Bill Brown

William Dorsey Brown

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 228 lbs.

Born: June 29, 1938 in Mendota, IL
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2nd round (20th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Titans in the 6th round (45th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (581st overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 22, 2013 11:25AM

All-Time Rank: #813. Herman Edwards… #814. Earl Faison… #815. Eric Davis… #816. BILL BROWN… #817. Mike Bass… #818. Gary Green… #819. Dave Hanner…

All-Time Rank: #813. Herman Edwards… #814. Earl Faison… #815. Eric Davis… #816. BILL BROWN… #817. Mike Bass… #818. Gary Green… #819. Dave Hanner…

Rushing & Receiving

							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	AV
1961	23	CHI		38	14		22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	1.6	2	6	3.0	0	13	0.1	0.4	87	0	2	1
1962	24	MIN		30	14		34	103	0	15	3.0	7.4	2.4	10	124	12.4	1	29	0.7	8.9	227	1	1	2
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13	128	445	5	21	3.5	31.8	9.1	17	109	6.4	2	30	1.2	7.8	554	7	7	6
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14	226	866	7	48	3.8	61.9	16.1	48	703	14.6	9	64	3.4	50.2	1569	16	9	16
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	12	160	699	6	40	4.4	49.9	11.4	41	503	12.3	1	47	2.9	35.9	1202	7	9	13
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	251	829	6	33	3.3	59.2	17.9	37	359	9.7	0	56	2.6	25.6	1188	6	4	8
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14	185	610	5	29	3.3	43.6	13.2	22	263	12.0	0	43	1.6	18.8	873	5	3	7
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	222	805	11	32	3.6	57.5	15.9	31	329	10.6	3	57	2.2	23.5	1134	14	6	12
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12	126	430	3	30	3.4	35.8	10.5	21	183	8.7	0	27	1.8	15.3	613	3	3	7
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	12	101	324	0	18	3.2	23.1	7.2	15	149	9.9	2	17	1.1	10.6	473	2	3	6
1971	33	MIN	fb	30	14	8	46	136	2	23	3.0	9.7	3.3	10	94	9.4	0	36	0.7	6.7	230	2	0	2
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0	82	263	4	19	3.2	18.8	5.9	22	298	13.5	4	76	1.6	21.3	561	8	4	6
1973	35	MIN		30	14		47	206	3	21	4.4	14.7	3.4	5	22	4.4	1	7	0.4	1.6	228	4	2	2
1974	36	MIN		30	14		19	41	0	11	2.2	2.9	1.4	5	41	8.2	0	21	0.4	2.9	82	0	3	1
Career					194	113	1649	5838	52	48	3.5	30.1	8.5	286	3183	11.1	23	76	1.5	16.4	9021	75	56	89
13 yrs		MIN			180	113	1627	5757	52	48	3.5	32.0	9.0	284	3177	11.2	23	76	1.6	17.7	8934	75	54	88
1 yr		CHI			14	0	22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	1.6	2	6	3.0	0	13	0.1	0.4	87	0	2	1

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
1961	23	CHI		38	14							4	54	0	19	13.5	141
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13						3	105	1	78	35.0	659
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14						5	68	0	23	13.6	1637
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0						3	37	0	27	12.3	598
1973	35	MIN		30	14							3	35	0	18	11.7	263
1974	36	MIN		30	14							3	19	0	19	6.3	101
Career					194	113						21	318	1	78	15.1	9339
13 yrs		MIN			180	113						17	264	1	78	15.5	9198
1 yr		CHI			14	0						4	54	0	19	13.5	141

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
1961	23	CHI		38	14								0	2	1	0	0
1962	24	MIN		30	14								0	1	1	0	0
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13							0	7	2	0	0
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14							0	9	4	0	0
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	12							0	9	3	0	0
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14							0	4	1	0	0
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14							0	3	1	0	0
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14							0	6	2	0	0
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12							0	3	1	0	0
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	12							0	3	0	0	0
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0							0	4	0	0	0
1973	35	MIN		30	14								0	2	0	0	0
1974	36	MIN		30	14								0	3	1	0	0
Career					194	113							0	56	17	0	0
13 yrs		MIN			180	113							0	54	16	0	0
1 yr		CHI			14	0							0	2	1	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	1	1	100.0	3	3	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.2	79.2
Career					194	113	1	2	50.0	3	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	56.2	0	0	1.50	1.50	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	Pts
1962	24	MIN		30	14			1		1	6
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13	5	2	1	8	48
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14	7	9		16	96
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	12	6	1		7	42
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	6			6	36
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14	5			5	30
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	11	3		14	84
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12	3			3	18
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	12		2		2	12
1971	33	MIN	fb	30	14	8	2			2	12
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0	4	4		8	48
1973	35	MIN		30	14		3	1		4	24
Career					194	113	52	23	1	76	456

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4	Dan Reeves, Ron Waller, Andy Johnson, Terdell Middleton, Cleveland Gary, Steve Slaton, Dominic Rhodes, Joe Morris, Stephen Davis, Tom Moore
5	John Cappelletti, Vic Washington, Stephen Davis, Charlie H. Smith, Art Malone, Antowain Smith, Norm Bulaich, Andy Johnson, Dexter Bussey, Dave Hampton
6	Jim Braxton, Charlie H. Smith, Cookie Gilchrist, Vic Washington, John David Crow, Reggie Bush, DeAngelo Williams, Wilbur Jackson, Tom Tracy, Benny Malone
7	Jim Braxton, Les Josephson, John David Crow, Dick Bass, Wilbur Jackson, Joe Dawkins, Charlie H. Smith, Tommy Mason, Keith Lincoln, Don Bosseler
8	Les Josephson, John David Crow, Jim Nance, James R. Jones, Rickey Young, Larry Centers, Antowain Smith, Tony Galbreath, Ted Brown, Stephen Davis
9	John David Crow, Ted Brown, Jim Nance, Les Josephson, Duce Staley, Gerald Riggs, Tony Galbreath, Larry Centers, Tony Nathan, Rickey Young
10	John David Crow, John Henry Johnson*, Alex Webster, Ted Brown, Gerald Riggs, Terry Allen, Antowain Smith, Ed Podolak, Tony Galbreath, Joe Washington
11	John Henry Johnson*, Gerald Riggs, John David Crow, Alex Webster, Ted Brown, Antowain Smith, Tony Galbreath, Eric Metcalf, Terry Allen, Ken Willard
12	John David Crow, John Henry Johnson*, Gerald Riggs, Terry Allen, Eric Metcalf, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Ken Willard, Ted Brown, Preston Pearson
13	John David Crow, John Henry Johnson*, Gerald Riggs, Eric Metcalf, Terry Allen, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Ken Willard, Ted Brown, Preston Pearson
14	John David Crow, John Henry Johnson*, Gerald Riggs, Eric Metcalf, Terry Allen, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Ken Willard, Ted Brown, Keith Byars
Career	John David Crow, John Henry Johnson*, Gerald Riggs, Eric Metcalf, Terry Allen, Ronnie Harmon, Tony Galbreath, Ken Willard, Ted Brown, Keith Byars

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1964 1965 1967 1968	Approximate Value 1964 NFL 16 (5)	Rushing Att 1964 NFL 226 (4) 1965 NFL 160 (8) 1966 NFL 251 (1) 1967 NFL 185 (8) 1968 NFL 222 (3) Career 1649 (58)	Rushing Yds 1964 NFL 866 (4) 1965 NFL 699 (6) 1966 NFL 829 (4) 1968 NFL 805 (8) Career 5838 (86)
Rushing TD 1963 NFL 5 (9) 1964 NFL 7 (3) 1965 NFL 6 (5) 1966 NFL 6 (9) 1968 NFL 11 (2) Career 52 (59)	Yds/Rushing Att 1965 NFL 4.4 (6)	Rushing Yds/Game 1964 NFL 61.9 (4) 1965 NFL 49.9 (9) 1966 NFL 59.2 (4) 1968 NFL 57.5 (9)	Receiving TD 1964 NFL 9 (4)
Touchdowns 1964 NFL 16 (2/73) 1968 NFL 14 (2) Career 76 (62)	Points Scored 1964 NFL 96 (7) 1968 NFL 84 (9) Career 456 (191)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1964 NFL 16 (2/72) 1968 NFL 14 (2) Career 75 (64)	Non-Offensive TDs 1963 NFL 1 (3)
Yds From Scrimmage 1964 NFL 1569 (2) 1965 NFL 1202 (5) 1966 NFL 1188 (9) 1968 NFL 1134 (4) Career 9021 (117)	All-Purpose Yds 1964 NFL 1637 (2) 1965 NFL 1202 (6) Career 9339 (160)	Touches 1964 NFL 279 (2) 1965 NFL 201 (7) 1966 NFL 288 (2) 1968 NFL 253 (3) Career 1956 (55)	Yds/Touch 1965 NFL 6.0 (6)
Kick Return TD 1963 NFL 1 (2/67) Career 1 (117)	Long Kick Return 1963 NFL 78 (8)	Fumbles 1963 NFL 7 (8) 1964 NFL 9 (4) 1965 NFL 9 (4) 1968 NFL 6 (9) Career 56 (101)	Fumbles Recovered 1964 NFL 4 (5) Career 17 (163)
Sacks 1961 NFL 0.0 (1) 1962 NFL 0.0 (1) 1963 NFL 0.0 (1) 1964 NFL 0.0 (1) 1965 NFL 0.0 (1) 1966 NFL 0.0 (1) 1967 NFL 0.0 (1) 1968 NFL 0.0 (1) 1969 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1965	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1968	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1970	32	14	RB	59	48
1971	33	14	RB	35	70
1972	34	14	RB	104	33
1973	35	14	RB	47	65
1974	36	14	RB	8	121
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