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Bill Callihan

William Earl Callihan

Position: B-T
Height: 6-3    Weight: 217 lbs.

Born: May 15, 1916 in Paxton, NE
Died: August 23, 1986 in Columbus, NE
College: Nebraska   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 9th round (77th overall) of the 1939 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)

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Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1940 24 DET KR/PR 10 1 0
1941 25 DET BB 11 6 0
1942 26 DET BB 11 10 1 44 44 0 44.0 0
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 0
1944 28 DET BB 10 10 0
1945 29 DET K/LT 10 10 27 25 92.6% 0
Career 62 41 27 25 92.6% 1 44 44 0 44.0 0

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
1940 24 DET KR/PR 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 0 0 0.4 4.2 42 0 0
1941 25 DET BB 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 0 22 0.4 3.1 34 0 0
1942 26 DET BB 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 48 12.0 0 17 0.4 4.4 48 0 0
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 5 17 1 6 3.4 1.7 0.5 8 108 13.5 3 40 0.8 10.8 125 4 0
1944 28 DET BB 10 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 8 67 8.4 0 21 0.8 6.7 70 0 0
1945 29 DET K/LT 10 10 27 85 0 16 3.1 8.5 2.7 4 88 22.0 1 29 0.4 8.8 173 1 2
Career 62 41 33 105 1 16 3.2 1.7 0.5 32 387 12.1 4 40 0.5 6.2 492 5 2

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
1940 24 DET KR/PR 10 1 2 18 0 0 0
1942 26 DET BB 11 10 3 29 0 20 0
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 1 7 0 7 0
1945 29 DET K/LT 10 10 2 8 0 6 0 0 2 1 -1 0
Career 62 41 8 62 0 20 0 0 2 1 -1 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1942 26 DET BB 11 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0
1945 29 DET K/LT 10 10 3 5 60.0 34 1 20.0 2 40.0 15 6.8 -7.2 11.3 3.4 80.4 0 0
Career 62 41 3 8 37.5 34 1 12.5 4 50.0 15 4.3 -15.8 11.3 0.5 51.0 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.

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
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 2 5 0 4 2.5 130
1944 28 DET BB 10 10 3 46 0 20 15.3 116
Career 62 41 2 5 0 4 2.5 3 46 0 20 15.3 543

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1943 27 DET bb 10 4 1 3 4 24
1945 29 DET K/LT 10 10 1 1 25 31
Career 62 41 1 4 5 25 55

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Receiving TD
1943 NFL 3 (9)

Extra Pt Made
1945 NFL 25 (5)

Extra Pt Att
1945 NFL 27 (4)

Sacks
1940 NFL 0.0 (1)
1941 NFL 0.0 (1)
1942 NFL 0.0 (1)
1943 NFL 0.0 (1)
1944 NFL 0.0 (1)
1945 NFL 0.0 (1)