Pro Football Hall Of Fame + Rookie Football Cards
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1933 Sport Kings | 4 | Red Grange | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Illinois | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | |
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1933 Sport Kings | 6 | Jim Thorpe | halfback | Carlisle | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Thorpe also appeared on baseball cards and Olympics cards. You can see one of each on the Gallery's Cards in Multiple Sports page. |
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1935 National Chicle | 1 | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | quarterback | Colorado College | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card, error card Clark played for the Lions, but the back of this card says he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. |
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1935 National Chicle | 7 | Ken Strong | New York Giants | halfback | NYU | College Hall of Fame 1957, Giants Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | Rookie card | poor |
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1935 National Chicle | 10 | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | tailback, defensive back | West Virginia Wesleyan | College Hall of Fame 1955, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Rookie card | |
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1935 National Chicle | 11 | Turk Edwards | Boston Redskins | tackle | Washington State | College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969 | Rookie card | |
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1935 National Chicle | 24 | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | fullback | Bucknell | College Hall of Fame 1971, Packers Hall of Fame 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1964 | Rookie card | |
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1935 National Chicle | 34 | Bronko Nagurski | Chicago Bears | fullback, linebacker | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Bowman | 7 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | LSU | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Rookie card According to his page on the Pro Football Hall of Fame web site, Van Buren failed to make his high school football team as a sophomore. |
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1948 Bowman | 17 | Charley Trippi | Chicago Cardinals | halfback | Georgia | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1959, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Rookie card The Chicago Cardinals chose Trippi with the first overall pick in the 1945 NFL draft. See the Gallery's First Overall Draft Picks page. |
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1948 Bowman | 22 | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | quarterback, coach | TCU | College Hall of Fame 1951, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1963 | Rookie card Baugh wore number 33 for his entire NFL career. At TCU he wore number 45. I don't know why this card shows him in number 43. |
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1948 Bowman | 26 | Bob Waterfield | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, kicker | UCLA | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Bowman | 36 | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | center, linebacker | Hardin-Simmons | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | Rookie card, short print | |
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1948 Bowman | 61 | Alex Wojciechowicz | Philadelphia Eagles | center | Fordham | College Hall of Fame 1955, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Rookie card Wojciechowicz placed fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1937. See the Gallery's football cards of Heisman candidates page. |
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1948 Bowman | 63 | Pete Pihos | Philadelphia Eagles | end | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Rookie card, short print | |
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1948 Bowman | 80 | Bill Dudley | Detroit Lions | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Commanders Ring of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Bowman | 95 | George McAfee | Chicago Bears | halfback | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1961, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | Rookie card | fair |
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1948 Bowman | 107 | Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Leaf | 1 | Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Leaf | 3 | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | center, linebacker | Hardin-Simmons | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | Rookie card | |
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1948 Leaf | 4 | Doak Walker | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Rookie card Walker was the second player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior. The first was Army's Doc Blanchard. Notre Dame's Leon Hart won the Heisman in Walker's senior year, 1949. |
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1948 Leaf | 6R | Bobby Layne | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Rookie card, error card Name misspelled "Bobbie," red pants variation. |
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1948 Leaf | 6Y | Bobby Layne | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1968, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967, Steelers Hall of Honor 2017 | Rookie card, error card Name misspelled "Bobbie," yellow pants variation. |
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1948 Leaf | 16B | Pete Pihos | Philadelphia Eagles | end | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Rookie card blue numbers |
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1948 Leaf | 16Y | Pete Pihos | Philadelphia Eagles | end | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Rookie card yellow numbers |