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Bill Dudley

William McGarvey Dudley

Position: HB-TB-QB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: December 24, 1919 in Bluefield, VA
College: Virginia

Career AV: 20 (4334th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1966

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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 AV
1942*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 162 696 5 66 4.3 63.3 14.7 1 24 24.0 0 24 0.1 2.2 720 5 0
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 57 204 3 32 3.6 51.0 14.3 204 3 1
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 146 604 2 41 4.1 54.9 13.3 4 109 27.3 1 80 0.4 9.9 713 3 8
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 80 302 2 28 3.8 33.6 8.9 27 375 13.9 7 64 3.0 41.7 677 9 4
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 33 97 0 11 2.9 13.9 4.7 20 210 10.5 6 22 2.9 30.0 307 6 6
1949 30 DET LH 12 11 125 402 3 26 3.2 33.5 10.4 27 190 7.0 2 18 2.3 15.8 592 5 8
1950* 31 WAS RH/S 35 12 0 66 339 1 27 5.1 28.3 5.5 22 172 7.8 1 17 1.8 14.3 511 2 5 12
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 91 398 2 40 4.4 33.2 7.6 22 303 13.8 1 40 1.8 25.3 701 3 4 8
1953 34 WAS K 35 12 0 5 15 0 7 3.0 1.3 0.4 15 0 0 1
Career 90 49 765 3057 18 66 4.0 34.0 8.5 123 1383 11.2 18 80 1.4 15.4 4440 36 36 21
3 yrs DET 28 23 238 801 5 28 3.4 28.6 8.5 74 775 10.5 15 64 2.6 27.7 1576 20 18
3 yrs PIT 26 26 365 1504 10 66 4.1 57.8 14.0 5 133 26.6 1 80 0.2 5.1 1637 11 9
3 yrs WAS 36 0 162 752 3 40 4.6 20.9 4.5 44 475 10.8 2 40 1.2 13.2 1227 5 9 21

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 18 572 42 1 31.8
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 3 2 66.7% 2 36 36 1 18.0
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 7 2 28.6% 14 12 85.7% 60 2409 69 1 40.2
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 15 657 62 0 43.8
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 23 825 68 0 35.9
1949 30 DET LH 12 11 14 5 35.7% 32 30 93.8% 34 1278 55 1 37.6
1950* 31 WAS RH/S 35 12 0 10 5 50.0% 31 31 100.0% 14 585 60 0 41.8
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 13 10 76.9% 22 21 95.5% 27 942 46 0 34.9
1953 34 WAS K 35 12 0 22 11 50.0% 25 25 100.0%
Career 90 49 66 33 50.0% 127 121 95.3% 193 7304 69 4 37.8
3 yrs DET 28 23 14 5 35.7% 32 30 93.8% 72 2760 68 1 38.3
3 yrs PIT 26 26 7 2 28.6% 17 14 82.4% 80 3017 69 3 37.7
3 yrs WAS 36 0 45 26 57.8% 78 77 98.7% 41 1527 60 0 37.2

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. 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*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 35 94 37.2 438 2 2.1 5 5.3 38 4.7 2.7 12.5 39.8 37.5
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 10 32 31.3 58 0 0.0 2 6.3 32 1.8 -1.0 5.8 14.5 14.6
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 32 90 35.6 452 2 2.2 9 10.0 37 5.0 1.0 14.1 41.1 20.5
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 3 4 75.0 24 2 50.0 0 0.0 11 6.0 16.0 8.0 2.7 129.2
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 1.1 118.7
Career 90 49 81 222 36.5 985 6 2.7 17 7.7 38 4.4 1.5 12.2 10.9 28.1
3 yrs DET 28 23 3 5 60.0 24 2 40.0 1 20.0 11 4.8 3.8 8.0 0.9 72.1
3 yrs PIT 26 26 77 216 35.6 948 4 1.9 16 7.4 38 4.4 1.4 12.3 36.5 25.4
3 yrs WAS 36 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 0.4 118.7

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1942*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 94 86 99 79 86 135 97
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 90 72 74 78 65 93 72
Career 90 49 222 79 0 87 0 79 76 114 0 85

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1942*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 20 271 0 47 13.6 11 298 1 84 27.1 1289
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 5 20 0 6 4.0 3 65 0 35 21.7 289
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 27 385 0 52 14.3 14 280 0 34 20.0 1378
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 11 182 1 84 16.5 15 359 0 78 23.9 1218
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 8 67 0 18 8.4 10 204 0 47 20.4 578
1949 30 DET LH 12 11 11 199 1 67 18.1 13 246 0 31 18.9 1037
1950* 31 WAS RH/S 35 12 0 12 185 1 96 15.4 1 43 0 43 43.0 739
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 22 172 0 27 7.8 11 248 0 37 22.5 1121
1953 34 WAS K 35 12 0 8 34 0 16 4.3 49
Career 90 49 124 1515 3 96 12.2 78 1743 1 84 22.3 7698
3 yrs DET 28 23 30 448 2 84 14.9 38 809 0 78 21.3 2833
3 yrs PIT 26 26 52 676 0 52 13.0 28 643 1 84 23.0 2956
3 yrs WAS 36 0 42 391 1 96 9.3 12 291 0 43 24.3 1909

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1942*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 3 60 0 25
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 2 47 0 26 1 0 0 0
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 10 242 1 80 8 7 30 0
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 5 104 1 41 4 2 0 0
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 1 3 0 3 6 4 28 1
1949 30 DET LH 12 11 8 1 -2 0
1950* 31 WAS RH/S 35 12 0 2 3 0 3 5 1 0 0
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 4 1 4 0
1953 34 WAS K 35 12 0 0 1 0 0
Career 90 49 23 459 2 80 36 17 60 1
3 yrs DET 28 23 6 107 1 41 18 7 26 1
3 yrs PIT 26 26 15 349 1 80 9 7 30 0
3 yrs WAS 36 0 2 3 0 3 9 3 4 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1942*+ 23 PIT TB 11 11 5 1 6 36
1945 26 PIT TB 4 4 3 3 2 20
1946 27 PIT TB 11 11 2 1 1 1 5 12 2 48
1947 28 DET LH 9 8 2 7 1 1 11 66
1948 29 DET LH 7 4 6 1 7 42
1949 30 DET LH 12 11 3 2 1 6 30 5 81
1950* 31 WAS RH/S 35 12 0 1 1 1 3 31 5 64
1951* 32 WAS LH 35 12 0 2 1 3 21 10 69
1953 34 WAS K 35 12 0 25 11 58
Career 90 49 18 18 3 1 1 2 1 44 121 33 484
3 yrs DET 28 23 5 15 2 1 1 24 30 5 189
3 yrs PIT 26 26 10 1 1 1 1 14 14 2 104
3 yrs WAS 36 0 3 2 1 6 77 26 191

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1946 NFL Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)

Pro Bowls

1942
1950
1951

First-Team All-Pro

1942

Passes Completed

1942 NFL 35 (9)
1946 NFL 32 (10)

Pass Attempts

1942 NFL 94 (7)
1946 NFL 90 (10)

Passing Yds

1946 NFL 452 (10)

Passes Intercepted

1946 NFL 9 (8)

Passing Yds/Game

1946 NFL 41.1 (10)

Pass Attempts/Game

1942 NFL 8.5 (9)
1946 NFL 8.2 (10)

Rushing Att

1942 NFL 162 (1)
1946 NFL 146 (1)
1949 NFL 125 (7)

Rushing Yds

1942 NFL 696 (1)
1946 NFL 604 (1)

Rushing TD

1942 NFL 5 (3)
1945 NFL 3 (10)

Long Rush

1942 NFL 66 (5)

Yds/Rushing Att

1942 NFL 4.3 (3)
1946 NFL 4.1 (7)
1947 NFL 3.8 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game

1942 NFL 63.3 (1)
1946 NFL 54.9 (2)

Receiving TD

1947 NFL 7 (4)
1948 NFL 6 (6)

Long Reception

1946 NFL 80 (3)

Touchdowns

1942 NFL 6 (5)
1946 NFL 5 (8)
1947 NFL 11 (3)
1948 NFL 7 (10)

Points Scored

1942 NFL 36 (9)
1946 NFL 48 (5)
1947 NFL 66 (5)
1949 NFL 81 (3)
1950 NFL 64 (9)
1951 NFL 69 (9)
1953 NFL 58 (10)
Career 484 (159)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1942 NFL 5 (7)
1947 NFL 9 (4)

Non-Offensive TDs

1942 NFL 1 (5)
1946 NFL 2 (1)
1947 NFL 2 (1)
1948 NFL 1 (10)
1949 NFL 1 (3)
1950 NFL 1 (8)
Career 8 (25)

Yds From Scrimmage

1942 NFL 720 (3)
1946 NFL 713 (2)
1947 NFL 677 (10)

All-Purpose Yds

1942 NFL 1289 (1)
1946 NFL 1378 (1)
1947 NFL 1218 (3)
1949 NFL 1037 (7)
1951 NFL 1121 (7)

Touches

1942 NFL 194 (1)
1946 NFL 191 (1)
1947 NFL 133 (4)
1949 NFL 176 (4)
1951 NFL 146 (6)

Yds/Touch

1942 NFL 6.6 (9)
1946 NFL 7.2 (8)
1947 NFL 9.2 (5)

Kick Returns

1942 NFL 11 (2)
1946 NFL 14 (3)
1947 NFL 15 (4)

Kick Return Yds

1942 NFL 298 (2)
1946 NFL 280 (6)
1947 NFL 359 (5)

Kick Return TD

1942 NFL 1 (1/58)
Career 1 (108)

Long Kick Return

1942 NFL 84 (6)
1947 NFL 78 (4)

Yds/Kick Return

1942 NFL 27.1 (1)
1946 NFL 20.0 (7)
1947 NFL 23.9 (3)

Punt Returns

1942 NFL 20 (2)
1946 NFL 27 (1)
1947 NFL 11 (10)
1951 NFL 22 (2)
Career 124 (108)

Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 271 (1)
1946 NFL 385 (1)
1947 NFL 182 (9)
1949 NFL 199 (8)
1950 NFL 185 (9)
1951 NFL 172 (7)
Career 1515 (60)

Punt Return TD

1947 NFL 1 (1/89)
1949 NFL 1 (2/89)
1950 NFL 1 (2/89)
Career 3 (33)

Long Punt Return

1942 NFL 47 (5)
1946 NFL 52 (2)
1947 NFL 84 (3)
1949 NFL 67 (4)
1950 NFL 96 (1/6)

Yds/Punt Return

1942 NFL 13.6 (4)
1946 NFL 14.3 (1/77)
1950 NFL 15.4 (3)
Career 12.2 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns

1942 NFL 31 (1)
1946 NFL 41 (1)
1947 NFL 26 (7)
1951 NFL 33 (7)
Career 202 (122)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 569 (1)
1946 NFL 665 (1)
1947 NFL 541 (5)
1949 NFL 445 (10)
Career 3258 (130)

Extra Pt Made

1946 NFL 12 (9)
1949 NFL 30 (7)
1950 NFL 31 (6)
1953 NFL 25 (8)
Career 121 (148)

Extra Pt Att

1946 NFL 14 (9)
1949 NFL 32 (7)
1950 NFL 31 (8)
1953 NFL 25 (8)
Career 127 (146)

Extra Point %

Career 95.276% (131)

Total Field Goals Made

1946 NFL 2 (9)
1949 NFL 5 (5)
1950 NFL 5 (7)
1951 NFL 10 (3)
1953 NFL 11 (3)
Career 33 (173)

Field Goals Att

1946 NFL 7 (8)
1949 NFL 14 (5)
1950 NFL 10 (9)
1951 NFL 13 (8)
1953 NFL 22 (4)
Career 66 (160)

Field Goal %

1949 NFL 35.714% (5)
1950 NFL 50.000% (3)
1951 NFL 76.923% (1)
1953 NFL 50.000% (4)
Career 50.000% (169)

Punts

1946 NFL 60 (2)
1949 NFL 34 (9)
Career 193 (188)

Punting Yds

1946 NFL 2409 (2)
1949 NFL 1278 (10)
Career 7304 (194)

Long Punt

1946 NFL 69 (3)
1947 NFL 62 (8)
1948 NFL 68 (7)

Punts Blocked

1942 NFL 1 (2)
1945 NFL 1 (1)
1946 NFL 1 (1)
1949 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (69)

Yds/Punt

1946 NFL 40.2 (8)
1947 NFL 43.8 (2)
1950 NFL 41.8 (6)

Fumbles

1946 NFL 8 (2)
1948 NFL 6 (8)
1949 NFL 8 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1946 NFL 7 (1/16)
1948 NFL 4 (7)
Career 17 (149)

Fumble Return Yds

1946 NFL 30 (5)

Fumble Return TD

1948 NFL 1 (3/38)

Interceptions

1946 NFL 10 (1/28)
1947 NFL 5 (10)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1946 NFL 242 (1/20)
1947 NFL 104 (7)
Career 459 (184)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1946 NFL 1 (1)
1947 NFL 1 (2)

Long Intercep. Return

1946 NFL 80 (2)

Passes Completed/Game

1942 NFL 3.2 (10)
1946 NFL 2.9 (10)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1942Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Int. News Service: 1st Team All-NFL
 NFL: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
1946Chicago Herald Am.: 1st Team All-NFL/AAFC
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1947Chicago Herald Am.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 3rd Team All-NFL
1948Chicago Herald Am.: 1st Team All-NFL
1950NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1951NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL