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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
College: Michigan State

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 8th round (104th overall) of the 1962 Draft
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 16th round (122nd overall) of the AFL 1962 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1962 22 PIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 7 0 3 2.3 2.3 1.0 7 0 0
1963 23 PIT FL 14 0 26 492 18.9 5 67 1.9 35.1 8 59 0 18 7.4 4.2 0.6 551 5 2
1964* 24 PIT FL 13 0 47 935 19.9 7 47 3.6 71.9 11 43 0 11 3.9 3.3 0.8 978 7 2
1965* 25 PIT FL 14 0 40 859 21.5 5 87 2.9 61.4 17 46 3 11 2.7 3.3 1.2 905 8 2
1966 26 PIT FL 13 0 41 663 16.2 5 79 3.2 51.0 663 5 2
1967 27 PHI FL 12 0 36 524 14.6 6 67 3.0 43.7 1 17 1 17 17.0 1.4 0.1 541 7 2
1968 28 PHI SE 12 0 30 341 11.4 4 55 2.5 28.4 1 30 0 30 30.0 2.5 0.1 371 4 0
1969 29 PHI TE 14 0 31 492 15.9 2 80 2.2 35.1 492 2 0
1970 30 PHI TE 14 8 47 601 12.8 3 26 3.4 42.9 601 3 1
1971 31 PHI TE 6 6 13 238 18.3 0 57 2.2 39.7 238 0 1
1972 32 PHI te 8 4 9 183 20.3 0 43 1.1 22.9 183 0 0
1973 33 2TM 8 0 3 38 12.7 0 16 0.4 4.8 38 0 0
MIN 5 0 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.4 4.4 22 0 0
NYG 3 0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.3 5.3 16 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
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
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
1 yr MIN 5 0 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.4 4.4 22 0 0
1 yr NYG 3 0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.3 5.3 16 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1963 23 PIT FL 14 0 22 698 1 93 31.7 1249
1964* 24 PIT FL 13 0 14 386 0 80 27.6 1364
1965* 25 PIT FL 14 0 8 150 0 25 18.8 1055
1966 26 PIT FL 13 0 20 477 0 70 23.9 1140
1967 27 PHI FL 12 0 2 43 0 27 21.5 584
Career 131 18 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1963 23 PIT FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
1964* 24 PIT FL 13 0 2 1 0 0
1965* 25 PIT FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
1966 26 PIT FL 13 0 2 1 0 0
1967 27 PHI FL 12 0 2 0 0 0
1969 29 PHI TE 14 0 0 1 0 0
1970 30 PHI TE 14 8 1 2 0 0
1971 31 PHI TE 6 6 1 0 0 0
1972 32 PHI te 8 4 0 1 0 0
Career 131 18 12 6 0 0
6 yrs PHI 66 18 4 4 0 0
5 yrs PIT 57 0 8 2 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1964* 24 PIT FL 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1970 30 PHI TE 14 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 -22.5 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 0.0 0.0 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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1963 23 PIT FL 14 0 5 1 36
1964* 24 PIT FL 13 0 7 42
1965* 25 PIT FL 14 0 3 5 48
1966 26 PIT FL 13 0 5 30
1967 27 PHI FL 12 0 1 6 42
1968 28 PHI SE 12 0 4 24
1969 29 PHI TE 14 0 2 12
1970 30 PHI TE 14 8 3 18
Career 131 18 4 37 1 252
6 yrs PHI 66 18 1 15 96
5 yrs PIT 57 0 3 22 1 156

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1964
1965

Receptions

1970 NFL 47 (10)

Receiving Yds

1964 NFL 935 (4)
1965 NFL 859 (9)
Career 5366 (188)

Receiving TD

Career 37 (178)

Long Reception

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

Yds/Reception

1964 NFL 19.9 (2)
1965 NFL 21.5 (3-- 87)
Career 16.6 (109)

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 (24)

Kick Returns

1963 NFL 22 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1963 NFL 698 (6)

Kick Return TD

1963 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

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

Yds/Kick Return

1963 NFL 31.7 (2-- 17)
1964 NFL 27.6 (2)
Career 26.6 (13)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1963 NFL 698 (7)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 30 14 TE 78 19 8 56
1971 31 6 TE 24 26
102 19