1955 Bowman Football set

1955 Bowman Football Cards
There are 160 cards in the 1955 Bowman football card set. The cards were printed on 5 sheets of 32. Bowman apparently printed fewer copies of the fifth sheet than the other four, because most of the scarce cards in the set appear on the fifth sheet.

Rookie cards of hall-of-famers in the 1955 Bowman set: Bob St. Clair, Frank Gatski, Jim Ringo, John Henry Johnson, Len Ford, Mike McCormack.

Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1955 Bowman set: Alan Ameche.

The 1955 Bowman set of 160 cards was Bowman's last sports issue before the company was purchased by Topps in January of 1956. The cards were issued in seven-card, five-cent packs and one-card penny packs and measure approximately 2 1/2" by 3 3/4". The fronts contain player photos with the player name and team logo at the bottom and the team name at the top. The card backs are printed in red and blue on gray card stock and a short player bio is included. On the bottom of most of the card backs is a play diagram. Cards 65-160 are slightly more difficult to obtain. The notable Rookie Cards in this set are Alan Ameche, Len Ford, Frank Gatski, John Henry Johnson, Mike McCormack, Jim Ringo, Bob St. Clair, and Pat Summerall.