1955 Bowman Football Cards

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There are 160 cards in the 1955 Bowman football card set. The cards were printed on 5 sheets, each holding 32 different cards. You can see what the sheets looked like on the Gallery's 1955 Bowman virtual sheet page. Bowman apparently printed fewer copies of the fifth sheet than the other four, because most of the scarce cards in the set appear on the fifth sheet.

Also 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 1955 Bowman set: Len Ford, Frank Gatski, John Henry Johnson, Mike McCormack, Jim Ringo, Bob St. Clair, Dick Stanfel. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1955 Bowman set: Alan Ameche.

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Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
1955 Bowman	1	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 led the NFL in scoring in 1955, with 96 points.
1955 Bowman	2	Mike McCormack	Cleveland Browns	tackle	Kansas	Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1984	Rookie card
1955 Bowman	3	John Olszewski	Chicago Cardinals	fullback	California
1955 Bowman	4	Dorne Dibble	Detroit Lions	end	Michigan State
1955 Bowman	5	Lindon Crow	Chicago Cardinals	defensive back	USC		Rookie card
1955 Bowman	6	Hugh Taylor	Washington Redskins	end, coach	Tulane, Oklahoma City University			exmt
1955 Bowman	7	Frank Gifford	New York Giants	halfback	USC, Bakersfield College	College Hall of Fame 1975, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1977
1955 Bowman	8	Alan Ameche	Baltimore Colts	fullback	Wisconsin	College Hall of Fame 1975, Heisman Trophy 1954	Rookie card, error card Heisman is misspelled "Heismann" on the back of this card.	ex
1955 Bowman	9	Don Stonesifer	Chicago Cardinals	end	Northwestern
1955 Bowman	10	Pete Pihos	Philadelphia Eagles	end	Indiana	College Hall of Fame 1966, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970
1955 Bowman	11	Bill Austin	New York Giants	guard, coach	Oregon State
1955 Bowman	12	Dick Alban	Washington Redskins	defensive back	Northwestern		Alban was traded twice in three days in 1956. On April 23, the Redskins traded him to the Lions for Dick Stanfel. On April 26, the Lions traded him to the Steelers for Dick Modzelewski.	ex
1955 Bowman	13	Bobby Walston	Philadelphia Eagles	end	Georgia	Eagles Honor Roll 2019
1955 Bowman	14	Len Ford	Cleveland Browns	defensive end	Michigan, Morgan State	Browns Ring of Honor 2010, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1976	Rookie card
1955 Bowman	15	Jug Girard	Detroit Lions	halfback, end	Wisconsin
1955 Bowman	16	Charley Conerly	New York Giants	quarterback	Mississippi	College Hall of Fame 1966, Giants Ring of Honor 2010		ex
1955 Bowman	17	Volney Peters	Washington Redskins	defensive tackle	USC		Rookie card
1955 Bowman	18	Max Boydston	Chicago Cardinals	end	Oklahoma		Rookie card	SGC 88
1955 Bowman	19	Leon Hart	Detroit Lions	fullback	Notre Dame	College Hall of Fame 1973, Heisman Trophy 1949
1955 Bowman	20	Bert Rechichar	Baltimore Colts	defensive back	Tennessee		Rechichar attempted 24 field goals in 1955, most in the NFL. He made just 10 of them, though.
1955 Bowman	21	Lee Riley	Detroit Lions	defensive back	Detroit		Rookie card
1955 Bowman	22	John Carson	Washington Redskins	end	Georgia			ex
1955 Bowman	23	Harry Thompson	Los Angeles Rams	guard	Los Angeles City, UCLA
1955 Bowman	24	Ray Wietecha	New York Giants	center	Northwestern, Michigan State		Wietecha played minor league baseball in 1953.
1955 Bowman	25	Ollie Matson	Chicago Cardinals	fullback, defensive back	San Francisco	Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, College Hall of Fame 1976, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972	Matson won two medals in track in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards.

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