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1948 Bowman Football #53 — Frank “Monk” Maznicki — Rookie Card — BVG 3.5 VERY GOOD+

BVG Cert #0005994581


Rookie card from football’s landmark first Bowman set! This is Monk Maznicki #53 from 1948 Bowman — Bowman’s inaugural football issue and one of the foundational sets of the football card hobby — graded BVG 3.5 VERY GOOD+ by Beckett Vintage Grading, showing a great leather-helmet-era action pose in the #17 jersey.


The card back reads like a 1940s football time capsule: “Monk” was one of the keys to the great Boston College teams of 1939-41, including the 1940 national championship squad, then made the Chicago Bears as a rookie in 1942 and “averaged 6.3 yards per try to lead the league.” Like so many of his generation, the war interrupted his career — he played for the powerful Iowa Sea Hawks service team while in the Navy — before rejoining the Bears in 1946 and landing with the Boston Yanks in 1947, where he doubled as the club’s place-kicker. A Rhode Island native and Boston College legend on the hobby’s first football issue.


Card Details:

• Set: 1948 Bowman Football (Bowman’s first football issue, 108 cards)

• Card: #53, Frank (Monk) Maznicki — Rookie Card

• Team: Boston Yanks (Back / Place-kicker, via Boston College)

• Grade: BVG 3.5 VERY GOOD+

• Cert Number: 0005994581 (verifiable on Beckett’s website)


Condition: Professionally graded BVG 3.5 VERY GOOD+ by Beckett Vintage Grading and encapsulated in a tamper-evident holder — honest, evenly worn presentation with a clean image. Please review all photos; the images show the exact card you will receive, front and back (back includes the vintage “Touchdown Football” mail-in offer).

Perfect for 1948 Bowman set builders, Boston College Eagles collectors, Bears history fans, and collectors of WWII-era athletes. We have a growing run of 1948 Bowman football in our store — Pat Harder RC, Frank Barzilauskas RC, and the John Badaczewski SP — so check our other listings and save with combined shipping. Don’t miss it!


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Graded card will be shipped securely — sleeved, bubble-wrapped, and boxed with tracking. Ships within [1] business day of payment. Please check out our other listings — we’re happy to combine shipping on multiple wins!

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