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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| 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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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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 |
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| 1956 | Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1957 | Associated 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 | |
| 1958 | Associated 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 | |
| 1959 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL |
| NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-NFL |