William Abb Cannon
Position: TE-HB-FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, MS
College: LSU
2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1960 Draft
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View Details For: 65 Regular Season and 3 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1960 | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 152 | 644 | 1 | 39 | 4.2 | 46.0 | 10.9 | 15 | 187 | 12.5 | 5 | 88 | 1.1 | 13.4 | 831 | 6 | 3 |
| 1961*+ | 24 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 948 | 6 | 61 | 4.7 | 67.7 | 14.3 | 43 | 586 | 13.6 | 9 | 78 | 3.1 | 41.9 | 1534 | 15 | 5 |
| 1962 | 25 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 147 | 474 | 7 | 64 | 3.2 | 33.9 | 10.5 | 32 | 451 | 14.1 | 6 | 60 | 2.3 | 32.2 | 925 | 13 | 5 |
| 1963 | 26 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 84 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1964 | 27 | OAK | FB | 14 | 0 | 89 | 338 | 3 | 34 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 6.4 | 37 | 454 | 12.3 | 5 | 40 | 2.6 | 32.4 | 792 | 8 | 5 |
| 1965 | 28 | OAK | TE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 0 | 36 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 127 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 29 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 436 | 31.1 | 2 | 75 | 1.0 | 31.1 | 436 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1967+ | 30 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 629 | 19.7 | 10 | 64 | 2.3 | 44.9 | 629 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 31 | OAK | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 360 | 15.7 | 6 | 48 | 1.6 | 25.7 | 360 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1969* | 32 | OAK | TE | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 262 | 12.5 | 2 | 53 | 1.6 | 20.2 | 262 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 33 | KAN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 2 | 45 | 1.2 | 20.8 | 131 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career | 133 | 24 | 602 | 2455 | 17 | 64 | 4.1 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 236 | 3656 | 15.5 | 47 | 88 | 1.8 | 27.5 | 6111 | 64 | 21 | |||
| 6 yrs | OAK | 79 | 24 | 89 | 338 | 3 | 34 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 134 | 2268 | 16.9 | 25 | 75 | 1.7 | 28.7 | 2606 | 28 | 6 | ||
| 4 yrs | TEN | 48 | 0 | 512 | 2111 | 14 | 64 | 4.1 | 44.0 | 10.7 | 95 | 1263 | 13.3 | 20 | 88 | 2.0 | 26.3 | 3374 | 34 | 15 | ||
| 1 yr | KAN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 2 | 45 | 1.2 | 20.8 | 131 | 2 | 0 | ||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1960 | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 51 | 24.0 | 8 | 266 | 1 | 88 | 33.3 | 1193 |
| 1961*+ | 24 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 18 | 439 | 0 | 47 | 24.4 | 2043 |
| 1962 | 25 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 18 | 442 | 0 | 38 | 24.6 | 1367 | |||||
| 1963 | 26 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 123 | ||||||
| 1964 | 27 | OAK | FB | 14 | 0 | 21 | 518 | 0 | 45 | 24.7 | 1310 | |||||
| 1966 | 29 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 448 | |||||
| Career | 133 | 24 | 14 | 178 | 0 | 51 | 12.7 | 67 | 1704 | 1 | 88 | 25.4 | 7993 | |||
| 6 yrs | OAK | 79 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 21 | 518 | 0 | 45 | 24.7 | 3136 | ||
| 4 yrs | TEN | 48 | 0 | 13 | 166 | 0 | 51 | 12.8 | 46 | 1186 | 1 | 88 | 25.8 | 4726 | ||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1960 | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| 1961*+ | 24 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1962 | 25 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 46 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 15.3 | 18.7 | 23.0 | 3.3 | 149.3 | |||||
| 1963 | 26 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Career | 133 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 46 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 40 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 23.0 | 0.3 | 36.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1960 | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961*+ | 24 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 25 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 26 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 27 | OAK | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1967+ | 30 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 31 | OAK | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 133 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | OAK | 79 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | TEN | 48 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1960 | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1961*+ | 24 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 90 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 25 | HOU | HB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 80 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 27 | OAK | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 29 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1967+ | 30 | OAK | TE | 14 | 0 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 31 | OAK | TE | 14 | 13 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1969* | 32 | OAK | TE | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 33 | KAN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 133 | 24 | 17 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 392 | ||||||||||
| 6 yrs | OAK | 79 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 168 | |||||||||||
| 4 yrs | TEN | 48 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 212 | |||||||||
| 1 yr | KAN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
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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)
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1960 - AFL: 2nd team all-AFL 1960 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL 1961 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL 1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL 1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL 1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-AFL 1961 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL 1967 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-conf. 1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL 1967 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL 1967 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL 1968 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-AFL |
| Year | Age | G | FantPos | FantPt | VBD | PosRank | OvRank |
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| 1970 | 33 | 6 | TE | 25 | 26 | ||
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