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    A hundred yards of substance and style

    Dec 20, 2019 4 minutes
    by Doug Koztoski

    Clinging to the “National Pastime” crown in the mid-1950s, Major League Baseball battled the NFL’s ever-increasing popularity as the top U.S. team sport. In 1955, the Topps and Bowman companies matched up for collectors’ pocket change, both producing memorable sets in the baseball and football arenas.

    Since Topps bought out Bowman soon after the last 1955 products hit store shelves, some collectors credit the final blow in the cardboard cage match as Topps’ football set that season: the 100-card All American college issue.

    One of the big college football stories that season: The University of Oklahoma’s winning streak, which ran from 1953-57, reaching 47 games total, with national

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