1951 Bowman Football Cards
There are 144 cards in the 1951 Bowman football card set; they were printed on 4 sheets of 36. The Gallery's
1951 Bowman uncut sheet page shows the configuration of the sheets.
1951 Bowmans were the first football cards to feature the teams' logos on the fronts. See my blog article, B is for Bowman, for an overview of the 1948-1955 Bowman football card sets.
Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1951 Bowman set: Tom Landry, Ed Sprinkle, Emlen Tunnell, Norm Van Brocklin, Arnie Weinmeister.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1951 Bowman | 1 | Weldon Humble | Cleveland Browns | guard | Rice, Louisiana-Lafayette | College Hall of Fame 1961 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 2 | Otto Graham | Cleveland Browns | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1943, behind Angelo Bertelli and Bob Odell. | |
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1951 Bowman | 3 | Mac Speedie | Cleveland Browns | end | Utah | Browns Ring of Honor 2021, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020 | Speedie was the head coach of the Denver Broncos from partway through the 1964 season to partway through the 1966 season. | |
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1951 Bowman | 4 | Norm Van Brocklin | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback, coach | Oregon | College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 5 | Woodley Lewis | Los Angeles Rams | end | Los Angeles City, Oregon | Rookie card | ||
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1951 Bowman | 6 | Tom Fears | Los Angeles Rams | end | UCLA, Santa Clara | College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 7 | George Musacco | New York Yanks | back | Loyola Marymount | Rookie card | ex | |
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1951 Bowman | 8 | George Taliaferro | New York Yanks | halfback | Indiana | College Hall of Fame 1981 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 9 | Barney Poole | New York Yanks | end | Army, Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1974 | Poole's brothers, Ray and Jim, also played in the NFL. | |
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1951 Bowman | 10 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | halfback | LSU | Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Van Buren's brother, Ebert Van Buren, also played for the Eagles.The brothers were teammates in 1951. See the Gallery's Teammate Brothers page. | |
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1951 Bowman | 11 | Al Wistert | Philadelphia Eagles | tackle | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1968, Eagles Honor Roll 2009 | Error card Wistert's nickname was "Ox," not "Whitey." "Whitey" was the nickname of his brother, Francis. |
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1951 Bowman | 12 | Chuck Bednarik | Philadelphia Eagles | center, defensive tackle | Pennsylvania | College Hall of Fame 1969, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1967 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 13 | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | center, linebacker | Hardin-Simmons | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966 | ||
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1951 Bowman | 14 | Bob Williams | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1988 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 15 | John Lujack | Chicago Bears | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1960, Heisman Trophy 1947 | Lujack lived to the age of 98. He passed away in 2023. | |
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1951 Bowman | 16 | Roy Steiner | Green Bay Packers | defensive back | Alabama | |||
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1951 Bowman | 17 | Jug Girard | Green Bay Packers | halfback, end | Wisconsin | |||
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1951 Bowman | 18 | Ed Neal | Green Bay Packers | center, guard | LSU, Tulane | |||
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1951 Bowman | 19 | Travis Tidwell | New York Giants | quarterback | Auburn | |||
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1951 Bowman | 20 | Tom Landry | New York Giants | defensive back, coach | Texas | Cowboys Ring of Honor 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1990 | Rookie card | |
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1951 Bowman | 21 | Arnie Weinmeister | New York Giants | defensive tackle | Washington | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1984 | Rookie card | Vg-ex |
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1951 Bowman | 22 | Joe Geri | Pittsburgh Steelers | halfback | Georgia | |||
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1951 Bowman | 23 | Bill Walsh | Pittsburgh Steelers | center | Notre Dame | Rookie card Walsh played for the Steelers from 1949 to 1954. |
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1951 Bowman | 24 | Fran Rogel | Pittsburgh Steelers | fullback | Penn State | |||
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1951 Bowman | 25 | Doak Walker | Detroit Lions | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1959, Heisman Trophy 1948, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1986 | Walker and Bobby Layne were teammates at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. See the Gallery's High School Teammates page. |