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
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View Details For: 42 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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 |
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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)
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1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf. |