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Dan Birdwell

Daniel Lee Birdwell

Position: DT-DE
Height: 6-4    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: October 14, 1940 in Big Spring, TX
College: Houston

Career AV: 35 (2510th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 6th round (41st overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 5th round (66th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1962 22 OAK 53 14 0 1
1963 23 OAK 53 10 0 1
1964 24 OAK RDE 53 14 0 2 21 0 16 1 0 0 0 5
1965 25 OAK ldt 53 14 0 3
1966 26 OAK LDT 53 14 0 1 2 0 2 6
1967 27 OAK LDT 53 14 0 1 7
1968*+ 28 OAK LDT 53 14 14 0 2 7 0 14
1969 29 OAK 53 2 0 1
Career 96 14 3 23 0 16 1 2 7 0 1 38

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1962 22 OAK 53 14 0 1 0.0%
Career 96 14 1 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 OAK 53 10 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Career 96 14 1 7 0 7 7.0 7

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 27 OAK LDT 53 14 0 1 2
Career 96 14 1 2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1968

First-Team All-Pro

1968

Safeties

1967 AFL 1 (1/18)

Career 1 (69)

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

All-Pro Teams

1968Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL