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Gary Ballman

Gary John Ballman

Position: FL-TE-SE-WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: July 6, 1940 in Detroit, MI
Died: May 20, 2004 in Aurora, CO
College: Michigan St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 8th round (104th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 16th round (122nd overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1681st overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 3:25AM
All-Time Rank: #1410. John Kissell… #1411. Robert Jones… #1412. Joe Carollo… #1413. GARY BALLMAN… #1414. Chuck Hinton… #1415. Clarence Peaks… #1416. Glenn Ressler… 

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 PIT 48 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 7 0 3 2.3 2.3 1.0 7 0 0 0
1963 23 PIT FL/KR 85 14 26 492 18.9 5 67 1.9 35.1 8 59 0 18 7.4 4.2 0.6 551 5 2 7
1964* 24 PIT FL/KR 85 13 47 935 19.9 7 47 3.6 71.9 11 43 0 11 3.9 3.3 0.8 978 7 2 11
1965* 25 PIT FL 85 14 40 859 21.5 5 87 2.9 61.4 17 46 3 11 2.7 3.3 1.2 905 8 2 7
1966 26 PIT FL/KR 85 13 41 663 16.2 5 79 3.2 51.0 663 5 2 7
1967 27 PHI FL 85 12 36 524 14.6 6 67 3.0 43.7 1 17 1 17 17.0 1.4 0.1 541 7 2 6
1968 28 PHI SE 85 12 30 341 11.4 4 55 2.5 28.4 1 30 0 30 30.0 2.5 0.1 371 4 0 4
1969 29 PHI TE 85 14 31 492 15.9 2 80 2.2 35.1 492 2 0 5
1970 30 PHI TE 85 14 8 47 601 12.8 3 26 3.4 42.9 601 3 1 7
1971 31 PHI TE 85 6 6 13 238 18.3 0 57 2.2 39.7 238 0 1 2
1972 32 PHI te 85 8 4 9 183 20.3 0 43 1.1 22.9 183 0 0 1
1973 33 2TM 8 3 38 12.7 0 16 0.4 4.8 38 0 0 0
MIN 85 5 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.4 4.4 22 0 0 0
NYG 82 3 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.3 5.3 16 0 0 0
Career 131 18 323 5366 16.6 37 87 2.5 41.0 41 202 4 30 4.9 1.5 0.3 5568 41 12 57
6 yrs PHI 66 18 166 2379 14.3 15 80 2.5 36.0 2 47 1 30 23.5 0.7 0.0 2426 16 4 25
5 yrs PIT 57 0 154 2949 19.1 22 87 2.7 51.7 39 155 3 18 4.0 2.7 0.7 3104 25 8 32
1 yr MIN 5 0 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.4 4.4 22 0 0 0
1 yr NYG 3 0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.3 5.3 16 0 0 0

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 PIT FL/KR 85 14 22 698 1 93 31.7 1249
1964* 24 PIT FL/KR 85 13 14 386 0 80 27.6 1364
1965* 25 PIT FL 85 14 8 150 0 25 18.8 1055
1966 26 PIT FL/KR 85 13 20 477 0 70 23.9 1140
1967 27 PHI FL 85 12 2 43 0 27 21.5 584
Career 131 66 1754 1 93 26.6 7322
6 yrs PHI 66 18 2 43 0 27 21.5 2469
5 yrs PIT 57 0 64 1711 1 93 26.7 4815

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
1963 23 PIT FL/KR 85 14 0 2 0 0 0
1964* 24 PIT FL/KR 85 13 0 2 1 0 0
1965* 25 PIT FL 85 14 0 2 0 0 0
1966 26 PIT FL/KR 85 13 0 2 1 0 0
1967 27 PHI FL 85 12 0 2 0 0 0
1969 29 PHI TE 85 14 0 0 1 0 0
1970 30 PHI TE 85 14 8 0 1 2 0 0
1971 31 PHI TE 85 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
1972 32 PHI te 85 8 4 0 0 1 0 0
Career 131 18 0 12 6 0 0
6 yrs PHI 66 18 0 4 4 0 0
5 yrs PIT 57 0 0 8 2 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1964* 24 PIT FL/KR 85 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1970 30 PHI TE 85 14 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 131 18 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -22.50 0.0
6 yrs PHI 66 18 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
5 yrs PIT 57 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 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 PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1963 23 PIT FL/KR 85 14 5 1 6 36
1964* 24 PIT FL/KR 85 13 7 7 42
1965* 25 PIT FL 85 14 3 5 8 48
1966 26 PIT FL/KR 85 13 5 5 30
1967 27 PHI FL 85 12 1 6 7 42
1968 28 PHI SE 85 12 4 4 24
1969 29 PHI TE 85 14 2 2 12
1970 30 PHI TE 85 14 8 3 3 18
Career 131 18 4 37 1 42 252
6 yrs PHI 66 18 1 15 16 96
5 yrs PIT 57 0 3 22 1 26 156

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1964
1965

Receptions
1970 NFL 47 (10)

Receiving Yds
1964 NFL 935 (4)
1965 NFL 859 (9)

Long Reception
1965 NFL 87 (2)
1969 NFL 80 (7)

Yds/Reception
1964 NFL 19.9 (2)
1965 NFL 21.5 (3/89)
Career 16.6 (114)

Receiving Yds/Game
1964 NFL 71.9 (4)
1965 NFL 61.4 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs
1963 NFL 1 (3)

All-Purpose Yds
1964 NFL 1364 (7)
1965 NFL 1055 (9)

Yds/Touch
Career 17.0 (26)

Kick Returns
1963 NFL 22 (7)

Kick Return Yds
1963 NFL 698 (6)

Kick Return TD
1963 NFL 1 (2/67)
Career 1 (117)

Long Kick Return
1963 NFL 93 (5)
1964 NFL 80 (4)
1966 NFL 70 (10)

Yds/Kick Return
1963 NFL 31.7 (2/19)
1964 NFL 27.6 (2)
Career 26.6 (16)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1963 NFL 698 (7)

Sacks
1962 NFL 0.0 (1)
1963 NFL 0.0 (1)
1964 NFL 0.0 (1)
1965 NFL 0.0 (1)
1966 NFL 0.0 (1)
1967 NFL 0.0 (1)
1968 NFL 0.0 (1)
1969 NFL 0.0 (1)
1970 NFL 0.0 (1)
1971 NFL 0.0 (1)
1972 NFL 0.0 (1)
1973 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19641st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 30 14 TE 78 19 8 56
1971 31 6 TE 24 27
1972 32 8 TE 18 32
120 19