How popular were FB cards in the 50's?

[GoldenAge50s]

Fred, Did you have 1952 Bowman small FB cards in your area? Were they an option to buy or did you just prefer the Large?

Chris---

Yes, I bought the small as well. My recollection is that the small were available 1st and I bought quite a few, but then the Large came out, liked them better, stopped buying small & bought the Large until I completed the set.

I had maybe 1/2 set of small & sold them all a few yrs ago.

[fgoodwin]

I grew up in Dallas in the late 50s and early 60s. I started collecting football cards before I ever became aware of the Cowboys or Texans. My friends all preferred baseball cards but for some reason I preferred football (the cards as well as the game). I'm not sure why I didn't care for baseball. I'm a big fan of the Texas Rangers now but about the only baseball team I was aware of back then was the Yankees.

[Publius]

Fantastic thread, some great recollections here! Anyone remember buying any 1948 Leaf football? Curious how that went and how frustrating it was if you bought Leaf again in 49 only to discover the skip numbers?

How about 1957 Topps football? It's been said they came in two series, but the uncut sheets show both series on one sheet, leaning it towards one series.

Joe

[spec]

Both series of 1957 Topps football came mixed in the same 5-cent packs, at least late in the season (Dec.) when I got most of mine in Pensacola, Fla. As I recall, there were fewer cards from the second series checklist in each pack, but that's based on the gaps on my checklist rather than careful examination of each package. I didn't follow football nearly as closely as I did baseball, so I didn't really worry about the cards I was missing once I got Hopalong Cassidy, my favorite player, and cowboy.
Bob Richardson