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1950 Bowman Football Cards

1950. It was a year of big changes for NFL and it had three new teams enter the league from the former "All-American Football Conference" or "AAFC." The 1950 NFL Draft occurred on January 21 and 22, and the first player drafted that year was Leon Hart from Notre Dame, taken by the Detroit Lions. That years NFL draft produced a total of 5 players that would become NFL Hall-Of-Famers including Leo Nomellini, Harry (Bud) Grant, Ernie Stautner, Lou Creekmur, and Art Donovan.

In what is described by some football historians as the greatest pro football game ever played, the Los Angeles Rams were defeated by the Cleveland Browns 30-28 in the NFL Championship game. However, many collectors consider the 1950 Bowman Football card set to be one of the most underrated football card sets in history. I'm not sure why it's underrated, unless it's because of the smaller card size. Personally, I think the set has some great colors and images (it was the first color football card set produced by Bowman), and it's fun to look at. Plus, it's from a time of change in NFL history, when two leagues merged to save the sport of football.

The 1950 Bowman football cards have a white border around the image on the front, and the images feature the players in various poses (no game action shots in this set). The backs of the cards are exactly the same style as the 1950 Bowman Baseball set, with the players name in red print at the top beside the red "Bowman Picture Card Collectors Club" seal. The rest of the print on the back is in black ink and includes the player stats and brief career bio.

The 1950 Bowman football card set totals 144 cards, making it an ideal choice for a person like myself to try and complete. I'm not really a "set collector" as I prefer to collect a few cards or players that interest me in particular sets. I don't seem to have the patience to tackle a really large football card set. However, 144 cards is something I could probably do...but completing a 1950 Bowman set is not an easy task, so don't get me wrong. The set contains a total of 31 rookie cards and 23 Hall Of Famers. There are no errors or short-printed cards in the set, but several of the key cards can be tough to find in high grade especially.

Finding unopened packs, empty boxes or wrappers of 1950 Bowman football cards are nearly impossible to find. The cards were originally distributed in six-card packs for 5 cents, and it's rumored that one-card "penny packs" also existed. The pack wrappers had a red, white and blue color scheme, with an image of a player along with the word "Touchdown" beside the player.