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Russ Craft

William Russell Craft

Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 178 lbs.

Born: October 15, 1919 in McEwen, TN
College: Alabama   (school history)
Drafted by the Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers in the 15th round (132nd overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 41 (2218th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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 AV
1946 27 PHI db 9 1 3 105 0 49 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
1947 28 PHI db 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1948 29 PHI db 12 2 0 2 3 9 0 0
1949 30 PHI db 10 2 1 17 0 17 0 0 2 5 29 1 0
1950 31 PHI KR/LDH/PR 33 12 7 70 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
1951* 32 PHI LDH 33 12 2 61 0 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
1952* 33 PHI LDH 33 12 1 32 1 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
1953 34 PHI LDH 33 12 4 46 0 27 0 9
1954 35 PIT LDH 24 11 3 120 1 81 0 7
Career 100 9 22 451 2 81 0 0 9 15 38 1 45
8 yrs PHI 89 9 19 331 1 49 0 0 9 15 38 1 38
1 yr PIT 11 0 3 120 1 81 0 7

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
1946 27 PHI db 9 1 27 108 0 24 4.0 12.0 3.0 4 48 12.0 0 35 0.4 5.3 156 0 4
1947 28 PHI db 10 4 5 -1 0 4 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 2 66 33.0 1 34 0.2 6.6 65 1 0
1948 29 PHI db 12 2 13 67 0 23 5.2 5.6 1.1 4 138 34.5 2 70 0.3 11.5 205 2 2
1949 30 PHI db 10 2 11 5 0 6 0.5 0.5 1.1 1 37 37.0 0 37 0.1 3.7 42 0 2
1950 31 PHI KR/LDH/PR 33 12 8 52 0 19 6.5 4.3 0.7 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.2 66 0 1
Career 100 9 64 231 0 24 3.6 2.3 0.6 12 303 25.3 3 70 0.1 3.0 534 3 9

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
1946 27 PHI db 9 1 4 47 0 16 11.8 4 86 0 28 21.5 289
1947 28 PHI db 10 4 1 5 0 5 5.0 70
1948 29 PHI db 12 2 3 32 0 17 10.7 237
1949 30 PHI db 10 2 3 50 0 19 16.7 92
1950 31 PHI KR/LDH/PR 33 12 19 113 0 13 5.9 10 327 1 103 32.7 506
1951* 32 PHI LDH 33 12 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 53 0 38 26.5 53
1952* 33 PHI LDH 33 12 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Career 100 9 32 247 0 19 7.7 17 484 1 103 28.5 1265

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1947 28 PHI db 10 4 1 1 6
1948 29 PHI db 12 2 2 2 12
1949 30 PHI db 10 2 1 1 6
1950 31 PHI KR/LDH/PR 33 12 1 1 6
1952* 33 PHI LDH 33 12 1 1 6
1954 35 PIT LDH 24 11 1 1 6
Career 100 9 3 1 1 2 7 42
8 yrs PHI 89 9 3 1 1 1 6 36
1 yr PIT 11 0 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1951
1952

Long Reception
1948 NFL 70 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs
1949 NFL 1 (3)
1950 NFL 1 (8)
1954 NFL 1 (7)
Career 4 (196)

Kick Return TD
1950 NFL 1 (2/67)
Career 1 (117)

Long Kick Return
1950 NFL 103 (1/33)

Punt Returns
1950 NFL 19 (5)

Kick & Punt Returns
1950 NFL 29 (7)

Fumbles Recovered
1949 NFL 5 (3)

Fumble Return Yds
1949 NFL 29 (4)

Fumble Return TD
1949 NFL 1 (1/41)

Interceptions
1950 NFL 7 (10)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1946 NFL 105 (5)
1954 NFL 120 (3)
Career 451 (199)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1952 NFL 1 (2)
1954 NFL 1 (3)

Long Intercep. Return
1946 NFL 49 (7)
1954 NFL 81 (1)

Sacks
1946 NFL 0.0 (1)
1947 NFL 0.0 (1)
1948 NFL 0.0 (1)
1949 NFL 0.0 (1)
1951 NFL 0.0 (1)