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It’s Trivia Tuesday! Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.

1. Who scored the first field goal in Super Bowl history? Answer
2. What member of the Philadelphia Eagles Honor Roll appeared in both M*A*S*H the movie and M*A*S*H the television show? Answer
3. What Pro Football Hall of Famer, who played for the Chicago Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams, won two medals in track in the 1952 Olympics? Answer
4. What Boston Patriot was the American Football League’s top scorer in five of its ten seasons? Answer
5. What is the error on Doug Atkins’s 1960 Topps card, shown here? Answer
6. What former Harvard player, who appeared on a 1955 Topps All-American football card, was governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965? Answer
7. What Dallas Cowboy was the first defensive player to be named Super Bowl MVP? Answer

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It’s Trivia Tuesday! Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.

1. The quarterback pictured on this 1948 Bowman football card holds the NFL record for most interceptions thrown in a game. Who is he, and what is the record? Answer
2. What defensive back holds the NFL record for career interceptions? Answer
3. What University of Nebraska head coach was a receiver for the Washington Redskins in 1960 and 1961? Answer
4. What Dallas Cowboy married actress Joey Heaterton in 1969? Answer
5. What member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame has been an Associate Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court since 1992? Answer
6. Who were the first two Heisman Trophy winners to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Answer
7. Which two teams were the participants in the longest NFL game ever played? Answer

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It’s Trivia Tuesday! Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.

1. What is the error on R.C. Owens’s 1958 Topps football card, pictured here? Answer
2. Who were the first two players elected to the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame? Answer
3. What USC quarterback, who appeared on a 1955 Topps All-American football card, became a film editor and received an Academy Award for his work in Mary Poppins? Answer
4. What Hall of Fame defensive tackle, who spent his entire 14-year NFL career with the San Franciso 49ers, was born in Lucca, Italy? Answer
5. What Pro Football Hall of Famer was married for 25 years to actress Jane Russell? Answer
6. What member of the College Football Hall of Fame, who spent most of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, played Officer Joe Coffey in the TV series Hill Street Blues? Answer
7. One card in the 1935 National Chicle football card set does not picture an NFL player. Which card is it? Answer

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Here’s another round of trivia. Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.

1. John “Red” Cochran, pictured here on his 1950 Bowman football card, is a member of what NFL team’s Hall of Fame? Answer
2. Who was the first player chosen in the first-ever NFL draft? Answer
3. Who scored the first touchdown in the history of the American Football League? Answer
4. What Los Angeles Ram and NFL Hall of Famer starred in a movie about himself in 1953? Answer
5. What Redskins kicker holds the NFL record for most extra points attempted in a game? Answer
6. Pro Football Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski’s son played in the Canadian Football League. What was his name? Answer
7. Doak Walker had a 79-yard punt for SMU in the 1949 Cotton Bowl. One of his teammates had an 84-yard punt in the same game. Who was it? Answer
8. What Pro Football Hall of Famer was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as an umpire in 1976? Answer

Here’s a short test of your football and football card knowledge. Just pick the “Answer” links to see the answers.

1. Who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history? Answer
2. After his career with the Detroit Lions, who married former Olympic skier Skeeter Werner? Answer
3. Before playing for the New York Giants, who won gold medals in the 200 meter sprint and 1600 meter relay in the 1964 Olympics? Answer
4. What former Colt, Packer, and Raider shares the NFL record for most safeties in a career? Answer
5. What former Cincinnati Bengal is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame? Answer
6. Hardy Brown was one of only two players who played in the AAFC, NFL, and AFL. Who was the other? Answer
7. What is the error on Dave Middleton’s 1959 Topps football card, pictured here? Answer
8. Nicknamed “Mr. Inside,” who was the first college player to win the Heisman Trophy as a junior? Answer

Here’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:

• Charley Trippi: 2547 yards passing, 3506 yards rushing, 1321 yards receiving.
• Bob Hoernschemeyer: 4302 yards passing, 4548 yards rushing, 1139 yards receiving.
• George Taliaferro: 1633 yards passing, 2266 yards rushing, 1300 yards receiving.

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.

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:

• Martin Ruby
• Dick Huffman
• Sam Etcheverry
• Joe Kapp

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Question #6: What do the five players pictured on these football cards have in common?

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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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Here’s an easy one.

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.

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Here is the latest trivia question.

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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