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Bill Butler

William R. Butler

Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 189 lbs.
Born: July 10, 1937 in Berlin, WI
College: Tennessee-Chattanooga

Career AV: 24 (3751st overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 19th round (217th overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1959 22 GNB RET 22 11 0 18 163 1 61 9.1 21 472 0 34 22.5 682 2
1960 23 DAL RS 22 12 0 13 131 0 46 10.1 20 399 0 60 20.0 530 5
1961 24 PIT LS 20 10 0 2 11 0 9 5.5 6 117 0 25 19.5 128 9
1962 25 MIN RS 22 14 12 12 169 0 46 14.1 26 588 0 45 22.6 757 7
1963 26 MIN RET 22 14 0 21 220 1 60 10.5 33 713 0 35 21.6 1020 1
1964 27 MIN RET 22 14 0 22 156 0 32 7.1 26 597 0 34 23.0 822 2
Career 75 12 88 850 2 61 9.7 132 2886 0 60 21.9 3939 26
3 yrs MIN 42 12 55 545 1 60 9.9 85 1898 0 45 22.3 2599 10
1 yr DAL 12 0 13 131 0 46 10.1 20 399 0 60 20.0 530 5
1 yr GNB 11 0 18 163 1 61 9.1 21 472 0 34 22.5 682 2
1 yr PIT 10 0 2 11 0 9 5.5 6 117 0 25 19.5 128 9

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
1959 22 GNB RET 22 11 0 1 1 0 0
1960 23 DAL RS 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
1961 24 PIT LS 20 10 0 3 103 1 71 1 1 0 0
1962 25 MIN RS 22 14 12 5 80 1 39 3 3 7 0
1963 26 MIN RET 22 14 0 8 8 0 0
1964 27 MIN RET 22 14 0 2 15 0 15 4 3 0 0
Career 75 12 11 198 2 71 19 17 7 0
3 yrs MIN 42 12 7 95 1 39 15 14 7 0
1 yr DAL 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
1 yr GNB 11 0 1 1 0 0
1 yr PIT 10 0 3 103 1 71 1 1 0 0

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
1959 22 GNB RET 22 11 0 7 49 0 16 7.0 4.5 0.6 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 47 0 1
1963 26 MIN RET 22 14 0 17 48 0 11 2.8 3.4 1.2 4 39 9.8 0 19 0.3 2.8 87 0 8
1964 27 MIN RET 22 14 0 5 11 0 6 2.2 0.8 0.4 1 58 58.0 0 58 0.1 4.1 69 0 4
Career 75 12 29 108 0 16 3.7 1.4 0.4 6 95 15.8 0 58 0.1 1.3 203 0 19
3 yrs MIN 42 12 22 59 0 11 2.7 1.4 0.5 5 97 19.4 0 58 0.1 2.3 156 0 15
1 yr GNB 11 0 7 49 0 16 7.0 4.5 0.6 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 47 0 1

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
1959 22 GNB RET 22 11 0 1 1 6
1961 24 PIT LS 20 10 0 1 1 6
1962 25 MIN RS 22 14 12 1 1 6
1963 26 MIN RET 22 14 0 1 1 6
Career 75 12 2 2 4 24
3 yrs MIN 42 12 1 1 2 12
1 yr GNB 11 0 1 1 6
1 yr PIT 10 0 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1959 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 1 (10)
1962 NFL 1 (8)
1963 NFL 1 (3)
Career 4 (176)

Kick Returns

1959 NFL 21 (4)
1960 NFL 20 (4)
1962 NFL 26 (8)
1963 NFL 33 (1)
1964 NFL 26 (6)
Career 132 (95)

Kick Return Yds

1959 NFL 472 (3)
1962 NFL 588 (10)
1963 NFL 713 (5)
1964 NFL 597 (7)
Career 2886 (109)

Long Kick Return

1960 NFL 60 (9)

Punt Returns

1959 NFL 18 (7)
1960 NFL 13 (8)
1962 NFL 12 (7)
1963 NFL 21 (3)
1964 NFL 22 (2)
Career 88 (171)

Punt Return Yds

1959 NFL 163 (5)
1960 NFL 131 (3)
1962 NFL 169 (5)
1963 NFL 220 (3)
1964 NFL 156 (10)
Career 850 (161)

Punt Return TD

1959 NFL 1 (2/89)
1963 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1959 NFL 61 (10)
1960 NFL 46 (2)
1962 NFL 46 (5)
1963 NFL 60 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1959 NFL 9.1 (7)
1960 NFL 10.1 (2)
1963 NFL 10.5 (4)
Career 9.7 (100)

Kick & Punt Returns

1959 NFL 39 (4)
1960 NFL 33 (3)
1962 NFL 38 (6)
1963 NFL 54 (1)
1964 NFL 48 (3)
Career 220 (98)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1959 NFL 635 (1)
1960 NFL 530 (7)
1962 NFL 757 (7)
1963 NFL 933 (5)
1964 NFL 753 (7)
Career 3736 (100)

Fumbles

1963 NFL 8 (5)

Fumbles Recovered

1963 NFL 8 (2/6)
Career 17 (149)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1961 NFL 1 (5)
1962 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1961 NFL 71 (2)

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