Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog » Trivia Questions http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog News, trivia, and musings of interest to vintage football card collectors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:41:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 An Achievement Unmatched in Fifty Years http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/12/10/george-taliaferro-charley-trippi-bob-hoernschemeyer/ http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/12/10/george-taliaferro-charley-trippi-bob-hoernschemeyer/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:25:04 +0000 nearmint http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=4454 Bob Hoernschemeyer 1950 Bowman rookie football card1948 Bowman Charley Trippi rookie football card1948 Leaf George Taliaferro rookie football cardHere’s a bit of trivia from my fellow collector Pete. Pictured here are three vintage rookie cards: a 1948 Bowman Charley Trippi, a 1950 Bowman Bob Hoernschemeyer, and a 1948 Leaf George Taliaferro. What did these three players achieve that no one has since?

Answer: They are the only three NFL players to have gotten over 1000 yards passing, 1000 yards rushing, and 1000 yards receiving in their pro careers. Here are their numbers from pro-football-reference.com:

But wait–there’s an asterisk.

Some of Taliaferro and Hoernschemeyer’s stats are from the AAFC, it turns out, and without their AAFC stats, they would not have achieved their triple-1000s. I wondered if the NFL recognized AAFC stats, and I learned that they don’t: Hoernschemeyer’s page at nfl.com shows his seasons in the AAFC, but not his statistics. By contrast, George Blanda’s page shows both his NFL and AFL statistics. Why would the NFL recognize AFL stats but not AAFC stats? Wikipedia’s page on the AAFC offers two possible explanations: either the AAFC didn’t provide the NFL with its official scoresheets, or the NFL considered the AAFC less than equal, since the NFL absorbed only three of the AAFC teams when the AAFC folded in 1950. Both reasons seem silly, especially the latter. One of those three AAFC teams, the Cleveland Browns, reached the championship game in each of their first six years in the NFL, and they won three of those six games.

So, if you go by the NFL record book, Charley Trippi is the only player to have achieved the 1000-yard passing/rushing/receiving career triple. I’m siding with my friend Pete, though, and also including the other two here. Especially since I like the name Hoernschemeyer.

]]> http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/12/10/george-taliaferro-charley-trippi-bob-hoernschemeyer/feed/ 1 Trivia Question #7 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/03/04/trivia-question-7/ http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/03/04/trivia-question-7/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:41:58 +0000 nearmint http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=2562 We haven’t had a trivia question in a while. Feeling smart today?

Question #7: What do the four players pictured here have in common?

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Answer: They are all members of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame.

Here are their bios on the CFL Hall of Fame web site:

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Answer: They coached the Pittsburgh Steelers together.

This is the coaches card from the 1968 KDKA Steelers set.

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Question #5: What do the three players pictured on these football cards have in common?

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Answer: Each of them once held the NFL record for longest field goal. For a nice article on the record, see The Longest Field Goal in NFL History: Evolution of the Record.

Player Team Yards Year
Pete Henry Canton Bulldogs 45 1922
Glenn Presnell Detroit Lions 54 1934
Bert Rechichar Baltimore Colts 56 1953
Tom Dempsey New Orleans Saints 63 1970
Jason Elam Denver Broncos 63 (tie) 1998
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Question #4: What do the four players pictured on these 1958 Topps football cards have in common?

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Answer: All of them were out of football in 1959, but each of them came back to join an AFL team in 1960. Carmichael went to the Broncos, Blanda and Waller to the Oilers, and Wells to the Patriots.

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Question #3: What do the four quarterbacks pictured on these vintage football cards have in common?

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Answer: All of them were #1 overall NFL draft picks in the 1950′s.

From Wikipedia:

Year Player School NFL Team
1954 Bobby Garrett Stanford Cleveland Browns
1955 George Shaw Oregon Baltimore Colts
1958 King Hill Rice Chicago Cardinals
1959 Randy Duncan Iowa Green Bay Packers
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Question #2: What do the three players pictured on these 1951 Bowman football cards have in common?

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Answer: All of them became head coaches in the AFL in its first year, 1960.

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So here we go, Question #1: What do the five players pictured here have in common? Scroll down slowly; the answer is after the strategically placed sponsored links.

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Answer: They share the record for the most touchdown passes in a game, with 7. Nope, no Dan Marino, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, or Peyton Manning! Source: NFL Passing Records page of nfl.com.

  • Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears vs. N.Y. Giants, Nov. 14, 1943
  • Adrian Burk, Philadelphia vs. Washington, Oct. 17, 1954
  • George Blanda, Houston vs. N.Y. Titans, Nov. 19, 1961
  • Y.A. Tittle, N.Y. Giants vs. Washington, Oct. 28, 1962
  • Joe Kapp, Minnesota vs. Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1969
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