Fall of 1952, BOWMAN issued a very artistic 144-card FB set. In order to compete with the very popular larger size 1952 Topps BB cards, Bowman re-sized
their regular set of FB cards. Then re-issued these larger size cards circa....Fall/Winter of '52.
Shown here is a very rare 32-card uncut sheet of the (1st series) Bowman "GIANT SIZE" cards. Major stars on this sheet are Sammy Baugh, Otto Graham,
Y. A. Tittle, Charlie Justice, Charley Trippi, Hugh McElhenny, and Frank Gifford (rookie card).
This sheet is quite unique. Veteran FB card collectors cannot recall having seen a Bowman FB (large cards version) sheet such as this one in the past 34 years.
I acquired this sheet in 1982 at a Hobby shop in Media, Pennsylvania.
TED Z
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