1957 Topps Football Checklist

1957 Topps Football cards are one of the most recognizable designs in the hobby with a two image front that includes an “action” shot as well as a player headshot.

The set includes the rookie cards of Hall of Fame inductees Jack Butler (#15), Richard Lane (#85), Raymond Berry (#94), Bart Starr (#119), Tommy McDonald (#124), John Unitas (#138), and Paul Hornung (#151). In all, 36 players featured on this checklist would go on to Hall of Fame inductions.

The second series of this collection is more rare than the first and makes up about half of the set.

The design for this series was used as a part of the 2016 Topps Throwback Thursday set. The packaging was also included in the 2018 Topps 80th Anniversary Wrapper Art series of on-demand trading cards.

Bill Sherman’s card (#58) comes with four variations. There is a card with no team or position listed on the front, a card with the word “back” listed but still no team, a card that says “Back – Rams” on the front, and a card that says “Halfback – Rams” on front. In January, 20202, a PSA 8 version of the card with no position or team listed sold for $430 but it is far from the most valuable card in the set. That honor belongs to card #119 (Bart Starr) which regularly sells for thousands of dollars.

1957 Topps Football Checklist

49ers

Bears

Browns

Cardinals

Colts

Eagles

Giants

Lions

Packers

Rams

Redskins

Steelers