1955 U.S. Bowman #33, Football Rookie Card for Harlon Hill, Chicago Bears

Description: This listing is for one scarce US Bowman Football Trading Card of Harlon Hill This card is considered his Rookie card. 1955 BOWMAN FOOTBALL CARD #33 PLAYER: Harlon Hill CONDITION: EX+ or better, superb gloss, slight handling, almost no surface wear, minor edge wear, no creases. NOTES: Harlon Junius Hill (1932–2013) was an American professional football end who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Hill played for the Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Detroit Lions. He was the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1954 and winner of the Jim Thorpe Trophy as the NFL Player of the Year in 1955. The Harlon Hill Trophy, named in his honor, is awarded annually to the nation's best NCAA Division II football player. After his playing career, he became a coach and educator. He played both offense and defense, but it was his offensive efforts that saw him named an NAIA All-American player his senior year in 1953. In his 1977 biography Victory after the Game, Hill related his surprise at being selected in the 15th round of the 1954 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, "I had no idea I had been `discovered.' I really did not know much about the National Football League...I did not know what to think, but after I found out what it was all about, naturally I was elated." Hill's rookie season with the Chicago Bears was a memorable one. He set a team record for most receiving yards (1,124) and most touchdown receptions (12) by a rookie. The twelve touchdowns led all NFL receivers that season as he averaged 25 yards per catch on 45 total receptions, the latter of which was a Bears record for a rookie until it was broken by Darnell Mooney in 2020. His best performance that rookie year came on October 31, 1954, against the San Francisco 49ers. Hill was a Halloween nightmare for the 49ers defense, racking up 214 receiving yards and four touchdowns, the final one coming with thirty seconds left in the game to give the Bears a four-point victory. Numerous accolades came Hill's way following that season, among them being named 1954 NFL Rookie of the Year, being an All-Pro selection, and participating in the 1954 Pro Bowl. Franchise records: As of 2019's NFL off-season, Harlon Hill held at least 15 Bears franchise records, including: Most Receiving Yds (rookie season): 1,124 (1954) Most Receiving Yds (game, as a rookie): 214 (1954-10-31 @SFO) Most Yds/Rec (career): 20.42 Most Yds/Rec (season): 24.98 (1954) Most Yds/Rec (rookie season): 24.98 (1954) Most Receiving TDs (career): 40 Most Receiving TDs (game): 4 (1954-10-31 @SFO) Most Receiving TDs (rookie season): 12 (1954; tied with Mike Ditka) Most Receiving TDs (game, as a rookie): 4 (1954-10-31 @SFO) Most Rec Yds/Game (rookie season): 93.7 (1954) Most Yds from Scrimmage (game, as a rookie): 214 (1954-10-31 @SFO) Most 100+ yard receiving games (career): 19 Most 100+ yard receiving games (season): 7 (1954; tied with Jeff Graham and Brandon Marshall) Most 100+ yard receiving games (rookie season): 7 Most 1000+ receiving yard seasons: 2 (one of five players) The image on this card is being utilized for the main illustration on Hill's page at the Wikipedia web site. --------------------------------------------------------------- With our card listings, we combine purchases - The total shipping cost is not to exceed $4.00, and we will refund any overage spent by the buyer on postage. ================================================= All cards in our listings come from original owners who purchased them at shows in the 1980s, or in packs at earlier dates. We only sell ungraded cards, because we feel the decision of where and when to grade belongs specifically to the next owner. Therefore all the cards chosen to be listed [even though they may have small inevitable detractions] will have enough special virtues to warrant their selection for the spotlight. Please refer to all photo scans included, which are of the actual items in the listing - These are an important part of the descriptions. Scans of the cards having a dark background were done with the scanner top open, those with a white background had the top closed. Please view the images carefully to see the conditions. Sometimes the actions of the scanner and/or the image editing programs - either from the computer, the scanner, the camera, or the program provided by eBay for listing images - can create something that is not there in real life, primarily a pattern in reflection that appears to be from ink, but is non-existent. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If this occurs, we will endeavor to bring it to your attention in the 'Condition' area above. Please ask any questions prior to purchase. No foreign sales. Thank You.

Price: 16 USD

Location: Standard, California

End Time: 2024-12-16T07:02:00.000Z

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