Football is the most popular
spectator sport in the United States, and collecting football cards is a
passion for many football fans.
Like baseball cards, football
cards first appeared in the 1800's. The cards were inserted in various
tobacco products as a means of advertising.
P.H. Mayo was the first
company to produce a football card series in 1894. Of course there was no
NFL back then, but there were several college football teams. The Mayo set
consisted of 35 players from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
The information you need to start collecting
football cards is essentially identical to collecting baseball cards. To
learn more about how to collect football
cards please visit our baseball card collecting pages. Here you will
find information about the various
types of football cards to collect.
Please take the time to learn
how to store football cards so
that all of your fun, hard work, and money don't go to waste. For some collectors,
investing in football cards
is a serious business, which type of collector are you? Once you've
started collecting, you'll want to learn how to figure out
the value of a football card. For
those that are absolutely passionate about collecting you'll want to read
about the possibility of a football
card career.
As with all sports cards we believe that
trading is an excellent way to add to your collection. While you are here
have a look at our
football card
trading message board.
2009 Football card release dates
January 2009
(football cards)
7th 2008 Playoff Contenders Football
19st 2008 Topps Sterling Football
21st 2008 Topps Mayo Football
21st 2008 Topps Triple Threads Football
28th 2008 Upper Deck SP Authentic Football Hobby Box
February 2009
(football cards)
16th - 2008 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Football
17th - 2008 Upper Deck SP Football
March 2009 (football cards)
3rd - 2008 Upper Deck Exquisite Football
25th - 2009 Sage Hit Low Series Football
April 2009
(football cards)
19th - 2009 Sage Hit High Series Football
May 2009 (football cards)
4th - 2009 Upper Deck Draft Edition Football
5th - 2009 Upper Deck Draft Edition
13th - 2009 Playoff Prestige Football
26th - 2009 Upper Deck Heroes Football
Football Card News
10/28/2009
History has a way of repeating itself, and with the forthcoming
release of
2009 Limited Football Panini America Inc. has return a hobby
classic to its roots.
10/26/2009
Christmas Arrives Early:
Upper Deck Releases 2009 SP Threads Football Card Set. Extremely
popular brand has been reconfigured to deliver the same high-end rookie
cards at an even greater value!
10/20/2009
Upper Deck Releases
2009 SP Threads Football Card Set. Extremely popular brand has
been reconfigured to deliver the same high-end rookie cards at an even
greater value!
10/15/2009
Upper Deck Searches for the Ultimate NFL Fan!
Sports card company to give away Ultimate VIP Fan Package to the
most creative NFL fanatic via online promotion.
10/6/2009
Panini Releases FIRST
Brett Favre Vikings Certified Autograph Football Card - Officials
at Panini America announced today that the company will be including the
FIRST certified autograph trading card of Minnesota Viking's quarterback,
Brett Favre, in its October 2009 hobby release Certified Football. Facing
his former team Monday night, Favre completed 24 of 31 passes for 271
yards and three touchdowns. The Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay
Packers, 30-23 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
9/24/2009
Absolute
Memorabilia Football
Raises the Bar with Additional Hobby Hits.
9/21/2009
Within days of a season-ending wrist injury, Chicago Bears
linebacker Brian Urlacher says he was
written off by an autograph and sports memorabilia company.
9/18/2009
Upper Deck Kicks Off ’09
Football Season by Launching
New, Interactive Gridiron Website. Collectors will be treated to
online contests, a revolutionary new rookie card management system and
much more!
9/15/2009
Sneak Peek Gallery:
2009 Playoff Absolute Football Cards
9/11/2009
2009 Topps
National Chicle Football cards coming this winter
9/2/2009
2009 National Treasures Pen Pals.
8/31/2009
NFL Hall of Famer Elvin Bethea and five other
players have sued the NFL for using their names and images for
profit without their permission.
8/26/2009
Farve's First Donruss Threads Card Will Now Be Available at Target
too
8/25/2009
Panini Makes First
Favre Vikings Football Card a Walmart Exclusive
8/21/2009
Topps this afternoon revealed a card from the forthcoming 2009
Topps Finest Football, due out Sept. 15, sure to have a certain sect of
purple people eating it up:
Brett Favre’s first Minnesota Vikings card.
8/13/2009
Lights, Camera, Action: Top NFL Rookies
Discuss the Art of Autographs. Standouts like Matt Stafford, Mark
Sanchez, Percy Harvin, Darrius Heyward-Bey and Aaron Curry provide their
take on signing for the fans!
8/1/2009
Topps officials recently released preliminary information and
images on the
rookie-laden 2009 Bowman Chrome Football, a 165-card set featuring
55 rookies seeded one per pack.
7/28/2009
Topps announces that there are
several
short-printed autographed cards and 50 base cards in the recently
released 2009 Topps Magic Football.
7/21/2009
Topps officials on Tuesday
morning released preliminary details and images of
2009 Topps Mayo Football.
7/15/2009
*
Panini America will be continuing the
tradition of holding the
wrapper redemption. Collectors bringing FIVE un-opened packs of
any 2009 Panini hobby product (or box of any Retail product), will receive
a one-three card pack. Included in the packs will be updated Donruss Elite
rookie cards, basketball and even Americana cards.
* Back by popular
demand, Upper Deck proudly presents its new, league-approved “Top
10 Touchdown
Dance Challenge” video captured at this year’s
NFL Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot inside the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum. The cream of the league’s rookie crop proved that they not only
possess great skills on the football field but can also hold their own
with the best of them out on the dance floor or – in this case – the end
zone.
6/25/2009
Bowman Sterling Football In a Class of Its Own. The
collector-popular
Bowman
Sterling Football returns in 2009 featuring all the top rookies
and super veterans for the upcoming NFL Season.
6/18/2009
Panini America
Brings Back 1989 Score Football Cards
6/9/2009
Topps Chrome Football Returns with
the Most Collectible 2009 NFL Rookie Cards! Every hobby box
guarantees (1) autographed rookie card featuring names such as Mark
Sanchez, Michael Crabtree and Matthew Stafford. Black Refractor (#’d to
25), Gold Refractor (#’d to 10) and SuperFractor (1 of 1) autograph
parallels round out the assortment.
6/2/2009
* Record Breaker: Pristine
Joe Montana Rookie Card Sells for $65K!
* The
Upper Deck 2009 NFL Rookie Touchdown Dance Challenge video
5/28/2009
First look:
2009 Topps Chrome football
5/23/2009
Panini Confirms Prestige Variations
5/12/2009
The top picks from the 2009 NFL Draft, including the top three
selections in Matthew Stafford, Jason Smith and Tyson Jackson, will
headline a group of more than 30 NFL rookies who will make their
professional debut at this weekend’s Reebok
NFL Players Rookie Premiere presented by EA Sports and hosted by NFL
Players.
5/6/2009
Panini: 2009 Playoff
Prestige will have zero redemptions
4/28/2009
* Press Pass announces
2009 football cards red ink, inscriptions list
* McFarlane Toys unveils
college football figures
4/27/2009
*
Upper Deck Soliciting
Special Inscriptions for NFL’s Top Rookies
*
Panini America's Draft Day Surprise
3/11/2009
2008 UD
Ultimate Collection Football Packs a Punch
2/26/2009
Officials at Donruss recently released images for its
first NFL set of 2009, Playoff Prestige. Set to hit streets May
13th (just two weeks after the NFL Draft), the rookie cards from Prestige
are the first official trading cards on the market with updated team and
draft information for the new rookie class.
2/19/2009
Topps Mayo NFL / Short Prints Revealed - Topps announces that the
recently-released and very popular
2008 Topps Mayo Football features a number of short printed cards
including base cards, autographs and relics.
2/5/2009
2/4/2009
Stadium Club Football Super Teams….Prizes Announced
2/2/2009
Donruss officials said they were extremely happy with the turnout
at
this year’s Super Bowl Card Show, the first held under the
company’s sponsorship.
1/26/2009
Playoff
National Treasures 1 of 1's
1/22/2009
Donruss has created a 440-card Super Bowl edition factory set that
will be sold at the event. Produced under the Score name, each card will
feature the official Super Bowl XLIII logo. As a free bonus, collectors
purchasing the factory set will get an exclusive 18-card set of those
participating in this year's Super Bowl. Nine cards will highlight the
NFC's Arizona Cardinals and nine will highlight the AFC's Pittsburgh
Steelers.
1/20/2009
2008 Playoff Contenders
Football Cards Part 2 of 2
1/16/2009
Product Review:
2008 Playoff Contenders Football Cards
1/12/2009
* Donruss Becomes the "Official Trading Card Sponsor of the NFL
Experience"
* Topps announces the next etopps installment of its popular
Allen & Ginter Super Bowl Champions collection.
1/8/2009
Football cards -
On card rookie autographs in 2008 Playoff National Treasures
Sammy Baugh: 1914-2008
12/1/2008
Going Deep with
Vintage AFL Cards
11/26/2008
Reviewing 2008 Bowman Chrome Football
11/22/2008
Upper Deck Ignites
Packers Trading Card Promotion through 10 Wisconsin Newspapers.
11/6/2008
Leaf Rookies & Stars Collegiate Patches - Leaf Rookies & Stars has
established itself by having the most comprehensive rookie checklist
available and has more non-sticker autographs than any product on the
market.
11/4/2008
Donruss, a leading manufacturer of sports trading cards and the second
oldest card company in the industry, has created
two limited edition football card sets that will be distributed as
part of the NFL International Series at games in both London and Toronto.
10/31/2008
Leaf Rookies & Stars has established itself by having the most
comprehensive rookie checklist available. Insert concepts are driven by
rookies, with a touch of the stars.
10/15/2008
Topps Releases First Randy Moss Autographs in 5 Years
10/09/2008
Donruss Produces
Cowboys Football Card Set for Kids Club
9/30/2008
NFL Player of the Day Hosts Free Autograph Sessions - NY Jets Brad
Smith and Pittsburgh Steelers Marvel Smith Kick-Off 2008 NFL Player of the
Day Program with Hobby Shop Visits To officially kick-off the 2008 NFL
Player of the Day
9/25/2008
* 2008 Leaf Certified goes live today and
offers more game-used jersey cards than any product on the market.
*
Upper Deck Inks Exclusive Memorabilia Deal with Dallas Cowboys
Quarterback Tony Romo
9/24/2008
2008 Topps Finest Football: Production Error
Week 3 Donruss
Highlight Reel
9/18/2008
Week 2 Donruss Highlight Reel
9/10/2008
*
Topps Letterman Brand Comes to Football
* TOPPS CREATES BIG APPLE VERSION OF
FAVRE TRACTOR CARD
* Each week, Donruss.com will highlight the breakout performances of the
NFL weekend, recapping who's hot to
help you decide whose cardboard to collect.
* The opening weekend of NFL action has
collectors jumping all over the 2008 rookie class
9/1/2008
2008 Bowman Sterling Football Manufacturing Issue
8/29/2008
* Uncover Gridiron Greatness with
Upper Deck’s 2008 NFL Icons
* Brady, Peterson and Manning Brothers
Highlight 2008 Bowman Sterling Football
8/25/2008
Score, one of the industry's most popular retail-oriented trading card
releases, will be hitting retail shelves at any moment. Score has built a
name with collectors as a premium entry-level football product, boasting a
comprehensive checklist full of rookies and established stars perfect for
new collectors and set builders alike.
Score stands alone as the only $.99 football card product in the market.
This year, Donruss has added several "cool" kid-friendly components to the
program that will sure to spark trades at recess.
8/7/2008
*
2008 Donruss Threads is the 4th NFL release of the year for Donruss
and hits streets yesterday.
*
Crisp Photography and Top Stars Fuel 2008 Upper Deck Football
7/29/2008
Ditka to Sign at Donruss Booth
7/28/2008
Rare Topps Favre Variations Discovered
7/23/2008
Limited edition autographed rookie cards, featuring an NFL Shield PATCH
and sequentially #’d to just 15, will be randomly
inserted into boxes of 2008 Finest Football!
7/9/2008
Packers Legend Brett
Favre Returns in Upper Deck’s 2008 Football Heroes
6/24/2008
Donruss Signs Darren McFadden to Endorsement Deal - Raiders Rookie
Running Back to Be Featured on Donruss Packaging
6/16/2008
2008 Donruss Elite Features Autographed Rookie Cards
6/13/2008
Donruss Elite Unannounced Parallel
6/9/2008
Box Busters:
2008 Donruss Elite Football
Sneak Peak: Donruss Elite Football
6/3/2008
Officials at Diamond Comic Distributors recently announced the 2007 Annual
Gem Awards and
Donruss' Playoff Contenders was named Sports Card Product of the Year.
5/19/2008
UD
Heroes Football Rookie Signing Session
4/17/2008
Upper Deck’s 2008 Draft Edition Football Puts the Spotlight on
NFL’s New Rookie Talent
3/30/2008
Upper Deck Responds to Beckett
2007 Exquisite Football Box Buster Episode
3/27/2008
May as well keep the
Favre news going
3/24/2008
Favre gamers heat up, so do the number of fakes
3/20/2008
Donruss Sends Collector To The NFL Rookie Photo Shoot
3/12/2008
* The wait is over for Upper Deck’s most anticipated football release,
2007 NFL Exquisite
*
How
many Donruss football cards are there of Brett Favre?
3/4/2008
Brett Favre Retiring From NFL
2/21/2008
2008 Limited edition Arena Football League Trading Card Set - For
the second year in a row, the Donruss Trading Card Company will be teaming
up with the Arena Football League's Dallas Desperados to produce a limited
edition trading card set for the upcoming 2008 season.
2/12/2008
* Get healthier by
collecting football cards??
*
10-Year-Old Wins
NFL
Player of the Day Sweepstakes
2/12/2008
Topps to Issue
Special Super Bowl Set with Ticket Stub Relics
2/11/2008
Officials at Donruss have announced the
list of short-prints for 2007 Playoff Contenders football.
1/29/2008
* Two-minute entry for ‘Best Celebratory Dance’ earns Kam Kaler
trip for two to Super Bowl XLII!
*
Donruss Teams up with Beckett at the Super Bowl...
1/26/2008
* The Wait Is Over:
2007 Donruss National Treasures Live Next Week!
1/21/2008
* Playoff wins have
big impact on card prices
* Donruss Creates
Undefeated Patriots
Card For Super Bowl
* eTopps Issues First
Allen & Ginter Football Set
1/15/2008
Grand prize winner of
Beckett's Playoff Hunt for the NFL Playoffs contest
1/14/2008
* Construction for
NFL Experience begins
* Topps announces an all-new high-end football product
commemorating the top performers of the year…2007
Topps Performance Football
1/8/2008 - Topps Announces
Exclusive Card Sets For Super Bowl XLII Card Show
1/7/2008 - The guys over at Beckett found some
cool videos of players signing for NFL auctions
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