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1946 Browns Sears Specs
Year: 1946
Title: Sears Browns
Size: 2 1/2″ x 4″
Number in Set: 8
1946 Browns Sears Overview
These cards were issued to commemorate the debut season of the Cleveland Browns in the All America Football Conference. The cards come on heavy white paper stock and feature black and white player photos. The backs of the cards have a team schedule. Below the photo is the player’s name and position followed by a request to follow the browns on WGAR radio and a Sears, Roebuck, and Company sponsorship.
The John Yanakor example may have come from a team booklet, for more about the set and the Yanakor specifically, check out this thread.
1946 Browns Sears Examples And Sales
PSA has only slabbed 40 of these cards with most being mid-grade PSA 4’s, 5’s, and 6’s.
In September 2020, Mile High Card Co. sold this complete PSA-graded set for $4,521.60
The only individually graded card sale in Card Ladder’s database is a March 2018, $168 sale, of a PSA 4-graded Frank Gatski card.
1946 Browns Sears Key Cards
The key card of this incredibly scarce issue is Otto Graham’s “pre-rookie.”
1946 Browns Sears Checklist
Ernie Blandin
Jim Daniell
Fred Evans
Frank Gatski
Otto Graham
Dante Lavelli
Mel Maceau
George Young