Albersheim's 2015 January Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/24/2015
Len Ford was an American football defensive end. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976. He played two years for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. When the AAFC disbanded in 1949, only three teams from the league - the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts - were merged into the NFL. Ford was selected by the Browns out of a special draft pool created for teamless former AAFC players. In Cleveland, he became a ferocious defensive player for a very strong Browns team that dominated the NFL during the 1950s, playing in five championship games and winning three.
We offer an original 8" x 10" photo from 1954 with the Cleveland Browns stamp on the back. Great shot from the Sporting News archives. Some may say that this photo was the photo used for Ford's 1957 Topps football card; although there are a few differences.