John Dutton

John Owen Dutton

Position: DT-DE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 266 lbs.

Born: February 6, 1951 in Rapid City, SD
College: Nebraska (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (508th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 23, 2013 1:25PM

All-Time Rank: #550. Trent Green… #551. Flozell Adams… #552. Phil Villapiano… #553. JOHN DUTTON… #554. Doug Wilkerson… #555. E.J. Holub… #556. Corey Dillon…

All-Time Rank: #550. Trent Green… #551. Flozell Adams… #552. Phil Villapiano… #553. JOHN DUTTON… #554. Doug Wilkerson… #555. E.J. Holub… #556. Corey Dillon…

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
1974	23	BAL	RDE	78	14								0	0	1	0	0				5
1975*	24	BAL	RDE	78	14	14							0	0	1	0	0				12
1976*+	25	BAL	RDE	78	14	0															13
1977*	26	BAL	RDE	78	12	0							0	0	1	0	0				11
1978	27	BAL	RDE	78	14	14							0	0	3	10	0				5
1979	28	DAL	lde	78	8	5															3
1980	29	DAL		78	16	0		1	38	1	38	0	0	0	2	0	0				3
1981	30	DAL	LDT	78	16	16														1	8
1982	31	DAL	LDT	78	9	9	2.0														7
1983	32	DAL	LDT	78	16	16	4.5						0	0	1	0	0				7
1984	33	DAL	LDT	78	16	16	2.5													1	8
1985	34	DAL	LDT	78	16	15	4.0						0	0	1	0	0				7
1986	35	DAL	LDT	78	16	16	5.0														8
1987	36	DAL	dt	78	4	1															1
Career					185	122	18.0	1	38	1	38	0	0	0	10	10	0			2	98
9 yrs		DAL			117	94	18.0	1	38	1	38	0	0	0	4	0	0			2	52
5 yrs		BAL			68	28							0	0	6	10	0				46

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1980	29	DAL		78	16	0	1	1		6
1981	30	DAL	LDT	78	16	16			1	2
1984	33	DAL	LDT	78	16	16			1	2
Career					185	122	1	1	2	10

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7	Art Donovan, Ernie Ladd, Jerry Ball, Marcus Stroud, Trent Cole, John Elliott, Curley Culp, Ted Washington, Vince Wilfork, Ron McDole
8	Marcus Stroud, Jerry Ball, Greg Kragen, Ron McDole, Trent Cole, Ted Washington, Tom Sestak, Michael McCrary, Manny Fernandez, Shaun Rogers
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11	Greg Kragen, Al Baker, Jerry Ball, Bob Golic, Gary Walker, Gary Johnson, Jamal Williams, Jerry Sherk, Marcus Stroud, Dana Stubblefield
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1975 1976 1977	First-Team All-Pro 1976	Non-Offensive TDs 1980 NFL 1 (6)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1980 NFL 1 (2)
Safeties 1981 NFL 1 (1/18) 1984 NFL 1 (1/18) Career 2 (22)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1975	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1976	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1976	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1976	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1976	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1976	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1976	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers

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