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Jack Christiansen
John LeRoy Christiansen
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 20, 1928 in Sublette, KS
College: Colorado St. (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 6th round (69th overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 90 (234th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970
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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S/PR | 19 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 343 | 4 | 89 | 19.1 | 11 | 270 | 0 | 45 | 24.5 | 613 | 6 |
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS/KR | 24 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 322 | 2 | 79 | 21.5 | 16 | 409 | 0 | 46 | 25.6 | 911 | 18 |
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS/KR | 24 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 2.8 | 10 | 183 | 0 | 34 | 18.3 | 200 | 18 |
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | PR/LS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 225 | 1 | 61 | 9.8 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 20.4 | 327 | 15 |
| 1955*+ | 27 | DET | LS | 24 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 42 | 7.3 | 7 | 169 | 0 | 35 | 24.1 | 256 | 12 |
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 66 | 12.2 | 6 | 116 | 0 | 22 | 19.3 | 189 | 16 |
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 92 | 13 |
| 1958 | 30 | DET | RS | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 85 | 1084 | 8 | 89 | 12.8 | 59 | 1329 | 0 | 46 | 22.5 | 2588 | 105 | ||||
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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 |
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S/PR | 19 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||||
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS/KR | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS/KR | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 238 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | PR/LS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1955*+ | 27 | DET | LS | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 109 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 137 | 1 | 52 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1958 | 30 | DET | RS | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 46 | 717 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 88 | 0 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S/PR | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS/KR | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS/KR | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | PR/LS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 78 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1952 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1954 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1954 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1954 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1954 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1957 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |