth | nm-mt | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 121 | Mike Lucci | linebacker | Tennessee | Lucci played for the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 122 | Dave Sarette | quarterback | Syracuse | ||||
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1961 Nu-Card | 123 | Alex Kroll | tackle, center | Rutgers, Yale | College Hall of Fame 1997 | Kroll played for the New York Titans. | ||
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1961 Nu-Card | 124 | Steve Bauwens | tackle | UCLA | nm+ | |||
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1961 Nu-Card | 125 | Jimmy Saxton | halfback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1996 | Saxton played for the AFL's Dallas Texans. |