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Tom Colella

Thomas Anthony Colella

Position: HB-TB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: July 3, 1918 in Albion, NY
College: Canisius

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 7th round (55th overall) of the 1942 Draft

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1942 24 DET 9 2 16 609 63 0 38.1
1943 25 DET 8 0 7 315 55 0 45.0
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 1 1 100.0% 33 1247 63 0 37.8
1945 27 RAM 10 1
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 47 1895 0 0 40.3
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 1 36 36 0 36.0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 49 1716 0 0 35.0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 44 1554 0 1 35.3
Career 89 22 1 1 100.0% 197 7372 63 1 37.4
3 yrs CLE 41 11 97 3647 36 0 37.6
2 yrs DET 17 2 23 924 63 0 40.2
2 yrs STL 20 9 1 1 100.0% 33 1247 63 0 37.8
1 yr BUF 11 0 44 1554 0 1 35.3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1942 24 DET 9 2 23 51 0 34 2.2 5.7 2.6 51 0 0
1943 25 DET 8 0 15 24 0 18 1.6 3.0 1.9 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 23 0 0
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 53 208 2 75 3.9 20.8 5.3 2 64 32.0 1 54 0.2 6.4 272 3 0
1945 27 RAM 10 1 46 224 2 30 4.9 22.4 4.6 7 64 9.1 2 20 0.7 6.4 288 4 4
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 30 118 2 50 3.9 8.4 2.1 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 0.9 130 3 0
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 11 77 1 0 7.0 5.5 0.8 4 63 15.8 1 18 0.3 4.5 140 2 0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 14 60 1 0 4.3 4.6 1.1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.5 67 1 0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 7 -9 0 0 -1.3 -0.8 0.6 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.5 -3 0 0
Career 89 22 199 753 8 75 3.8 8.5 2.2 18 215 11.9 5 54 0.2 2.4 968 13 4
3 yrs CLE 41 11 55 255 4 50 4.6 6.2 1.3 6 82 13.7 2 18 0.1 2.0 337 6 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 38 75 0 34 2.0 4.4 2.2 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0.1 -0.1 74 0 0
2 yrs STL 20 9 99 432 4 75 4.4 21.6 5.0 9 128 14.2 3 54 0.5 6.4 560 7 4
1 yr BUF 11 0 7 -9 0 0 -1.3 -0.8 0.6 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.5 -3 0 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1942 24 DET 9 2 18 41 43.9 178 0 0.0 4 9.8 23 4.3 0.0 9.9 19.8 17.2
1943 25 DET 8 0 11 31 35.5 103 0 0.0 4 12.9 21 3.3 -2.5 9.4 12.9 5.9
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 27 75 36.0 336 4 5.3 10 13.3 25 4.5 -1.0 12.4 33.6 28.9
1945 27 RAM 10 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 89 22 56 148 37.8 617 4 2.7 18 12.2 25 4.2 -1.0 11.0 6.9 20.4
2 yrs DET 17 2 29 72 40.3 281 0 0.0 8 11.1 23 3.9 -1.1 9.7 16.5 12.3
2 yrs STL 20 9 27 76 35.5 336 4 5.3 10 13.2 25 4.4 -1.0 12.4 16.8 28.1

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1942 24 DET 9 2 1 10 0 10
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 4 53 0 19
1945 27 RAM 10 1 4 1 0 0
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 10 110 0 0
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 6 130 1 0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 2 34 0 0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 3 49 0 0
Career 89 22 26 386 1 19 4 1 0 0
3 yrs CLE 41 11 18 274 1 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 1 10 0 10
2 yrs STL 20 9 4 53 0 19 4 1 0 0
1 yr BUF 11 0 3 49 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1942 24 DET 9 2 2 14 0 10 7.0 4 74 0 25 18.5 139
1943 25 DET 8 0 2 11 0 7 5.5 34
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 4 65 0 29 16.3 10 241 0 41 24.1 578
1945 27 RAM 10 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 3 79 0 30 26.3 377
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 8 172 0 0 21.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 331
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 5 113 1 82 22.6 1 13 0 13 13.0 266
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 5 60 0 0 12.0 127
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 5 42 0 0 8.4 7 107 0 0 15.3 146
Career 89 22 32 487 1 82 15.2 26 543 0 41 20.9 1998
3 yrs CLE 41 11 18 345 1 82 19.2 2 42 0 29 21.0 724
2 yrs DET 17 2 4 25 0 10 6.3 4 74 0 25 18.5 173
2 yrs STL 20 9 5 75 0 29 15.0 13 320 0 41 24.6 955
1 yr BUF 11 0 5 42 0 0 8.4 7 107 0 0 15.3 146

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1944 26 RAM TB 10 8 2 1 1 21
1945 27 RAM 10 1 2 2 24
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 2 1 18
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 1 1 1 1 24
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 1 6
Career 89 22 8 5 1 1 1 93
3 yrs CLE 41 11 4 2 1 1 48
2 yrs STL 20 9 4 3 1 45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pass Attempts

1944 NFL 75 (10)

Passing TD

1944 NFL 4 (10)

Passes Intercepted

1944 NFL 10 (6)

Long Rush

1944 NFL 75 (2)
1946 AAFC 50 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs

1947 AAFC 2 (1)

Yds/Touch

1944 NFL 8.4 (6)

Kick Returns

1944 NFL 10 (8)

Kick Return Yds

1944 NFL 241 (9)

Long Kick Return

1946 AAFC 29 (10)

Yds/Kick Return

1944 NFL 24.1 (5)

Punt Return Yds

1946 AAFC 172 (9)

Punt Return TD

1947 AAFC 1 (1-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1944 NFL 29 (5)
1947 AAFC 82 (1)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1944 NFL 306 (10)

Total Field Goals Made

1944 NFL 1 (7)

Punts

1944 NFL 33 (6)
1946 AAFC 47 (4)
1948 AAFC 49 (5)
1949 AAFC 44 (3)
Career 197 (181)

Punting Yds

1944 NFL 1247 (6)
1946 AAFC 1895 (5)
1948 AAFC 1716 (6)
1949 AAFC 1554 (5)
Career 7372 (189)

Long Punt

1942 NFL 63 (10)
1944 NFL 63 (9)
1947 AAFC 36 (2)

Punts Blocked

1949 AAFC 1 (3)
Career 1 (200)

Yds/Punt

1944 NFL 37.8 (10)
1946 AAFC 40.3 (7)
1948 AAFC 35.0 (9)

Interceptions

1944 NFL 4 (9)
1946 AAFC 10 (1-- 28)
1947 AAFC 6 (1)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1946 AAFC 110 (3)
1947 AAFC 130 (3)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1947 AAFC 1 (2)

 

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)