1894 Mayo Cut Plug Football Cards
The first set of football cards was the 1894 Mayo Cut Plug tobacco card series. The 35-card set, which was distributed in tins of chewing tobacco, includes college players from Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. One of the Princeton players, "Poe," was related to Edgar Allan Poe. Another card pictures an unnamed Yale player, initially listed as “Anonymous,” but later identified as John Dunlop. The Dunlop card is the rarest card in the set.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Robert Acton | Harvard | Acton died from an overdose of morphine at 35 years old. | |||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | George Adee | Yale | Adee is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. | |||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Richard Armstrong | Yale | Armstrong was captain of the 1895 Yale crew. | |||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | H.W. Barnett | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | A.M. Beale | Harvard | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Anson Beard | Yale | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Charles Brewer | fullback | Harvard | College Hall of Fame 1971 | ||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | H.D. Brown | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Burt | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Frank Butterworth | Yale | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Eddie Crowdis | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | John Dunlop | Harvard | This is also known as the "anonymous" card, because Dunlop's name is not on it. It is the rarest card in the set: only about 10 are known to exist. | |||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Robert Emmons | Harvard | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | M.G. Gonterman | Harvard | Error card Gonterman's name is misspelled "Gouterman" on this card. |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | George Gray | Harvard | Error card Gray's name is misspelled "Grey" on this card. |
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | John Greenway | Yale | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | William Hickok | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1971 | ||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Frank Hinkey | end | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Augustus Holly | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Langdon Lea | tackle, end | Princeton | College Hall of Fame 1964 | ||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | William Mackie | Harvard | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Tom Manahan | Harvard | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Jim McCrea | Yale | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Frank Morse | Princeton | ||||||
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1894 Mayo Cut Plug | Fred Murphy | Yale |