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Lyle Alzado

Lyle Martin Alzado

Position: DE-DT
Height: 6-3    Weight: 255 lbs.

Born: April 3, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: May 14, 1992 in Lake Oswego, OR
College: Yankton
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round (79th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (283rd overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

77 77 77

All-Pro

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Fine Details  · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
All-Time Rank: #293. Steve Atwater… #294. Tommy McDonald… #295. Steve Hutchinson… #296. LYLE ALZADO… #297. Garrison Hearst… #298. George Kunz… #299. Lester Hayes… 

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1971 22 DEN RDE 77 12 11 6
1972 23 DEN RDE 77 14 14 0 0 5 6 0 8
1973 24 DEN RDE 77 14 14 0 0 1 0 0 7
1974 25 DEN RDE 77 14 14 0 0 2 0 0 7
1975 26 DEN RDE 77 14 14 0 0 3 14 0 8
1976 27 DEN de 77 1 1 1
1977*+ 28 DEN RDE 77 14 14 0 0 3 1 0 17
1978* 29 DEN RDE 77 16 16 1 12
1979 30 CLE LDE 77 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
1980+ 31 CLE RDE 77 16 15 12
1981 32 CLE RDE 77 15 15 0 0 1 0 0 7
1982 33 RAI RDE 77 9 9 7.0 0 0 1 7 0 7
1983 34 RAI RDE 77 15 15 7.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
1984 35 RAI RDE 77 16 16 6.0 0 0 1 0 0 8
1985 36 RAI RDE 77 11 11 3.0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
Career 196 179 23.0 0 0 20 28 1 3 119
8 yrs DEN 99 98 0 0 14 21 0 1 66
4 yrs RAI 51 51 23.0 0 0 4 7 1 2 28
3 yrs CLE 46 30 0 0 2 0 0 25

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978* 29 DEN RDE 77 16 16 1 2
1983 34 RAI RDE 77 15 15 1 2
1985 36 RAI RDE 77 11 11 1 1 1 8
Career 196 179 1 1 3 12
8 yrs DEN 99 98 1 2
4 yrs RAI 51 51 1 1 2 10

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8 Fred Dean*, Kevin Carter, Gerry Philbin, Ray Krouse, Dana Stubblefield, Fred Smerlas, Norm Willey, Charles Mann, Clyde Simmons, Pat Holmes
9 Gerry Philbin, John Henderson, Patrick Kerney, Kevin Carter, Fred Dean*, Dana Stubblefield, Doug Betters, Too Tall Jones, Gene Lipscomb, Dexter Manley
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15 Kevin Carter, Too Tall Jones, Bryant Young, Jim Marshall, Jim Katcavage, Clyde Simmons, Sam Adams, Ted Washington, Dave Butz, Charles Mann
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
1982 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Pro Bowls
1977
1978

First-Team All-Pro
1977
1980

Approximate Value
1977 NFL 17 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs
1985 NFL 1 (7)

Games Started
Career 179 (154)

Fumbles Recovered
1972 NFL 5 (1)
Career 20 (93)

Fumble Return TD
1985 NFL 1 (1/41)

Sacks
1971 NFL 0.0 (1)
1972 NFL 0.0 (1)
1973 NFL 0.0 (1)
1974 NFL 0.0 (1)
1975 NFL 0.0 (1)
1976 NFL 0.0 (1)
1977 NFL 0.0 (1)
1978 NFL 0.0 (1)
1979 NFL 0.0 (1)
1980 NFL 0.0 (1)
1981 NFL 0.0 (1)
1982 NFL 7.0 (9)

Safeties
1978 NFL 1 (1/18)
1983 NFL 1 (2/18)
1985 NFL 1 (2/18)
Career 3 (4)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19771st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19771st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19772nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19781st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19782nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19792nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19821st TeamAll-Conf.UPI