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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

Career AV: 89 (244th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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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 AV
1951 24 PIT LDH 80 12 0 5 142 1 52 10
1952 25 PIT 80 12 0 7 168 0 41 0 1 14 0 1
1953 26 PIT RDH 80 12 0 9 147 1 28 0 3 0 0 7
1954 27 PIT RDH 80 12 0 4 75 2 41 0 1 10 0 7
1955* 28 PIT RDH 80 12 0 0 1 0 0 11
1956* 29 PIT RS 80 12 0 6 113 0 34 0 2 6 1 14
1957*+ 30 PIT LS 80 12 0 10 85 0 20 0 1 0 0 19
1958*+ 31 PIT RS 80 12 0 9 81 0 19 18
1959+ 32 PIT RDH 80 7 0 2 16 0 16 0 1 8 0 16
Career 103 0 52 827 4 52 0 10 38 1 103

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 80 12 0 3 37 12.3 2 20 0.3 3.1 37 2 0
1953 26 PIT RDH 80 12 0 2 43 21.5 1 33 0.2 3.6 43 1 0
1954 27 PIT RDH 80 12 0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 12 0 0
1956* 29 PIT RS 80 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

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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
1951 24 PIT LDH 80 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
1953 26 PIT RDH 80 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 48
1957*+ 30 PIT LS 80 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Career 103 0 3 17 0 10 5.7 119

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
1951 24 PIT LDH 80 12 0 1 1 6
1952 25 PIT 80 12 0 2 2 12
1953 26 PIT RDH 80 12 0 1 1 2 12
1954 27 PIT RDH 80 12 0 2 2 12
1956* 29 PIT RS 80 12 0 1 1 2 12
Career 103 0 4 1 4 9 54

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1955
1956
1957
1958

First-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 (102)

Fumble Return TD

1956 NFL 1 (1/38)

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 (1/24)
Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1951 NFL 52 (8)

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

All-Pro Teams

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