3 Cards Tobin Rote Great 1950's QB/RB, 1956 NY Giants NFL champs, 1958 Steelers

Description: 1956 Topps #55 Tobin Rote, The 1956 NFL Championship team, the New York Giants team card #113, and the 1958 Topps #116 Team picture, Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, about Tobin Rote from a news article, written a few years after that time. Tobin Rote's 1956 season ranks among the greatest in NFL history. On a 4–8 team, he led the league in passing yards (by 294) and passing touchdowns (18 to Ted Marchibroda's 12). In addition, his 11 rushing touchdowns were second in the league behind only those of Chicago Bears' Rick Casares. His 29 total touchdowns were the highest single-season total of his career, and the highest total in the era of the twelve-game schedule. The entire Packers' offense outside of Rote accounted for just five touchdowns.Among quarterbacks, he led the league in pass completions, pass attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns. In late July 1957, Rote and defensive back Val Joe Walker were traded to the Detroit Lions for four players (halfback Don McIlhenny, offensive tackles Ollie Spencer and Norm Masters, and offensive guard Jim Salsbury).[9][10]Rote split time in 1957 with hall of famer Bobby Layne, although it was Rote who ended up with more passing touchdowns, fewer interceptions, more rushing yards, more rushing touchdowns, and a better won-lost record as a starter. Layne broke his ankle midway through the eleventh game, leaving Rote to guide the team to an NFL title. Detroit tied San Francisco for the division title, forcing a one-game playoff. Facing a 27–7 deficit in the third quarter, Rote led the Lions to a 31–27 comeback win and a date with the Cleveland Browns.[11] In one of the greatest playoff performances in history, Rote led Detroit to a 59–14 thumping of the Browns.[12][13][14] He completed 12 of 19 passes for 280 yards and 4 touchdowns, adding another touchdown on the ground. Now about the team cards. The NY Giants team card has five future hall of famers, and the Steelers card has four on their team. The 1956 NY Giants were that years champions, and on that team were future HOFamers Frank Gifford RB, Sam Huff QB, Roosevelt Brown OT, Vince Lombardi Offensive coach, and Tom Landry, Defensive coach. On the Pittsburgh Steelers team of 1958 were Lenny Dawson QB ( he was the QB on the KC Chiefs team who lost to Vince Lombardi's Packers in the first Super Bowl in 1967 ) Bobby Layne QB, Ernie Stautner DT and later as a coach, and Tank Younger FB/RB. Plus, the team also had backup QB Earl Morrall, who later was the backup QB on the only team to play without a loss, the 1972 Miami Dolphins. He was selected as the greatest backup QB in NFL history. Except for the Steelers card, you can see that these cards were handled often, since no one ever collected cards in the fifties, but played with them, instead, me included. But each one is a piece of great, but perhaps, forgotten history.

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