1948 Bowman Football set

There are 108 cards in Bowman's first football card set; they were printed on three sheets of 36. Cards with numbers divisible by 3 were short-printed, but not nearly as severely as the price guides indicate. Because of their positions on the sheets, some of the cards with numbers not divisible by 3 are actually scarcer in high grades.

Bowman also printed an album for the 1948 set. You can see pictures of one on the Robert Edwards Auctions web site. According to the auction description, the album was a "premium" that collectors could obtain by redeeming football card wrappers.

Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1948 Bowman set: Sammy Baugh, Bill Dudley, Sid Luckman, George McAfee, Pete Pihos, Charley Trippi, Bulldog Turner, Steve Van Buren, Bob Waterfield, Alex Wojciechowicz. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1948 Bowman set: John Lujack, Leslie Horvath, Bruce Smith.