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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

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers in the 15th round (132nd overall) of the 1943 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1946 27 PHI 9 1 3 105 0 49 4 4 0 0
1947 28 PHI 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1948 29 PHI 12 2 2 3 9 0
1949 30 PHI 10 2 1 17 0 17 2 5 29 1
1950 31 PHI LDH 12 0 7 70 0 29 1 0 0 0
1951* 32 PHI LDH 12 0 2 61 0 26 0 1 0 0
1952* 33 PHI LDH 12 0 1 32 1 32 0 1 0 0
1953 34 PHI LDH 12 0 4 46 0 27
1954 35 PIT LDH 11 0 3 120 1 81
Career 100 9 22 451 2 81 9 15 38 1
8 yrs PHI 89 9 19 331 1 49 9 15 38 1
1 yr PIT 11 0 3 120 1 81

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1946 27 PHI 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 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 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 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 LDH 12 0 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1946 27 PHI 9 1 4 47 0 16 11.8 4 86 0 28 21.5 289
1947 28 PHI 10 4 1 5 0 5 5.0 70
1948 29 PHI 12 2 3 32 0 17 10.7 237
1949 30 PHI 10 2 3 50 0 19 16.7 92
1950 31 PHI LDH 12 0 19 113 0 13 5.9 10 327 1 103 32.7 506
1951* 32 PHI LDH 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 53 0 38 26.5 53
1952* 33 PHI LDH 12 0 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1947 28 PHI 10 4 1 6
1948 29 PHI 12 2 2 12
1949 30 PHI 10 2 1 6
1950 31 PHI LDH 12 0 1 6
1952* 33 PHI LDH 12 0 1 6
1954 35 PIT LDH 11 0 1 6
Career 100 9 3 1 1 2 42
8 yrs PHI 89 9 3 1 1 1 36
1 yr PIT 11 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (175)

Kick Return TD

1950 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1950 NFL 103 (1-- 21)

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-- 38)
Career 1 (199)

Interceptions

1950 NFL 7 (10)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1946 NFL 105 (5)
1954 NFL 120 (3)
Career 451 (186)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1952 NFL 1 (2)
1954 NFL 1 (3)

Long Intercep. Return

1946 NFL 49 (7)
1954 NFL 81 (1)

   

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)