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Erich Barnes

Erich Theodore Barnes

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: July 4, 1935 in Elkhart, IN
College: Purdue

6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round (42nd overall) of the 1958 Draft

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
1958 23 CHI RS 12 0 4 90 1 30
1959* 24 CHI RDH 12 0 5 67 0 29 0 2 0 0
1960 25 CHI RCB 12 0
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 14 0 7 195 2 102 0 1 9 0
1962* 27 NYG LCB 14 0 6 61 0 22
1963* 28 NYG LCB 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 39 0
1964* 29 NYG LCB 14 0 2 26 1 26 0 2 0 1
1965 30 CLE rcb 14 0 1 35 0 35
1966 31 CLE LCB 14 0 4 128 0 54
1967 32 CLE LCB/rcb 13 0 4 47 0 40 0 1 0 0
1968* 33 CLE LCB 14 0 3 64 1 40 0 1 0 0
1969 34 CLE LCB 14 0 1 55 1 55 1 0 0 0
1970 35 CLE LCB 14 0 5 85 1 38 0 1 0 0
1971 36 CLE 2 0
Career 177 0 45 853 7 102 1 12 48 1
7 yrs CLE 85 0 18 414 3 55 1 3 0 0
4 yrs NYG 56 0 18 282 3 102 0 7 48 1
3 yrs CHI 36 0 9 157 1 30 0 2 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
1958 23 CHI RS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1964* 29 NYG LCB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1968* 33 CLE LCB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 177 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 74
7 yrs CLE 85 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
4 yrs NYG 56 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 74
3 yrs CHI 36 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 14 0 2 74 37.0 1 62 0.1 5.3 74 1 0
Career 177 0 2 74 37.0 1 62 0.0 0.4 74 1 1

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
1958 23 CHI RS 12 0 1 1 12
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 14 0 1 2 18
1964* 29 NYG LCB 14 0 1 1 12
1968* 33 CLE LCB 14 0 1 6
1969 34 CLE LCB 14 0 1 6
1970 35 CLE LCB 14 0 1 6
Career 177 0 1 1 7 1 60
7 yrs CLE 85 0 3 18
4 yrs NYG 56 0 1 1 3 30
3 yrs CHI 36 0 1 1 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1959
1961
1962
1963
1964
1968

1st-team All-Pro

1961

Non-Offensive TDs

1958 NFL 2 (1)
1961 NFL 2 (2)
1964 NFL 2 (2)
1968 NFL 1 (9)
1969 NFL 1 (3)
1970 NFL 1 (9)
Career 9 (17)

Fumbles Recovered

1963 NFL 4 (4)

Fumble Return Yds

1963 NFL 39 (3)

Fumble Return TD

1964 NFL 1 (2-- 38)
Career 1 (199)

Interceptions

1959 NFL 5 (6)
1961 NFL 7 (5)
1962 NFL 6 (9)
Career 45 (52)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1958 NFL 90 (8)
1961 NFL 195 (1-- 76)
1966 NFL 128 (7)
Career 853 (17)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1958 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
1964 NFL 1 (3)
1968 NFL 1 (3)
1969 NFL 1 (2)
1970 NFL 1 (3)
Career 7 (7)

Long Intercep. Return

1961 NFL 102 (1-- 4)
1969 NFL 55 (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
1959 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.