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Jack Butler

John Bradshaw Butler

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: November 12, 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: St. Bonaventure

4-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1951 24 PIT LDH 12 0 5 142 1 52
1952 25 PIT 12 0 7 168 0 41 0 1 14 0
1953 26 PIT RDH 12 0 9 147 1 28 0 3 0 0
1954 27 PIT RDH 12 0 4 75 2 41 0 1 10 0
1955* 28 PIT RDH 12 0 0 1 0 0
1956* 29 PIT RS 12 0 6 113 0 34 0 2 6 1
1957*+ 30 PIT LS 12 0 10 85 0 20 0 1 0 0
1958*+ 31 PIT RS 12 0 9 81 0 19
1959+ 32 PIT RDH 7 0 2 16 0 16 0 1 8 0
Career 103 0 52 827 4 52 0 10 38 1

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1952 25 PIT 12 0 3 37 12.3 2 20 0.3 3.1 37 2 0
1953 26 PIT RDH 12 0 2 43 21.5 1 33 0.2 3.6 43 1 0
1954 27 PIT RDH 12 0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 12 0 0
1956* 29 PIT RS 12 0 1 10 10.0 1 10 0.1 0.8 10 1 0
Career 103 0 7 102 14.6 4 33 0.1 1.0 102 4 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1951 24 PIT LDH 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
1953 26 PIT RDH 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 48
1957*+ 30 PIT LS 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Career 103 0 3 17 0 10 5.7 119

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1951 24 PIT LDH 12 0 1 6
1952 25 PIT 12 0 2 12
1953 26 PIT RDH 12 0 1 1 12
1954 27 PIT RDH 12 0 2 12
1956* 29 PIT RS 12 0 1 1 12
Career 103 0 4 1 4 54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1955
1956
1957
1958

1st-team All-Pro

1957
1958
1959

Non-Offensive TDs

1951 NFL 1 (9)
1953 NFL 1 (3)
1954 NFL 2 (1)

1956 NFL 1 (5)
Career 5 (99)

Fumble Return TD

1956 NFL 1 (1-- 38)

Career 1 (199)

Interceptions

1951 NFL 5 (9)
1952 NFL 7 (7)
1953 NFL 9 (5-- 76)
1956 NFL 6 (9)
1957 NFL 10 (1-- 28)

1958 NFL 9 (2-- 76)
Career 52 (23)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1951 NFL 142 (3)
1952 NFL 168 (4)
1953 NFL 147 (4)
1956 NFL 113 (8)
1957 NFL 85 (10)
1958 NFL 81 (10)
Career 827 (18)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1951 NFL 1 (4)
1953 NFL 1 (1)

1954 NFL 2 (1-- 23)

Career 4 (46)

Long Intercep. Return

1951 NFL 52 (8)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1956 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL