1959 Kahn’s Wieners Football Card Set and Checklist

1959 Kahn’s Wieners Football Specs

Year: 1959

Title: Kahn’s Wieners

Size: 3 1/4″ x 3 5/16″

Number in Set: 31

1959 Kahn’s Wieners Football Overview

Kahn’s, based in Cincinnati, released their first football card set as a promotion in 1959, after a string of baseball sets that started in 1955 and basketball sets that began in 1957. They included 31 football cards in their 1959 set compared to only 10 for basketball that year.

Because of their regional proximity, the 1959 Kahn’s Wiener football cards only included players from the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers.

The unnumbered cards feature a black-and-white player photograph with a facsimile autograph and Kahn’s slogan (The Wiener The World Awaited) on the front. The backs have basic biographical information and are unnumbered.

1959 Kahn’s Wieners Football Examples and Sales

Despite the assumption that the cards took a beating in their original packaging, they are frequently found in decent condition these days, though occasionally they are stained. PSA has graded 211 total cards across the set, with the average grade being seven. SGC has graded 62 1959 Kahn’s football cards.

Heritage Auctions sold a complete SGC-graded set in April 2011 for $3585; at the time, it was the highest-graded registry set with a GPA of 86.7.