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Pat Harder

Marlin Martin Harder

Position: FB-LB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 203 lbs.
Born: May 6, 1922 in Milwaukee, WI
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 25 (3641st overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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
1946 24 CRD FB 11 6 106 545 4 55 5.1 49.5 9.6 11 128 11.6 1 24 1.0 11.6 673 5 4
1947 25 CRD FB 12 7 113 371 7 45 3.3 30.9 9.4 9 78 8.7 0 21 0.8 6.5 449 7 7
1948 26 CRD FB 12 7 126 554 6 71 4.4 46.2 10.5 13 93 7.2 0 26 1.1 7.8 647 6 3
1949 27 CRD FB 11 9 106 447 7 42 4.2 40.6 9.6 12 100 8.3 1 44 1.1 9.1 547 8 3
1950* 28 CRD FB 34 12 12 99 454 1 22 4.6 37.8 8.3 15 111 7.4 0 35 1.3 9.3 565 1 0 7
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 101 380 6 28 3.8 31.7 8.4 17 193 11.4 2 26 1.4 16.1 573 8 4 7
1952* 30 DET FB 34 11 0 81 244 2 22 3.0 22.2 7.4 14 142 10.1 1 22 1.3 12.9 386 3 0 11
1953 31 DET 34 5 0 8 21 0 10 2.6 4.2 1.6 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.2 3.8 40 0 1 1
Career 86 41 740 3016 33 71 4.1 35.1 8.6 92 864 9.4 5 44 1.1 10.0 3880 38 22 26
5 yrs CRD 58 41 550 2371 25 71 4.3 40.9 9.5 60 510 8.5 2 44 1.0 8.8 2881 27 17 7
3 yrs DET 28 0 190 645 8 28 3.4 23.0 6.8 32 354 11.1 3 26 1.1 12.6 999 11 5 19

Kicking & Punting

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
1946 24 CRD FB 11 6 5 5 100.0%
1947 25 CRD FB 12 7 10 7 70.0% 40 39 97.5%
1948 26 CRD FB 12 7 17 7 41.2% 53 53 100.0%
1949 27 CRD FB 11 9 5 3 60.0% 47 45 95.7%
1950* 28 CRD FB 34 12 12 9 4 44.4% 24 22 91.7%
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 5 3 60.0%
1952* 30 DET FB 34 11 0 23 11 47.8% 35 34 97.1%
Career 86 41 69 35 50.7% 204 198 97.1%
5 yrs CRD 58 41 41 21 51.2% 169 164 97.0%
3 yrs DET 28 0 28 14 50.0% 35 34 97.1%

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
1946 24 CRD FB 11 6 1 10 0 10 10.0 5 92 0 36 18.4 775
1950* 28 CRD FB 34 12 12 6 112 0 24 18.7 677
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 587
Career 86 41 1 10 0 10 10.0 12 218 0 36 18.2 4108
5 yrs CRD 58 41 1 10 0 10 10.0 11 204 0 36 18.5 3095
3 yrs DET 28 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1013

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
1946 24 CRD FB 11 6 4 4 13 0
1947 25 CRD FB 12 7 7 3 -3 0
1948 26 CRD FB 12 7 3 0 0 0
1949 27 CRD FB 11 9 3 0 0 0
1950* 28 CRD FB 34 12 12 0 2 0 0
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 4 1 0 0
1953 31 DET 34 5 0 1 0 0 0
Career 86 41 22 10 10 0
5 yrs CRD 58 41 17 9 10 0
3 yrs DET 28 0 5 1 0 0

Passing

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%
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 86 41 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1946 24 CRD FB 11 6 4 1 5 5 35
1947 25 CRD FB 12 7 7 7 39 7 102
1948 26 CRD FB 12 7 6 6 53 7 110
1949 27 CRD FB 11 9 7 1 8 45 3 102
1950* 28 CRD FB 34 12 12 1 1 22 4 40
1951 29 DET FB 34 12 0 6 2 8 3 57
1952* 30 DET FB 34 11 0 2 1 3 34 11 85
Career 86 41 33 5 38 198 35 531
5 yrs CRD 58 41 25 2 27 164 21 389
3 yrs DET 28 0 8 3 11 34 14 142

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Awards

1948 NFL UPI MVP

Pro Bowls

1950
1952

Rushing Att

1946 NFL 106 (7)
1947 NFL 113 (5)
1948 NFL 126 (6)
1949 NFL 106 (10)

Rushing Yds

1946 NFL 545 (2)
1948 NFL 554 (6)

Rushing TD

1946 NFL 4 (7)
1947 NFL 7 (3)
1948 NFL 6 (4)
1949 NFL 7 (3)
1951 NFL 6 (5)
Career 33 (149)

Long Rush

1946 NFL 55 (8)
1948 NFL 71 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att

1946 NFL 5.1 (2)
1948 NFL 4.4 (6)
1949 NFL 4.2 (8)
1950 NFL 4.6 (10)
Career 4.1 (192)

Rushing Yds/Game

1946 NFL 49.5 (3)
1948 NFL 46.2 (6)

Touchdowns

1946 NFL 5 (8)
1947 NFL 7 (10)
1949 NFL 8 (7)
1951 NFL 8 (5)

Points Scored

1947 NFL 102 (1)

1948 NFL 110 (1)

1949 NFL 102 (1)

1952 NFL 85 (4)
Career 531 (138)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1946 NFL 5 (7)
1947 NFL 7 (8)
1949 NFL 8 (7)
1951 NFL 8 (5)

Yds From Scrimmage

1946 NFL 673 (3)

All-Purpose Yds

1946 NFL 775 (9)

Touches

1946 NFL 123 (7)
1947 NFL 122 (8)
1948 NFL 139 (9)
1949 NFL 118 (10)

Extra Pt Made

1947 NFL 39 (2)
1948 NFL 53 (1/31)

1949 NFL 45 (1)

1952 NFL 34 (3)
Career 198 (99)

Extra Pt Att

1947 NFL 40 (3)
1948 NFL 53 (1/37)

1949 NFL 47 (1)

1952 NFL 35 (4)
Career 204 (99)

Extra Point %

Career 97.059% (80)

Total Field Goals Made

1947 NFL 7 (1)

1948 NFL 7 (2)
1949 NFL 3 (9)
1950 NFL 4 (9)
1952 NFL 11 (2)
Career 35 (168)

Field Goals Att

1947 NFL 10 (7)
1948 NFL 17 (1)

1950 NFL 9 (10)
1952 NFL 23 (3)
Career 69 (157)

Field Goal %

1947 NFL 70.000% (1)

1948 NFL 41.176% (3)
1950 NFL 44.444% (7)
1952 NFL 47.826% (6)
Career 50.725% (167)

Fumbles

1947 NFL 7 (4)

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

All-Pro Teams

1946Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd Team All-NFL
1947Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1948Sporting News: 2nd Team All-NFL/AAFC
 Chicago Herald Am.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Foot. Illustrated: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1949NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1950UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1952Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL