John LeRoy Christiansen
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 20, 1928 in Sublette, KS
College: Colorado State
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970
5-time Pro Bowler & 6-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 6th round (69th overall) of the 1951 Draft
Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 per year on Pro-Football-Reference.com.
View Details For: 13 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S | 12 | 0 | 18 | 343 | 4 | 89 | 19.1 | 11 | 270 | 0 | 45 | 24.5 | 613 |
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS | 11 | 0 | 15 | 322 | 2 | 79 | 21.5 | 16 | 409 | 0 | 46 | 25.6 | 911 |
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 2.8 | 10 | 183 | 0 | 34 | 18.3 | 200 |
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | LS | 11 | 0 | 23 | 225 | 1 | 61 | 9.8 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 20.4 | 327 |
| 1955*+ | 27 | DET | LS | 9 | 0 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 42 | 7.3 | 7 | 169 | 0 | 35 | 24.1 | 256 |
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 66 | 12.2 | 6 | 116 | 0 | 22 | 19.3 | 189 |
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 92 |
| 1958 | 30 | DET | RS | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 85 | 1084 | 8 | 89 | 12.8 | 59 | 1329 | 0 | 46 | 22.5 | 2588 | |||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S | 12 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||||||
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 12 | 238 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | LS | 11 | 0 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1955*+ | 27 | DET | LS | 9 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 8 | 109 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 12 | 0 | 10 | 137 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 30 | DET | RS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 46 | 717 | 3 | 92 | 9 | 7 | 88 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS | 11 | 0 | 19 | 148 | 2 | 65 | 7.8 | 13.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 180 | 2 | 2 |
| Career | 89 | 0 | 19 | 143 | 2 | 65 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 175 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 23 | DET | S | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1952+ | 24 | DET | RS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1954*+ | 26 | DET | LS | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1956*+ | 28 | DET | LS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 29 | DET | RS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 89 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 78 |
|
Long Rush |
Non-Offensive TDs |
||
|
Kick Returns |
Kick Return Yds |
Yds/Kick Return |
Punt Returns |
|
Punt Return Yds |
Punt Return TD |
Long Punt Return |
Yds/Punt Return |
|
Fumble Return Yds |
Interceptions |
||
|
Intercept. Ret. Yds |
Intercept. Ret. TD |
Long Intercep. Return |
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)
|
1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1953 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL 1954 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1955 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL |