1955 Topps All-American Football Cards
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 10 | Bill Dudley | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 12 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was an All-American in both football and basketball at Northwestern. | PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 20 | Sammy Baugh | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 24 | Ken Strong | halfback | NYU | College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 27 | Red Grange | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Grange's brother Garland also played pro football. The brothers were teammates with the Chicago Bears from 1929 to 1931. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 28 | Mel Hein | center | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1954, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | fair | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 29 | Leo Nomellini | defensive tackle | Minnesota | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 36 | Turk Edwards | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | Nm-mt oc | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 37 | Jim Thorpe | halfback | Carlisle | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards. | PSA 7, PSA 1, PSA 2 mc | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 56 | Ernie Nevers | fullback | Stanford | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Nevers was the second football player ever to have his jersey number retired. (Red Grange was the first.) Stanford retired Nevers's number, 1, in 1926. |
PSA 6, good | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 64 | Benny Friedman | quarterback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 66 | Bruiser Kinard | tackle | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card Kinard's brothers, George and Billy, also played professional football. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 82 | Alex Wojciechowicz | center | Fordham | College Hall of Fame 1955, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Wojciechowicz was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 84 | Ace Parker | quarterback | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1955, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | Rookie card Before his death in November 2013, Parker was the oldest living pro football player. He was 101 years old. |
PSA 6 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 85 | Sid Luckman | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Luckman finished third in voting for the 1938 Heisman Trophy, behind Davey O'Brien and Marshall Goldberg. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 97 | Don Hutson | end | Alabama | College Hall of Fame 1951, Packers Hall of Fame 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | PSA 6, PSA 4 | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 100 | Fats Henry | tackle | Washington and Jefferson | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card |