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Bill Bergey

William Earl Bergey

Position: LB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 243 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1945 in South Dayton, NY
College: Arkansas State

Career AV: 96 (173rd overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round (31st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

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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 AV
1969* 24 CIN MLB 66 14 0 2 62 0 58 9
1970 25 CIN MLB 66 14 0 3 35 0 26 0 1 18 0 8
1971 26 CIN MLB 66 14 0 1 16 0 16 8
1972 27 CIN MLB 66 12 0 0 2 0 0 10
1973 28 CIN MLB 66 14 0 3 50 0 22 0 3 0 0 9
1974*+ 29 PHI MLB 66 14 14 5 57 0 27 0 1 0 0 16
1975+ 30 PHI MLB 66 14 14 3 48 0 20 0 6 0 0 14
1976* 31 PHI MLB 66 14 14 2 48 0 37 11
1977* 32 PHI LILB 66 14 14 2 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 14
1978* 33 PHI LILB 66 16 16 4 70 0 50 0 4 0 0 13
1979 34 PHI 66 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
1980 35 PHI LILB 66 16 16 1 7 0 7 0 2 0 0 10
Career 159 91 27 397 0 58 0 21 18 0 123
7 yrs PHI 91 91 18 234 0 50 0 15 0 0 79
5 yrs CIN 68 0 9 163 0 58 0 6 18 0 44

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6 Fredd Young, Chris Spielman, John Reger, Stan West, Dale Dodrill, Duane Bickett, Maxie Baughan, John Offerdahl, Chip Banks, Bryan Cox
7 John Reger, Dale Dodrill, Al Wilson, Levon Kirkland, Maxie Baughan, Chris Spielman, Chad Brown, Phil Villapiano, Ray Nitschke*, Jim Lynch
8 Dale Dodrill, Chris Spielman, Al Wilson, Phil Villapiano, Levon Kirkland, Dave Wilcox*, Chad Brown, Les Richter, Joey Porter, Chris Hanburger
9 Dave Wilcox*, Dale Dodrill, Nick Buoniconti*, Chris Spielman, Randy Gradishar, Phil Villapiano, Rickey Jackson, Levon Kirkland, Maxie Baughan, Ray Nitschke*
10 Randy Gradishar, Nick Buoniconti*, Dave Wilcox*, Robert Brazile, Bobby Bell*, Joey Porter, Rickey Jackson, Maxie Baughan, Zach Thomas, Ray Nitschke*
11 Nick Buoniconti*, Harry Carson*, Randy Gradishar, Joe Fortunato, Dave Wilcox*, Levon Kirkland, Robert Brazile, Walt Michaels, Rickey Jackson, Lee Roy Jordan
12 Harry Carson*, Nick Buoniconti*, Rickey Jackson, Lee Roy Jordan, Joe Fortunato, Bobby Bell*, Dave Wilcox*, Dave Robinson, Maxie Baughan, Ray Nitschke*
Career Nick Buoniconti*, Harry Carson*, Joe Fortunato, Dave Wilcox*, Bobby Bell*, Dave Robinson, Maxie Baughan, Hardy Nickerson, Willie Lanier*, Robert Brazile

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1969
1974
1976
1977
1978

First-Team All-Pro

1974
1975

Fumbles Recovered

1975 NFL 6 (1/44)
1978 NFL 4 (10)
Career 21 (78)

Long Intercep. Return

1969 AFL 58 (8)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1974Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1976Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1977Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1978Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1980Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.