Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog » Jim Podoley 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 Jim Podoley, Redskins Halfback and Receiver http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/02/06/jim-podoley-redskins-halfback-and-receiver/ http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2010/02/06/jim-podoley-redskins-halfback-and-receiver/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:44:04 +0000 nearmint http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=2415 Jim Podoley, who played halfback and end for the Washington Redskins from 1957 to 1960, died on January 24. His obituary includes a nice recent photo. Podoley was a Pro Bowler in his rookie season, when he led the NFL with 20.5 yards per reception. Prior to his professional career, he starred in football and track at Central Michigan University. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the CMU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Pictured here is Podoley’s 1959 Topps card. He also has a card in the 1958 Topps set, but that card actually pictures Volney Peters.

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