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John Brodie

John Riley Brodie

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: August 14, 1935 in Menlo Park, CA
College: Stanford

Career AV: 88 (252nd overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1957 22 SFO 12 5 1 1-0-0 11 21 52.4 160 2 9.5 3 14.3 28 7.6 3.1 14.5 32.0 69.6 2
1958 23 SFO QB 12 12 6 3-3-0 103 172 59.9 1224 6 3.5 13 7.6 61 7.1 4.4 11.9 102.0 61.8 8
1959 24 SFO 12 12 2 1-1-0 30 64 46.9 354 2 3.1 7 10.9 34 5.5 1.2 11.8 29.5 35.0 1
1960 25 SFO QB 12 11 8 4-4-0 103 207 49.8 1111 6 2.9 9 4.3 65 5.4 4.0 10.8 101.0 57.5 6
1961 26 SFO QB 12 14 14 7-6-1 155 283 54.8 2588 14 4.9 12 4.2 70 9.1 8.2 16.7 184.9 84.7 10
1962 27 SFO QB 12 14 14 6-8-0 175 304 57.6 2272 18 5.9 16 5.3 80 7.5 6.3 13.0 162.3 79.0 7
1963 28 SFO 12 3 3 0-3-0 30 61 49.2 367 3 4.9 4 6.6 44 6.0 4.0 12.2 122.3 57.2 1
1964 29 SFO QB 12 14 12 3-9-0 193 392 49.2 2498 14 3.6 16 4.1 83 6.4 5.3 12.9 178.4 64.6 6
1965* 30 SFO QB 12 13 13 7-5-1 242 391 61.9 3112 30 7.7 16 4.1 59 8.0 7.7 12.9 239.4 95.3 15
1966 31 SFO QB 12 14 13 5-6-2 232 427 54.3 2810 16 3.7 22 5.2 65 6.6 5.0 12.1 200.7 65.8 7
1967 32 SFO QB 12 14 10 5-5-0 168 349 48.1 2013 11 3.2 16 4.6 63 5.8 4.3 12.0 143.8 57.6 7
1968 33 SFO QB 12 14 14 7-6-1 234 404 57.9 3020 22 5.4 21 5.2 65 7.5 6.2 12.9 215.7 78.0 7
1969 34 SFO QB 12 13 10 2-6-2 194 347 55.9 2405 16 4.6 15 4.3 80 6.9 5.9 12.4 185.0 74.9 16 134 6.3 5.3 4.4 7
1970*+ 35 SFO QB 12 14 14 10-3-1 223 378 59.0 2941 24 6.3 10 2.6 79 7.8 7.9 13.2 210.1 93.8 8 67 7.4 7.5 2.1 16
1971 36 SFO QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 208 387 53.7 2642 18 4.7 24 6.2 71 6.8 5.0 12.7 188.7 65.0 11 111 6.4 4.6 2.8 12
1972 37 SFO qb 12 6 5 2-3-0 70 110 63.6 905 9 8.2 8 7.3 53 8.2 6.6 12.9 150.8 86.4 8 39 7.3 5.8 6.8 4
1973 38 SFO QB 12 14 6 2-4-0 98 194 50.5 1126 3 1.5 12 6.2 66 5.8 3.3 11.5 80.4 47.7 4 29 5.5 3.1 2.0 3
Career 201 159 74-77-8 2469 4491 55.0 31548 214 4.8 224 5.0 83 7.0 5.7 12.8 157.0 72.3 47 380 6.9 5.6 1.0 119

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1970 (1-1), 1971 (1-1), 1972 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1958 23 SFO QB 12 12 6 3-3-0 172 97 88 127 82 88 96
1959 24 SFO 12 12 2 1-1-0 64 74 65 90 82 69 71
1960 25 SFO QB 12 11 8 4-4-0 207 71 87 96 82 113 92
1961 26 SFO QB 12 14 14 7-6-1 283 125 121 109 96 115 116
1962 27 SFO QB 12 14 14 6-8-0 304 97 103 119 104 108 110
1963 28 SFO 12 3 3 0-3-0 61 70 76 88 96 89 83
1964 29 SFO QB 12 14 12 3-9-0 392 82 91 92 84 111 92
1965* 30 SFO QB 12 13 13 7-5-1 391 113 116 135 124 109 124
1966 31 SFO QB 12 14 13 5-6-2 427 93 94 110 89 101 97
1967 32 SFO QB 12 14 10 5-5-0 349 81 89 87 84 108 90
1968 33 SFO QB 12 14 14 7-6-1 404 109 -71 107 -3 125 104 101 148 111
1969 34 SFO QB 12 13 10 2-6-2 347 101 112 104 110 114 99 108 119 107
1970*+ 35 SFO QB 12 14 14 10-3-1 378 118 133 126 135 123 119 123 132 129
1971 36 SFO QB 12 14 14 9-5-0 387 102 113 98 105 107 103 93 126 100
1972 37 SFO qb 12 6 5 2-3-0 110 127 130 116 120 136 137 83 107 124
1973 38 SFO QB 12 14 6 2-4-0 194 85 102 80 90 95 76 90 130 80
Career 201 159 74-77-8 4491 99 118 101 113 111 99 105 125 105

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1957 22 SFO 12 5 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0 0
1958 23 SFO QB 12 12 6 11 -12 1 6 -1.1 -1.0 0.9 -12 1 6
1959 24 SFO 12 12 2 5 6 0 6 1.2 0.5 0.4 6 0 0
1960 25 SFO QB 12 11 8 18 171 1 30 9.5 15.5 1.6 171 1 1
1961 26 SFO QB 12 14 14 28 90 2 29 3.2 6.4 2.0 90 2 1
1962 27 SFO QB 12 14 14 37 258 4 21 7.0 18.4 2.6 258 4 8
1963 28 SFO 12 3 3 7 63 0 24 9.0 21.0 2.3 63 0 1
1964 29 SFO QB 12 14 12 27 135 2 38 5.0 9.6 1.9 135 2 11
1965* 30 SFO QB 12 13 13 15 60 1 13 4.0 4.6 1.2 60 1 4
1966 31 SFO QB 12 14 13 5 18 3 7 3.6 1.3 0.4 18 3 4
1967 32 SFO QB 12 14 10 20 147 1 15 7.4 10.5 1.4 147 1 3
1968 33 SFO QB 12 14 14 18 71 0 15 3.9 5.1 1.3 71 0 4
1969 34 SFO QB 12 13 10 11 62 0 15 5.6 4.8 0.8 62 0 1
1970*+ 35 SFO QB 12 14 14 9 29 2 12 3.2 2.1 0.6 29 2 1
1971 36 SFO QB 12 14 14 14 45 3 12 3.2 3.2 1.0 45 3 3
1972 37 SFO qb 12 6 5 3 8 1 4 2.7 1.3 0.5 8 1 0
1973 38 SFO QB 12 14 6 5 16 1 14 3.2 1.1 0.4 16 1 0
Career 201 159 235 1167 22 38 5.0 5.8 1.2 1167 22 48

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
1958 23 SFO QB 12 12 6 6 3 0 0
1960 25 SFO QB 12 11 8 1 0 0 0
1961 26 SFO QB 12 14 14 1 1 0 0
1962 27 SFO QB 12 14 14 8 0 0 0
1963 28 SFO 12 3 3 1 0 0 0
1964 29 SFO QB 12 14 12 11 1 0 0
1965* 30 SFO QB 12 13 13 4 1 0 0
1966 31 SFO QB 12 14 13 4 2 0 0
1967 32 SFO QB 12 14 10 3 1 0 0
1968 33 SFO QB 12 14 14 4 3 0 0
1969 34 SFO QB 12 13 10 1 0 0 0
1970*+ 35 SFO QB 12 14 14 1 0 -9 0
1971 36 SFO QB 12 14 14 3 3 0 0
Career 201 159 48 15 -9 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1958 23 SFO QB 12 12 6 1 1 6
1960 25 SFO QB 12 11 8 1 1 6
1961 26 SFO QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1962 27 SFO QB 12 14 14 4 4 24
1964 29 SFO QB 12 14 12 2 2 12
1965* 30 SFO QB 12 13 13 1 1 6
1966 31 SFO QB 12 14 13 3 3 18
1967 32 SFO QB 12 14 10 1 1 6
1970*+ 35 SFO QB 12 14 14 2 2 12
1971 36 SFO QB 12 14 14 3 3 18
1972 37 SFO qb 12 6 5 1 1 6
1973 38 SFO QB 12 14 6 1 1 6
Career 201 159 22 22 132

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Randy Wright, Billy Wade, Earl Morrall, Matt Leinart, George Shaw, Chris Chandler, Bill Munson, Al Dorow, Billy Joe Tolliver, Jim Ninowski
4 Earl Morrall, Elvis Grbac, David Whitehurst, Scott Hunter, Don Meredith, Jack Trudeau, Dennis Shaw, Bart Starr*, Steve Bartkowski, David Archer
5 Rick Mirer, Jon Kitna, Mike Phipps, Chris Chandler, Eddie LeBaron, Bob Avellini, Bobby Douglass, Dan Pastorini, Dave M. Brown, Matt Schaub
6 Rick Mirer, Charlie Batch, Jim Hart, Elvis Grbac, Jon Kitna, Don Meredith, Dan Pastorini, John Hadl, Tim Couch, Archie Manning
7 Rick Mirer, Bob Berry, Charlie Batch, Mike Pagel, Jack Concannon, Jim Hart, Billy Wade, Mike Phipps, Bill Munson, Chris Chandler
8 Charley Johnson, Chris Chandler, Jack Kemp, Bubby Brister, Bill Munson, Tony Banks, Lamar McHan, Rick Mirer, Rodney Peete, Bob Berry
9 Jon Kitna, Elvis Grbac, Gus Frerotte, Charley Johnson, Ed Brown, Trent Dilfer, Chris Miller, Sonny Jurgensen*, Billy Wade, Bill Kenney
10 Bill Kenney, Charley Johnson, Ed Brown, Trent Dilfer, Gus Frerotte, Chris Miller, Milt Plum, Jim McMahon, Steve DeBerg, Chris Chandler
11 Jim McMahon, Ed Brown, Bill Kenney, Milt Plum, Chris Chandler, Neil O'Donnell, Charley Johnson, Steve DeBerg, Jack Kemp, Trent Dilfer
12 Jim McMahon, Ed Brown, Chris Chandler, Milt Plum, Charley Johnson, Steve DeBerg, Neil O'Donnell, Trent Dilfer, Eddie LeBaron, Brad Johnson
13 Jim McMahon, Chris Chandler, Charley Johnson, Ed Brown, Brad Johnson, Neil O'Donnell, Milt Plum, Billy Wade, Joe Ferguson, Steve DeBerg
14 Joe Ferguson, Charley Johnson, Vinny Testaverde, Chris Chandler, Tobin Rote, Brad Johnson, Jeff Blake, Archie Manning, Jim Harbaugh, Norm Snead
15 Norm Snead, Joe Ferguson, Vinny Testaverde, Brad Johnson, Archie Manning, Tobin Rote, Chris Chandler, John Hadl, Steve Grogan, Charley Johnson
16 Norm Snead, Vinny Testaverde, John Hadl, Joe Ferguson, Jim Plunkett, Chris Chandler, Steve Grogan, Steve DeBerg, Roman Gabriel, Brad Johnson
17 Norm Snead, Vinny Testaverde, John Hadl, Joe Ferguson, Chris Chandler, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Steve DeBerg, Jim Plunkett, Roman Gabriel
Career Norm Snead, John Hadl, Joe Ferguson, Len Dawson*, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Chris Chandler, Steve DeBerg, Jim Plunkett, Vinny Testaverde

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1970 NFL AP MVP
1970 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP

Pro Bowls

1965
1970

First-Team All-Pro

1970

Passes Completed

1958 NFL 103 (8)
1960 NFL 103 (8)
1961 NFL 155 (8)
1962 NFL 175 (8)
1964 NFL 193 (3)
1965 NFL 242 (1)
1966 NFL 232 (2)
1967 NFL 168 (7)
1968 NFL 234 (1)
1969 NFL 194 (4)
1970 NFL 223 (1)
1971 NFL 208 (3)
Career 2469 (29)

Pass Attempts

1960 NFL 207 (8)
1961 NFL 283 (7)
1962 NFL 304 (9)
1964 NFL 392 (2)
1965 NFL 391 (1)
1966 NFL 427 (2)
1967 NFL 349 (7)
1968 NFL 404 (1)
1969 NFL 347 (7)
1970 NFL 378 (4)
1971 NFL 387 (2)
Career 4491 (26)

Passing Yds

1961 NFL 2588 (3)
1962 NFL 2272 (10)
1964 NFL 2498 (5)
1965 NFL 3112 (1)
1966 NFL 2810 (3)
1967 NFL 2013 (8)
1968 NFL 3020 (1)
1969 NFL 2405 (8)
1970 NFL 2941 (1)
1971 NFL 2642 (2)
Career 31548 (27)

Passing TD

1961 NFL 14 (8)
1962 NFL 18 (6)
1964 NFL 14 (8)
1965 NFL 30 (1/50)
1966 NFL 16 (6)
1967 NFL 11 (9)
1968 NFL 22 (2)
1969 NFL 16 (9)
1970 NFL 24 (1)
1971 NFL 18 (4)
Career 214 (21)

Passer Rating

1958 NFL 61.8 (10)
1960 NFL 57.5 (8)
1961 NFL 84.7 (5)
1962 NFL 79.0 (4)
1964 NFL 64.6 (10)
1965 NFL 95.3 (2/87)
1966 NFL 65.8 (8)
1968 NFL 78.0 (7)
1969 NFL 74.9 (7)
1970 NFL 93.8 (1)
Career 72.3 (122)

Long Pass

1962 NFL 80 (7)
1964 NFL 83 (4)
1969 NFL 80 (7)
1970 NFL 79 (6)

Passes Intercepted

1958 NFL 13 (5)
1962 NFL 16 (10)
1964 NFL 16 (5)
1965 NFL 16 (3)
1966 NFL 22 (2)
1967 NFL 16 (8)
1968 NFL 21 (1)
1969 NFL 15 (5)
1971 NFL 24 (3/56)
1973 NFL 12 (10)
Career 224 (15)

Passing Yds/Game

1961 NFL 184.9 (3)
1964 NFL 178.4 (7)
1965 NFL 239.4 (1)
1966 NFL 200.7 (4)
1967 NFL 143.8 (9)
1968 NFL 215.7 (1)
1969 NFL 185.0 (6)
1970 NFL 210.1 (1)
1971 NFL 188.7 (3)
Career 157.0 (103)

Yds/Pass Att

1958 NFL 7.1 (6)
1961 NFL 9.1 (1/18)
1962 NFL 7.5 (10)
1965 NFL 8.0 (6)
1966 NFL 6.6 (7)
1968 NFL 7.5 (5)
1969 NFL 6.9 (10)
1970 NFL 7.8 (3)
Career 7.0 (79)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1961 NFL 16.7 (1/24)
1968 NFL 12.9 (7)
1969 NFL 12.4 (10)
Career 12.8 (77)

Pass Attempts/Game

1960 NFL 18.8 (7)
1961 NFL 20.2 (8)
1962 NFL 21.7 (10)
1964 NFL 28.0 (3)
1965 NFL 30.1 (1)
1966 NFL 30.5 (3)
1967 NFL 24.9 (7)
1968 NFL 28.9 (1)
1969 NFL 26.7 (5)
1970 NFL 27.0 (5)
1971 NFL 27.6 (3)
Career 22.3 (111)

Fumbles

1962 NFL 8 (6)
1964 NFL 11 (2)
Career 48 (125)

Fumbles Recovered

1958 NFL 3 (10)
1968 NFL 3 (8)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.91 (8)
1970 NFL 7.86 (2/76)
Career 5.73 (117)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.26 (6)
1970 NFL 7.45 (1/38)
1971 NFL 6.36 (10)
Career 6.59 (13)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.28 (5)
1970 NFL 7.52 (1/36)
Career 5.42 (47)

Passes Completed/Game

1958 NFL 8.6 (9)
1960 NFL 9.4 (8)
1961 NFL 11.1 (9)
1962 NFL 12.5 (9)
1964 NFL 13.8 (4)
1965 NFL 18.6 (1)
1966 NFL 16.6 (2)
1967 NFL 12.0 (7)
1968 NFL 16.7 (1)
1969 NFL 14.9 (4)
1970 NFL 15.9 (1)
1971 NFL 14.9 (3)
Career 12.3 (109)

Pass Completion %

1958 NFL 59.9% (1)
1960 NFL 49.8% (7)
1961 NFL 54.8% (7)
1962 NFL 57.6% (2)
1964 NFL 49.2% (10)
1965 NFL 61.9% (1)
1966 NFL 54.3% (5)
1968 NFL 57.9% (1)
1969 NFL 55.9% (2)
1970 NFL 59.0% (2)
1971 NFL 53.7% (10)
Career 55.0% (114)

Pass Intercept. %

1960 NFL 4.3% (2)
1961 NFL 4.2% (2)
1962 NFL 5.3% (3)
1964 NFL 4.1% (5)
1965 NFL 4.1% (5)
1966 NFL 5.2% (9)
1967 NFL 4.6% (4)
1968 NFL 5.2% (7)
1969 NFL 4.3% (4)
1970 NFL 2.6% (1)
Career 5.0% (149)

Passing TD %

1960 NFL 2.9% (10)
1961 NFL 4.9% (9)
1962 NFL 5.9% (6)
1965 NFL 7.7% (2/47)
1966 NFL 3.7% (9)
1968 NFL 5.4% (7)
1969 NFL 4.6% (10)
1970 NFL 6.3% (4)
1971 NFL 4.7% (10)
Career 4.8% (61)

Sack %

1969 NFL 4.41% (4)
1970 NFL 2.07% (1/15)
1971 NFL 2.76% (1/35)
1973 NFL 2.02% (1/14)
Career 3.21% (3)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1965Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1970Associated 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.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 35 14 QB 257 124 1 5
1971 36 14 QB 188 62 6 15
1972 37 6 QB 81 26
1973 38 14 QB 47 32
573 186