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Alan Ameche

Alan Dante Ameche

Position: FB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: June 1, 1933 in Kenosha, WI
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 66 (678th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1955*+ 22 BAL FB 35 12 0 213 961 9 79 4.5 80.1 17.8 27 141 5.2 0 18 2.3 11.8 1102 9 3 14
1956* 23 BAL FB 35 12 0 178 858 8 43 4.8 71.5 14.8 26 189 7.3 0 22 2.2 15.8 1047 8 3 14
1957* 24 BAL FB 35 12 0 144 493 5 49 3.4 41.1 12.0 15 137 9.1 2 40 1.3 11.4 630 7 3 12
1958* 25 BAL FB 35 12 0 171 791 8 28 4.6 65.9 14.3 13 81 6.2 1 18 1.1 6.8 872 9 1 13
1959 26 BAL FB 35 12 0 178 679 7 26 3.8 56.6 14.8 13 129 9.9 1 30 1.1 10.8 808 8 3 14
1960 27 BAL FB 35 10 0 80 263 3 16 3.3 26.3 8.0 7 56 8.0 0 19 0.7 5.6 319 3 0 7
Career 70 0 964 4045 40 79 4.2 57.8 13.8 101 733 7.3 4 40 1.4 10.5 4778 44 13 74

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1955*+ 22 BAL FB 35 12 0 4 60 0 19 15.0 1162
1956* 23 BAL FB 35 12 0 2 38 0 25 19.0 1085
Career 70 0 6 98 0 25 16.3 4876

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1955*+ 22 BAL FB 35 12 0 3 1 0 0
1956* 23 BAL FB 35 12 0 3 0 0 0
1957* 24 BAL FB 35 12 0 3 0 0 0
1958* 25 BAL FB 35 12 0 1 0 0 0
1959 26 BAL FB 35 12 0 3 0 0 0
Career 70 0 13 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1955*+ 22 BAL FB 35 12 0 9 9 54
1956* 23 BAL FB 35 12 0 8 8 48
1957* 24 BAL FB 35 12 0 5 2 7 42
1958* 25 BAL FB 35 12 0 8 1 9 54
1959 26 BAL FB 35 12 0 7 1 8 48
1960 27 BAL FB 35 10 0 3 3 18
Career 70 0 40 4 44 264

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1955
1956
1957
1958

First-Team All-Pro

1955

Rushing Att

1955 NFL 213 (1)
1956 NFL 178 (5)
1957 NFL 144 (5)
1958 NFL 171 (3)
1959 NFL 178 (5)
Career 964 (179)

Rushing Yds

1955 NFL 961 (1)
1956 NFL 858 (4)
1958 NFL 791 (2)
1959 NFL 679 (9)
Career 4045 (165)

Rushing TD

1955 NFL 9 (1)
1956 NFL 8 (3)
1957 NFL 5 (6)
1958 NFL 8 (3)
1959 NFL 7 (4)
Career 40 (91)

Long Rush

1955 NFL 79 (2)

Yds/Rushing Att

1955 NFL 4.5 (8)
1956 NFL 4.8 (5)
1958 NFL 4.6 (9)
Career 4.2 (154)

Rushing Yds/Game

1955 NFL 80.1 (2)
1956 NFL 71.5 (4)
1958 NFL 65.9 (2)
1959 NFL 56.6 (9)
Career 57.8 (73)

Touchdowns

1955 NFL 9 (1)
1956 NFL 8 (8)
1957 NFL 7 (6)
1958 NFL 9 (7)
1959 NFL 8 (8)

Points Scored

1955 NFL 54 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1955 NFL 9 (1)
1956 NFL 8 (8)
1957 NFL 7 (6)
1958 NFL 9 (6)
1959 NFL 8 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1955 NFL 1102 (1)
1956 NFL 1047 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1955 NFL 1162 (3)
1956 NFL 1085 (10)

Touches

1955 NFL 244 (1)
1956 NFL 206 (6)
1957 NFL 159 (9)
1958 NFL 184 (6)
1959 NFL 191 (8)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1955Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1956Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1958Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1959Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL