1953 Rams Team Issue Football Cards

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There are 36 cards in the 1953 Los Angeles Rams team issue set. The cards are slightly over 6x4 inches, like postcards. The backs have short bios of the players, and some have the players' college and Rams stats. The cards closely resemble 1954, 1955, and 1957 Rams team issue cards, and many of the images appeared again in those sets. You can tell the years apart by looking at the backs. A few of the images appeared on 1954 Bowman and 1955 Bowman football cards, as well.

The highlight of the 1953 Rams set is a Dick "Night Train" Lane pre-rookie card. Lane intercepted 14 passes in the 1952 season--still an NFL record, and he did it in 12 games!--but he did not appear in a major football card issue until 1957.

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Set	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1953 Rams Team Issue	Ben Agajanian	Los Angeles Rams	kicker	New Mexico		Agajanian was one of two players to play in the AAFC, NFL, and AFL. (The other was Hardy Brown.)
1953 Rams Team Issue	Bob Boyd	Los Angeles Rams	end	Loyola Marymount		Boyd's 22.8 yards per catch led the NFL in 1953.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Larry Brink	Los Angeles Rams	end, defensive end	Northern Illinois		Brink was a 2-time Pro Bowler for the Rams, in 1950 and 1951.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Rudy Bukich	Los Angeles Rams	quarterback	USC		1953 was Bukich's rookie year. He was the MVP of the 1953 Rose Bowl, a 7-0 win over Wisconsin.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Tom Dahms	Los Angeles Rams	tackle, coach	San Diego State		Dahms, along with other members of the 1953 Rams team, appeared in "Crazylegs," a film about Elroy Hirsch.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Dick Daugherty	Los Angeles Rams	guard, linebacker	Oregon		Daugherty played six seasons for the Rams, and he made the Pro Bowl once, in 1957.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Jack Dwyer	Los Angeles Rams	defensive back	Loyola Marymount		Dwyer played from 1951 to 1955 for the Redskins and Rams.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Tom Fears	Los Angeles Rams	end	UCLA, Santa Clara	College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970	Fears was the first head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Bob Fry	Los Angeles Rams	tackle	Kentucky		1953 was Fry's rookie year. In 1954 and 1955 he served in the military, and he returned to the Rams in 1956.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Frank Fuller	Los Angeles Rams	defensive tackle	Kentucky		1953 was Fuller's rookie year. He played nine seasons for the Rams, Chicago Cardinals, and Philadelphia Eagles.	exmt
1953 Rams Team Issue	Norb Hecker	Los Angeles Rams	defensive back	Baldwin Wallace		Hecker was the first head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Elroy Hirsch	Los Angeles Rams	end, halfback	Wisconsin, Michigan	College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968	Hirsch was second in the NFL in receiving yards in 1953, and he was voted first team All-Pro.
1953 Rams Team Issue	John Hock	Los Angeles Rams	guard	Santa Clara		Hock joined the Rams in 1953 after two years in the Army. He had played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1950.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Bob Kelley		broadcaster			Kelley moved with the Rams from Cleveland to Los Angeles in 1946.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Dick Lane	Los Angeles Rams	defensive back	Scottsbluff Junior College	Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974	Pre-rookie card Lane had 14 interceptions in 1953, still the NFL record. Despite this, he did not appear on a regular-issue football card until 1957.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Woodley Lewis	Los Angeles Rams	end	Los Angeles City, Oregon		Lewis had the NFL's longest punt return in 1953, a 74-yarder. He led the league in punt return and kick return yards.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Tom McCormick	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Pacific		1953 was McCormick's rookie year. He played four seasons for the Rams and San Francisco 49ers.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Bud McFadin	Los Angeles Rams	defensive tackle	Texas	College Hall of Fame 1983	McFadin's first NFL playing time came in the Rams' 1952 playoff game against the Lions.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Leon McLaughlin	Los Angeles Rams	center, coach	UCLA		The back of McLaughlin's card says that he played every minute of offensive center of the Rams' 1951 and 1952 games, including pre- and post-season.	nm
1953 Rams Team Issue	Brad Myers	Los Angeles Rams	running back	Bucknell		1953 was Myers's rookie year. He played two seasons for the Rams and one for the Philadelphia Eagles.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Don Paul	Los Angeles Rams	linebacker, coach	UCLA		Paul was a first-team All-Pro in 1953.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Hampton Pool	Los Angeles Rams	end, coach	California, Army		Before coaching, Pool played four seasons for the Chicago Bears and one season for the AAFC's Miami Seahawks.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Duane Putnam	Los Angeles Rams	guard	Pacific		Putnam was a member of the College of the Pacific's undefeated 1949 team.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Volney Quinlan	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	San Diego State		Quinlan had the NFL's longest run in 1953, a 74-yarder.
1953 Rams Team Issue	Herb Rich	Los Angeles Rams	halfback	Vanderbilt		Rich had 8 interceptions in 1952.

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