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Bill Bowman
William Ekron Bowman Jr.
Position: FB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: September 22, 1931 in Birmingham, AL
College: William & Mary
Career AV: 8 (6916th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (37th overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft.
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1954 | 23 | DET | FB | 33 | 12 | 0 | 96 | 397 | 2 | 61 | 4.1 | 33.1 | 8.0 | 34 | 288 | 8.5 | 2 | 66 | 2.8 | 24.0 | 685 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 1956 | 25 | DET | 33 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 84 | 1 | 13 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1 | 18 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1957 | 26 | PIT | 43 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 76 | 0 | 13 | 2.7 | 15.2 | 5.6 | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 0 | 21 | 2.2 | 21.4 | 183 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career | 23 | 0 | 144 | 557 | 3 | 61 | 3.9 | 24.2 | 6.3 | 50 | 429 | 8.6 | 3 | 66 | 2.2 | 18.7 | 986 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 2 yrs | DET | 18 | 0 | 116 | 481 | 3 | 61 | 4.1 | 26.7 | 6.4 | 39 | 322 | 8.3 | 3 | 66 | 2.2 | 17.9 | 803 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 1 yr | PIT | 5 | 0 | 28 | 76 | 0 | 13 | 2.7 | 15.2 | 5.6 | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 0 | 21 | 2.2 | 21.4 | 183 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1954 | 23 | DET | FB | 33 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 178 | 1 | 100 | 29.7 | 863 | |||||
| 1956 | 25 | DET | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 142 | ||||||
| Career | 23 | 0 | 7 | 202 | 1 | 100 | 28.9 | 1188 | |||||||||
| 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 |
| 1954 | 23 | DET | FB | 33 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 26 | PIT | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 23 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | DET | 18 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | PIT | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 23 | DET | FB | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1956 | 25 | DET | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 42 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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All-Pro Teams
| 1954 | NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL |