King Hill, Quarterback and Punter for the Cardinals, Eagles, and Vikings

July 15th, 2012  |  Published in Player Deaths

King Hill 1960 Mayrose Cardinals football cardKing Hill, a quarterback and punter who played in the NFL from 1958 to 1969, passed away on July 14. The riceowls.com web site has a story about Hill and a photo of him from his college days. Hill spent most of his playing career with the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles, and he punted for part of one season for the Minnesota Vikings. After retiring as a player, he served as a coach and scout in the NFL for 23 more years.

Hill appeared on several football cards as a player. His 1960 Mayrose Cardinals card is pictured here. The Mayrose cards, which were distributed in packages of Mayrose meat products, are a small regional set that commemorated the Cardinals’ move from Chicago to St. Louis.

You can see all of King Hill’s cards in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.

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Trivia Question #3

October 22nd, 2009  |  Published in Trivia Questions

Continuing our little quiz:

Question #3: What do the four quarterbacks pictured on these vintage football cards have in common?

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Answer: All of them were #1 overall NFL draft picks in the 1950’s.

From Wikipedia:

Year Player School NFL Team
1954 Bobby Garrett Stanford Cleveland Browns
1955 George Shaw Oregon Baltimore Colts
1958 King Hill Rice Chicago Cardinals
1959 Randy Duncan Iowa Green Bay Packers

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Jumping Quarterbacks!

July 26th, 2009  |  Published in Funny Poses

Last month I posted examples of my favorite pose on football cards, the pose in which the player is sitting, holding his helmet. This month I thought I’d post my favorite action shot: the quarterback throwing a jump pass. Shown here are 1960 Fleer Tom O’Connell, 1959 Topps King Hill, 1956 Topps George Shaw, and–complete with blockers!–1958 Topps Lamar McHan. Want more? The 1960 Fleer set uses the shot for at least five quarterbacks.

I couldn’t recall ever seeing a jump pass–or at least an intentional one–in a game, so I did a little YouTube search. I turned up a couple: Ralph Guglielmi of Notre Dame (at about 1:20) and Tim Tebow of Florida.

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