Back in the summer I posted nine baseball cards of players that played in the NBA. Today, just for fun, I am posting nine cards of players that played in the NFL.
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1955 Bowman #315 Cal Hubbard UMP (Cal played in the NFL from 1927 - 1936 with the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and is credited as being the inventor of the position of linebacker. He then umpired for 15 years in the A.L. and eventually became an umpire supervisor. To date he is the only person to be enshrined in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
1993 Conlon TSN Color Inserts #22 Jim Thorpe/Card 403 (I wrote a bit about Thorpe way back in post #18 when I showed a postage stamp depicting him. He won Olympic Gold Medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and played baseball for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves.)
1996 Leaf Bronze Press Proofs #34 Deion Sanders ("Prime Time" played football for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens. He played MLB for the Yankees, Braves, Reds and Giants. The high stepping two-sport star was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.)
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1999 Just #147 Ricky Williams (Williams played four seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system before embarking on his NFL career with the Saints, Dolphins and Ravens. He even spent a year with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.)
1997 Donruss Team Sets Pennant Edition #151 Brian Jordan (Jordan played a couple of seasons with the Atlanta Falcons while also playing in the MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1992 the Cards gave him a $1,700,000 signing bonus to give up football and play baseball exclusively, ending his football career. He would go on to play for the Braves, Dodgers and Rangers.)
2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #15 John Elway (Elway was a highly touted baseball prospect selected by the Royals in the 1979 draft and then again by the Yankees in the 1981 draft, six spots ahead of Tony Gwynn. John opted for the NFL and became the face of the franchise for the Denver Broncos winning two of his five Super Bowls and eventually ending up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.)
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2006 SP Legendary Cuts Legendary Materials Silver #BO Bo Jackson Bat/199 (Bo Jackson was probably the best athlete to ever play pro baseball if not for the aforementioned Jim Thorpe. The "Bo Knows" television campaign when he arrived on the scene in the late 1980s was memorable and I was grabbing any Bo Jackson card I could get my hands on. I'll never forget him cranking a lead-off home run in his first All-star game appearance or running up the outfield wall in Baltimore, breaking bats in disgust over his knee or running up the tunnel after scoring a touchdown. Bo could have been an all-time great on the gridiron as well but it turned out that one thing Bo didn't know was how to stay healthy. Give him an A for effort as he tried to come back with the White Sox and Angels but it ended up being a case of what could have been and I believe it could have been amazing. I abandoned my Bo collection by the late 90s but he's still the only player I don't collect that I still feature on my website.)
2016 Topps First Pitch #FP7 Jim Harbaugh S2 (Harbaugh had a 14-year career quarterbacking for the Bears, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, Lions and Panthers in the NFL before becoming a coach. Here he is throwing out the first pitch at a Tigers game.)
2019 Topps Heritage Minors #32 Tim Tebow (Tebow played for the Broncos and the Jets after a stellar college career. Whether he makes it to the Major Leagues or not has yet to be determined but you have to give him credit for his stick-to-it-ness.)
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1955 Bowman #315 Cal Hubbard UMP (Cal played in the NFL from 1927 - 1936 with the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and is credited as being the inventor of the position of linebacker. He then umpired for 15 years in the A.L. and eventually became an umpire supervisor. To date he is the only person to be enshrined in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
1993 Conlon TSN Color Inserts #22 Jim Thorpe/Card 403 (I wrote a bit about Thorpe way back in post #18 when I showed a postage stamp depicting him. He won Olympic Gold Medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and played baseball for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves.)
1996 Leaf Bronze Press Proofs #34 Deion Sanders ("Prime Time" played football for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens. He played MLB for the Yankees, Braves, Reds and Giants. The high stepping two-sport star was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.)
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1999 Just #147 Ricky Williams (Williams played four seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system before embarking on his NFL career with the Saints, Dolphins and Ravens. He even spent a year with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.)
1997 Donruss Team Sets Pennant Edition #151 Brian Jordan (Jordan played a couple of seasons with the Atlanta Falcons while also playing in the MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1992 the Cards gave him a $1,700,000 signing bonus to give up football and play baseball exclusively, ending his football career. He would go on to play for the Braves, Dodgers and Rangers.)
2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #15 John Elway (Elway was a highly touted baseball prospect selected by the Royals in the 1979 draft and then again by the Yankees in the 1981 draft, six spots ahead of Tony Gwynn. John opted for the NFL and became the face of the franchise for the Denver Broncos winning two of his five Super Bowls and eventually ending up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.)
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2006 SP Legendary Cuts Legendary Materials Silver #BO Bo Jackson Bat/199 (Bo Jackson was probably the best athlete to ever play pro baseball if not for the aforementioned Jim Thorpe. The "Bo Knows" television campaign when he arrived on the scene in the late 1980s was memorable and I was grabbing any Bo Jackson card I could get my hands on. I'll never forget him cranking a lead-off home run in his first All-star game appearance or running up the outfield wall in Baltimore, breaking bats in disgust over his knee or running up the tunnel after scoring a touchdown. Bo could have been an all-time great on the gridiron as well but it turned out that one thing Bo didn't know was how to stay healthy. Give him an A for effort as he tried to come back with the White Sox and Angels but it ended up being a case of what could have been and I believe it could have been amazing. I abandoned my Bo collection by the late 90s but he's still the only player I don't collect that I still feature on my website.)
2016 Topps First Pitch #FP7 Jim Harbaugh S2 (Harbaugh had a 14-year career quarterbacking for the Bears, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, Lions and Panthers in the NFL before becoming a coach. Here he is throwing out the first pitch at a Tigers game.)
2019 Topps Heritage Minors #32 Tim Tebow (Tebow played for the Broncos and the Jets after a stellar college career. Whether he makes it to the Major Leagues or not has yet to be determined but you have to give him credit for his stick-to-it-ness.)
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