Football card (North America)

An American Football card is one type of trading card typically printed on paper stock or card stock. An example will usually feature one or more American football players or other related sports figures. These cards are most often found in the United States and Canada where the sport is popular.

Football cards are often thought of as the "new" baseball cards and may include bubblegum or a special edition player card. Usually it will have the stats of famous players and they can be collected.

Along with baseball cards, football cards began gaining popularity after World War II. 1948 saw two sports card producers, Bowman Gum and Leaf Candy Company produce their first football card sets, each consisting of about 100 cards of then-current players from the National Football League. Leaf only went on to produce one more set, however Bowman continued until 1955, when they were bought out by the Topps Chewing Gum Company in 1956. That year, Topps produced their first regular football card set (after producing sets of historic college players in 1950, 1951, and 1955) and still produces football cards today.