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Alan Ameche
Alan Dante Ameche
Position: FB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: June 1, 1933 in Kenosha, WI
Died: August 8, 1988 in Houston, TX
College: Wisconsin (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 64 (844th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #411. Ed White… #412. Bob Vogel… #413. Mark Gastineau… #414. ALAN AMECHE… #415. Anquan Boldin… #416. Dante Lavelli… #417. Ruben Brown… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1955*+ | 22 | BAL | FB | 35 | 12 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 80 | 263 | 3 | 16 | 3.3 | 26.3 | 8.0 | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | 19 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 319 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Career | 70 | 964 | 4045 | 40 | 79 | 4.2 | 57.8 | 13.8 | 101 | 733 | 7.3 | 4 | 40 | 1.4 | 10.5 | 4778 | 44 | 13 | 72 | |||||
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1955 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1956 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1956 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1956 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
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