Lance Alworth

Lance Dwight Alworth (Bambi)

Position: FL-WR
Height: 6-0 Weight: 184 lbs.

Born: August 3, 1940 in Houston, TX
College: Arkansas (school history)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round (9th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (179th overall since 1950)
7-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1978

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Fine Details · Last updated May 20, 2013 1:25PM

All-Time Rank: #111. Cortez Kennedy… #112. Jackie Smith… #113. Mike Webster… #114. LANCE ALWORTH… #115. Orlando Pace… #116. Lee Roy Selmon… #117. Ernie Stautner…

All-Time Rank: #111. Cortez Kennedy… #112. Jackie Smith… #113. Mike Webster… #114. LANCE ALWORTH… #115. Orlando Pace… #116. Lee Roy Selmon… #117. Ernie Stautner…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1962	22	SDG		24	4		10	226	22.6	3	67	2.5	56.5	1	17	0	17	17.0	4.3	0.3	243	3	0	3
1963*+	23	SDG	FL/PR	19	14		61	1205	19.8	11	85	4.4	86.1	2	14	0	21	7.0	1.0	0.1	1219	11	0	16
1964*+	24	SDG	FL/PR	19	12		61	1235	20.2	13	82	5.1	102.9	3	60	2	35	20.0	5.0	0.3	1295	15	3	14
1965*+	25	SDG	FL	19	14		69	1602	23.2	14	85	4.9	114.4	3	-12	0	-1	-4.0	-0.9	0.2	1590	14	2	15
1966*+	26	SDG	FL	19	13		73	1383	18.9	13	78	5.6	106.4	3	10	0	4	3.3	0.8	0.2	1393	13	0	16
1967*+	27	SDG	FL	19	11		52	1010	19.4	9	71	4.7	91.8	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.5	0.1	1015	9	0	11
1968*+	28	SDG	FL	19	14		68	1312	19.3	10	80	4.9	93.7	3	18	0	10	6.0	1.3	0.2	1330	10	0	15
1969*	29	SDG	FL	19	14		64	1003	15.7	4	76	4.6	71.6	5	25	0	16	5.0	1.8	0.4	1028	4	0	11
1970	30	SDG	WR	19	14	0	35	608	17.4	4	80	2.5	43.4								608	4	0	8
1971	31	DAL	WR	19	12	11	34	487	14.3	2	26	2.8	40.6	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.8	0.2	477	2	0	7
1972	32	DAL	WR	19	14	7	15	195	13.0	2	30	1.1	13.9	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	197	2	0	2
Career					136	18	542	10266	18.9	85	85	4.0	75.5	24	129	2	35	5.4	0.9	0.2	10395	87	5	118
9 yrs		SDG			110	0	493	9584	19.4	81	85	4.5	87.1	21	137	2	35	6.5	1.2	0.2	9721	83	5	109
2 yrs		DAL			26	18	49	682	13.9	4	30	1.9	26.2	3	-8	0	2	-2.7	-0.3	0.1	674	4	0	9

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1963*+	23	SDG	FL/PR	19	14		11	120	0	61	10.9	10	216	0	34	21.6	1555
1964*+	24	SDG	FL/PR	19	12		18	189	0	43	10.5						1484
Career					136		29	309	0	61	10.7	10	216	0	34	21.6	10920

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1964*+	24	SDG	FL/PR	19	12	1	1	100.0	-11	-11	-11.0	-11.0	-11.0	-0.9	79.2
1967*+	27	SDG	FL	19	11	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					136	1	2	50.0	-11	0	-5.5	-5.5	-11.0	-0.1	56.2	0	0	-5.50	-5.50	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1962	22	SDG		24	4			3	3		18
1963*+	23	SDG	FL/PR	19	14			11	11		66
1964*+	24	SDG	FL/PR	19	12		2	13	15		90
1965*+	25	SDG	FL	19	14			14	14		84
1966*+	26	SDG	FL	19	13			13	13		78
1967*+	27	SDG	FL	19	11			9	9		54
1968*+	28	SDG	FL	19	14			10	10	1	62
1969*	29	SDG	FL	19	14			4	4		24
1970	30	SDG	WR	19	14	0		4	4		24
1971	31	DAL	WR	19	12	11		2	2		12
1972	32	DAL	WR	19	14	7		2	2		12
Career					136	18	2	85	87	1	524
9 yrs		SDG			110	0	2	81	83	1	500
2 yrs		DAL			26	18		4	4		24

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5	Dwight Clark, Tony Hill, Louis Lipps, Laveranues Coles, Isaac Curtis, Gary Collins, Fred Barnett, Marques Colston, Hines Ward, Mel Gray
6	Tony Hill, Dwight Clark, Antonio Freeman, Drew Pearson, Louis Lipps, Mark Clayton, Keyshawn Johnson, Plaxico Burress, Lynn Swann, Paul Warfield
7	Keyshawn Johnson, Cris Collinsworth, Drew Pearson, Antonio Freeman, Mark Clayton, Tony Hill, Plaxico Burress, Paul Warfield*, Hines Ward, Andre Johnson
8	Keyshawn Johnson, Andre Johnson, Plaxico Burress, Drew Pearson, Hines Ward, Cris Collinsworth, Anthony Miller, Andre Reed, James Lofton, Steve Largent
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1963 AFL UPI Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969	First-Team All-Pro 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968	Approximate Value 1963 AFL 16 (2) 1964 AFL 14 (4) 1965 AFL 15 (6) 1966 AFL 16 (2) 1968 AFL 15 (9)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 97 (179)	Receptions 1963 AFL 61 (6) 1964 AFL 61 (5) 1965 AFL 69 (2) 1966 AFL 73 (1) 1967 AFL 52 (7) 1968 AFL 68 (1) 1969 AFL 64 (1) Career 542 (94)	Receiving Yds 1963 AFL 1205 (2) 1964 AFL 1235 (3) 1965 AFL 1602 (1/14) 1966 AFL 1383 (1/80) 1967 AFL 1010 (3) 1968 AFL 1312 (1) 1969 AFL 1003 (2) Career 10266 (35)	Receiving TD 1963 AFL 11 (2) 1964 AFL 13 (1/51) 1965 AFL 14 (1/31) 1966 AFL 13 (1/51) 1967 AFL 9 (6) 1968 AFL 10 (3) Career 85 (13)
Long Reception 1963 AFL 85 (3) 1964 AFL 82 (2) 1965 AFL 85 (3) 1966 AFL 78 (5) 1967 AFL 71 (7) 1968 AFL 80 (8) 1969 AFL 76 (7) 1970 NFL 80 (7)	Yds/Reception 1963 AFL 19.8 (3) 1964 AFL 20.2 (4) 1965 AFL 23.2 (1/40) 1966 AFL 18.9 (5) 1967 AFL 19.4 (5) 1968 AFL 19.3 (6) Career 18.9 (20)	Receiving Yds/Game 1963 AFL 86.1 (2) 1964 AFL 102.9 (2/20) 1965 AFL 114.4 (1/7) 1966 AFL 106.4 (1/13) 1967 AFL 91.8 (2/79) 1968 AFL 93.7 (2/62) 1969 AFL 71.6 (4) Career 75.5 (6)	Touchdowns 1963 AFL 11 (3) 1964 AFL 15 (1) 1965 AFL 14 (1) 1966 AFL 13 (1) 1967 AFL 9 (8) 1968 AFL 10 (3) Career 87 (38)
Points Scored 1963 AFL 66 (7) 1964 AFL 90 (3) 1965 AFL 84 (5) 1966 AFL 78 (7) 1968 AFL 62 (8) Career 524 (157)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1963 AFL 11 (3) 1964 AFL 15 (1) 1965 AFL 14 (1) 1966 AFL 13 (1) 1967 AFL 9 (8) 1968 AFL 10 (3) Career 87 (35)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Yds From Scrimmage 1963 AFL 1219 (3) 1964 AFL 1295 (6) 1965 AFL 1590 (1) 1966 AFL 1393 (3) 1967 AFL 1015 (8) 1968 AFL 1330 (1) 1969 AFL 1028 (6) Career 10395 (77)
All-Purpose Yds 1963 AFL 1555 (4) 1964 AFL 1484 (6) 1965 AFL 1590 (1) 1966 AFL 1393 (5) 1968 AFL 1330 (3) Career 10920 (107)	Yds/Touch Career 18.0 (16)	Punt Returns 1963 AFL 11 (8) 1964 AFL 18 (4)	Punt Return Yds 1963 AFL 120 (8) 1964 AFL 189 (4)
Long Punt Return 1963 AFL 61 (3) 1964 AFL 43 (6)	Yds/Punt Return 1964 AFL 10.5 (2)	Sacks 1962 AFL 0.0 (1) 1963 AFL 0.0 (1) 1964 AFL 0.0 (1) 1965 AFL 0.0 (1) 1966 AFL 0.0 (1) 1967 AFL 0.0 (1) 1968 AFL 0.0 (1) 1969 AFL 0.0 (1) 1970 NFL 0.0 (1) 1971 NFL 0.0 (1) 1972 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1963	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1967	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1968	1st Team	All-NFL/AFL	Pro Football Weekly
1968	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Writers
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Weekly
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Writers
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Hall of Fame
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Weekly
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Sporting News
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	30	14	WR	85	23	23	51
1971	31	12	WR	60		38
1972	32	14	WR	32		54
				177	23

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