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Pat Fischer

Patrick Fischer

Position: DB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: January 2, 1940 in St. Edward, NE
College: Nebraska

Career AV: 82 (319th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 17th round (232nd overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.

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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
1961 21 STL RET 37 12 0 1 3 0 0 2
1962 22 STL 37 12 0 3 41 0 25 1
1963 23 STL LCB 37 14 0 8 169 0 53 1 2 0 0 7
1964*+ 24 STL LCB 37 14 0 10 164 2 39 1 1 49 1 13
1965* 25 STL LCB 37 14 0 3 30 0 16 0 1 12 0 9
1966 26 STL lcb 37 7 0 1 40 0 40 0 1 0 0 4
1967 27 STL LCB 37 14 0 4 85 1 69 0 3 23 0 6
1968 28 WAS LCB 37 14 0 2 14 0 13 0 2 0 0 6
1969*+ 29 WAS LCB 37 14 0 2 28 0 27 0 1 11 0 10
1970 30 WAS LCB 37 14 14 2 13 0 10 0 1 0 0 6
1971 31 WAS LCB 37 14 14 3 103 1 53 0 1 0 0 10
1972 32 WAS LCB 37 14 14 4 61 0 35 0 1 0 0 9
1973 33 WAS LCB 37 14 14 3 99 0 67 0 1 0 0 9
1974 34 WAS LCB 37 14 14 3 52 0 30 8
1975 35 WAS LCB 37 11 11 3 4 0 4 6
1976 36 WAS LCB 37 14 14 5 38 0 32 0 1 0 0 8
1977 37 WAS 37 3 3 2
Career 213 98 56 941 4 69 3 19 95 1 116
10 yrs WAS 126 98 27 412 1 67 0 8 11 0 74
7 yrs CRD 87 0 29 529 3 69 3 11 84 1 42

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
1961 21 STL RET 37 12 0 4 18 0 13 4.5 17 426 0 53 25.1 466
1962 22 STL 37 12 0 4 37 0 21 9.3 7 187 0 43 26.7 224
1963 23 STL LCB 37 14 0 9 25 0 9 2.8 25
1967 27 STL LCB 37 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 213 98 17 80 0 21 4.7 25 613 0 53 24.5 715

Receiving & Rushing

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
1961 21 STL RET 37 12 0 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 1.8 22 0 1
Career 213 98 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.0 0.1 22 0 3

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1964*+ 24 STL LCB 37 14 0 1 2 3 18
1967 27 STL LCB 37 14 0 1 1 6
1971 31 WAS LCB 37 14 14 1 1 6
Career 213 98 1 4 5 30
10 yrs WAS 126 98 1 1 6
7 yrs CRD 87 0 1 3 4 24

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14 Bobby Bryant, Dick LeBeau, Dennis Smith, Aaron Glenn, Everson Walls, Eugene Robinson, Dave Waymer, Raymond Clayborn, Tim McDonald, Dewayne Washington
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1964
1965
1969

First-Team All-Pro

1964
1969

Non-Offensive TDs

1964 NFL 3 (1/23)

1971 NFL 1 (9)
Career 5 (102)

Games

Career 213 (128)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 NFL 3 (6)
Career 19 (103)

Fumble Return Yds

1964 NFL 49 (4)
1967 NFL 23 (7)
Career 95 (126)

Fumble Return TD

1964 NFL 1 (2/38)

Interceptions

1963 NFL 8 (3)
1964 NFL 10 (2/28)
Career 56 (16)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1963 NFL 169 (4)
1964 NFL 164 (2)
Career 941 (13)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1964 NFL 2 (1/24)

1967 NFL 1 (8)
1971 NFL 1 (4)
Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1967 NFL 69 (7)
1973 NFL 67 (8)

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

All-Pro Teams

1964Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1965Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1968Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1969Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
1972Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.