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Tom Fears

Thomas Jesse Fears

Position: E
Height: 6-2    Weight: 216 lbs.
Born: December 3, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Santa Clara, UCLA

Career AV: 48 (1508th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970

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

Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 11th round (103rd overall) of the 1945 NFL Draft.

Coaching Record

55 80

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1948 25 RAM le 12 1 51 698 13.7 4 80 4.3 58.2 2 8 0 8 4.0 0.7 0.2 706 4 0
1949 26 RAM LE 12 10 77 1013 13.2 9 51 6.4 84.4 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 1010 9 0
1950*+ 27 RAM LE 55 12 0 84 1116 13.3 7 53 7.0 93.0 1116 7 3 16
1951 28 RAM LE 55 7 0 32 528 16.5 3 54 4.6 75.4 528 3 0 9
1952 29 RAM LE 80 12 0 48 600 12.5 6 36 4.0 50.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 600 6 0 7
1953 30 RAM 80 8 0 23 278 12.1 4 31 2.9 34.8 278 4 1 2
1954 31 RAM LE 80 10 0 36 546 15.2 3 43 3.6 54.6 1 10 0 10 10.0 1.0 0.1 556 3 0 7
1955 32 RAM LE 80 12 0 44 569 12.9 2 31 3.7 47.4 569 2 0 11
1956 33 RAM 80 2 0 5 49 9.8 0 18 2.5 24.5 49 0 0 1
Career 87 11 400 5397 13.5 38 80 4.6 62.0 5 15 0 10 3.0 0.2 0.1 5412 38 4 53

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
1951 28 RAM LE 55 7 0 7 6 85.7%
1953 30 RAM 80 8 0 1 1 100.0% 6 5 83.3%
1954 31 RAM LE 80 10 0 1 1 100.0%
1955 32 RAM LE 80 12 0 3 0.0%
Career 87 11 4 1 25.0% 14 12 85.7%

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
1948 25 RAM le 12 1 2 37 1 35
1950*+ 27 RAM LE 55 12 0 3 0 0 0
1953 30 RAM 80 8 0 1 0 0 0
1955 32 RAM LE 80 12 0 0 1 0 0
Career 87 11 2 37 1 35 4 1 0 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
1948 25 RAM le 12 1 4 1 5 30
1949 26 RAM LE 12 10 9 9 54
1950*+ 27 RAM LE 55 12 0 7 7 42
1951 28 RAM LE 55 7 0 3 3 6 24
1952 29 RAM LE 80 12 0 6 6 36
1953 30 RAM 80 8 0 4 4 5 1 32
1954 31 RAM LE 80 10 0 3 3 1 19
1955 32 RAM LE 80 12 0 2 2 12
Career 87 11 38 1 39 12 1 249

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1950

First-Team All-Pro

1950

Receptions

1948 NFL 51 (1)
1949 NFL 77 (1)
1950 NFL 84 (1)
1952 NFL 48 (7)
1955 NFL 44 (3)
Career 400 (180)

Receiving Yds

1948 NFL 698 (3)
1949 NFL 1013 (2)
1950 NFL 1116 (1)
Career 5397 (189)

Receiving TD

1949 NFL 9 (1)
1950 NFL 7 (4)
1952 NFL 6 (7)
Career 38 (179)

Long Reception

1948 NFL 80 (3)

Yds/Reception

1951 NFL 16.5 (7)

Receiving Yds/Game

1948 NFL 58.2 (3)
1949 NFL 84.4 (2)
1950 NFL 93.0 (1/61)
1951 NFL 75.4 (2)
Career 62.0 (35)

Touchdowns

1949 NFL 9 (3)

Points Scored

1949 NFL 54 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1949 NFL 9 (3)
1952 NFL 6 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1948 NFL 1 (10)

Yds From Scrimmage

1948 NFL 706 (9)
1949 NFL 1010 (5)
1950 NFL 1116 (1)

All-Purpose Yds

1949 NFL 1010 (9)
1950 NFL 1116 (9)

Yds/Touch

1949 NFL 12.9 (2)
1950 NFL 13.3 (2)
Career 13.4 (150)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1948 NFL 1 (4)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1948NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1949Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1950Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1951NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1955Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL